The LORD shut him in
Genesis 7:16『And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 』
A body with the energy of life came to Noah in pairs and entered the ark. This means that in Christ the living beings divided into two parts became one. The spirits who left the kingdom of God and came into this world became one in Christ. All spirit bodies entered the ark in pairs. In Genesis 1:22, "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 』
Like living things in the sky and in water, humans on earth continue their lives from generation to generation. The Bible tells us to understand the laws of heaven through the laws of this earth. It is to realize the shape of the heavens (the body of the spirit) through the shape of the earth (the body of the flesh). That is why we must fill the sky and sea (the word of God). God is speaking in the same meaning to all living things that came out of the ark after the Flood. In Genesis 8:16-17『 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 』
God told the male and female the word “Be fruitful and multiply”. In Genesis 2, he spoke to men and women. Man and woman means to the relationship between Christ and the church in Ephesians 5. In other words, it means that Christ seeks the spirits who have left God and returns with them to the kingdom of God. In 1 Corinthians 14:33-34『 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 』 It does not mean discrimination between men and women, but women mean the church, the bride of Christ. The church is a saint. In other words, believers should obey the words of Jesus Christ.
『 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. 』 The ark symbolizes Christ. In John 10:7, the door is the door of the sheep to Christ. In Isaiah 22:22, "And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. 』, in John 10:3, "To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 』 God is the doorkeeper who opens and closes the door. Christ took his sheep (angels who did not keep his position) and went out of the gates of heaven, and again Christ brought them into the gate. This means that spirits enter the world as humans in the first man Adam, and return to the kingdom of God in the last Adam. It is God who opens and closes the door of the kingdom of God.
In the ark, all living things that become one in Christ entered. If men and women do not become one in Christ, they cannot enter the ark. Living things that have not become one become sacrifices before God and are destroyed. After getting off the ark, Noah offered an unmatched, chosen animal as a sacrifice. It declares that all life on the ark has been destroyed like this sacrifice. So, it announces the beginning as a new creature. The life on the ark symbolizes the life that died in the flood. And the life that came off the ark becomes a life that was reborn. Being one in Christ is a condition of salvation. Being one does not mean those who resemble God's character and live a holy life, but those who are united with Jesus Christ, who died on the cross, become one. He does not become one with God by having a great personality and living a successful life, but the old man who wants to be like God and the dead with Jesus Christ enter into God.
Those who cannot enter Jesus Christ are not taken by God. Only those who are in Jesus Christ are taken by God. Enoch walked with God, and God suddenly took him. God does not take those who believe in Jesus Christ, but those who are in Jesus Christ. God takes those who are united with Jesus Christ, who died on the cross. In Matthew 8:11-12『 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 』
It rained day and night for 40 days. All creatures died except for the creatures on the ark. In Genesis 7:17-18, "And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 』Water symbolizes the word of life on the firmament. As the words of life gradually filled, the ark came to mind. As the Word deepens and becomes enlightened, Christ is revealed in the Word. When I am filled with the Word, Christ enters into me, I disappear, and Christ becomes the Lord and controls me.
In Genesis 7:20, “Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 』The fifteen means ten (the Word) and five (grace), that is, grace by the Word. When God's word is completely filled, the mountains are covered. Mountain in the Old Testament means God's mountain (where God is). In the Gospel of Matthew, it was expressed that when the light shines, the town on the mountain is revealed. At this time, the mountain symbolizes Mount Sinai, which symbolizes the law. The town above it is the heavenly Jerusalem. The fact that the mountains were all covered means that the law was all covered, and the law was fulfilled by the word (water) above the firmament. All those under the law died in the flood, and only those on the ark became a new life. This word also appears in baptism (baptism). It means dying in water and reborn by the Holy Spirit. In Romans 6:4, 『Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 』
In 1 Peter 3:20-21, 『Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 』
Baptism means "dying with Jesus Christ and resurrecting with Christ. The Bible reveals the meaning of these words in 3:19 even to those who have drowned." By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 』 Those who are baptized die with Jesus Christ and are resurrected with Jesus Christ, and the whole process is with Christ. The spirits who went into Hades enter into the resurrection of judgment and are subject to the second death
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