Salvation is Still Available

DEVOTION

HEBREWS

SALVATION IS STILL AVAILABLE

Heb 11:7

7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

NIV

This picture of the Noah and the ark is so much all God. The world was in such sad condition, filled with sin, not any different than today. What is God waiting for? We know He would never again destroy all of mankind in this manner as He promised and we know He is faithful to His promise. We are reminded every time we see a rainbow. Although all the people were so engaged in self-pleasure, in sin, in refusal to acknowledge God, there stood Noah, a man who believed in God, and believed God. Because of his faith in God, God determined that it would be Noah and his family who would be preserved from the destruction that was to happen to the rest of mankind. We know God could have destroyed all of mankind and simply started over with a new Adam and Eve, as He once did, but because of the faith of Noah, God saved him. Now it is true Noah had to build the ark of his own salvation, but it was also to hold all the rest of God’s living creation. Again, why did God do it this way? The answer has been made clear so we can see with clarity the second ark of salvation, the cross. As Noah being a man of faith was saved and became an heir of righteousness, so we by faith become heirs of righteousness through the cross. As Noah was saved from destruction by faith, so we will be saved from destruction by faith. God is going to once again bring destruction upon this earth, but not with water, this time with fire. There is coming a time when, as He shut the door of the ark, He will shut the door of the cross. It is open now, for anyone who desires to enter, but one day it will be closed and those outside will experience destruction, they will be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death, and be destroyed both in body and soul. But we who are in the ark, in the cross will be saved, as Noah was, because of faith. Noah never knew what rain was, he never knew what kind of thing was coming from God, yet he believed and did what God instructed him to do. We must also by faith, not sure of just how all of what God has planned will play out, do what God has instructed us to do. If we hear His voice, as Noah did, then we must make ready and enter the cross. Salvation is available for a time.