The Old Testament contains two accounts of an Ark, with both appearing to foreshadow God's "Ark of Salvation." We have Noah's ark which provided a way of salvation for a remnant of humanity, and we have the Ark of the Covenant, which prefigured Christ's humanity (made of wood) and His divinity (covered with gold).
Basically an ark is simply a container to house valuables. Moses was placed in a basket, which became his ark. As a sidelight, scripture uses the same word for Noah's ark (a large ship) and the chest that floated Moses down the Nile, compare Genesis 6:14 with Exodus 2:3.
But to the heart of the matter, in 1 Peter 3:20-21 we see the comparison of Noah's Ark, which saved a remnant, to the Ark of Christ. We enter Christ's Ark when be are transferred into Christ spiritually, with that action also described as being "baptized into Christ," See Romans 6:3.
In 1 Peter 3:20 we see that in Noah's ark, people were brought safely through the water, and when we are spiritually baptized into Christ, we are brought safely through death, as we arise in Christ a new creation, a child of God. The washing of regeneration does way more than the removal of dirt. it provides us with an affirmative answer to our quest to be reconciled, because now being totally forgiven, we have absolutely nothing in our conscious that might offend God!
The Ark of Christ
Basically an ark is simply a container to house valuables. Moses was placed in a basket, which became his ark. As a sidelight, scripture uses the same word for Noah's ark (a large ship) and the chest that floated Moses down the Nile, compare Genesis 6:14 with Exodus 2:3.
But to the heart of the matter, in 1 Peter 3:20-21 we see the comparison of Noah's Ark, which saved a remnant, to the Ark of Christ. We enter Christ's Ark when be are transferred into Christ spiritually, with that action also described as being "baptized into Christ," See Romans 6:3.
In 1 Peter 3:20 we see that in Noah's ark, people were brought safely through the water, and when we are spiritually baptized into Christ, we are brought safely through death, as we arise in Christ a new creation, a child of God. The washing of regeneration does way more than the removal of dirt. it provides us with an affirmative answer to our quest to be reconciled, because now being totally forgiven, we have absolutely nothing in our conscious that might offend God!
The Ark of Christ