Why was Noah safe in the ark? We
have been pondering this question over the past two weeks and have
come up with the following two answers:
- Because God shut him in and
- Because God designed the ark to withstand all the
pressure.
Today we will look at the third
reason why Noah was safe. He was safe because the ark was covered
with pitch.
We have briefly looked at it, but
basically the whole ark was covered with pitch. It was a total
covering. No drop of water could enter through it. You have most
probably seen water that has fallen on a tar road? It doesn't go
through the tar, like it would through ground. No, it stays there
until the sun causes the water to evaporate, or it flows off the
tar into the ground. It never goes through tar. There is therefore
no way that the water could have entered the ark, it was totally
covered with pitch.
And so we are too. Jesus covers us
completely. All of us are covered with His blood. There is not a
single part of you that were not atoned for. He did it once and for
all. We don't have to atone for our sins every time we sin like the
Israelites had to do with all their offerings they had to bring.
No, we don't have to bring offerings. We have absolute liberty and
freedom.
However we sometimes still think we
do need to bring some sort of offering. I have heard Christians
speak that way. They feel that they have to help someone to obtain
favor from God, or they have to give their money to obtain their
salvation or they feel that they have to attend church to be able
to be reconciled with God or they have to be part of the churches'
activities otherwise God might be angry with them. The list of
modern day offerings can go on and on. And though all these things
are good things to do, at the end of the day you would most
probably want to do them because of your love for God, but
you don't have to. Christ's blood is enough. His blood is
enough to obtain salvation and reconciliation with God. There is
nothing you can do to earn it, He covers you completely. Nothing
you can do will ever be good enough.
Incidentally, when the Israelites
brought their offerings to the priests, the priests examined the
offering to make sure that it was according to the requirement,
perfect and without blemish or fault. The priests didn't examine
the people and asked what they did and examined their
hearts. No, they examined the offering. And today the offering, the
perfect offering was Jesus Himself. He was faultless, sinless and
without any blemish. And today when God 'examines' the Blood
Offering, He finds that it is perfect, He doesn't look to us and
examines us, because we are covered with Christ's blood. He doesn't
see us, but He sees Christ, because we are totally covered by
Him.
What a wonderful plan of salvation
You designed Lord. Thank you for covering us with the blood of
Jesus. We are grateful for it and accept it in our lives. We will
never be good enough on our own, but thank you that we can be good
enough with Jesus covering us. In Jesus Name. Amen