We are in the time period that the time of the flood
signifies, and the ark is a type of Christ and is thus representative of Him in that He carries us though all trial and tribulation and sustains us to the end. The Old Testament is filled with what we might call object lessons like this.
Well, He's always with us in the Spirit (but not yet in Person, of course), just as He said He would be (Matthew 28:19).
Hm... well, I would replace 'instead of' with 'as,' here. Then, we'd be good.
Noah and his family are representative of the church in the flood story.
Not at all. See above. They were there through the flood, and the ark carried them safely through.
I... sort of, at least... agree with you here...
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Nope. Goodness gracious. The ark is a type/shadow of Jesus, Who sustains us throughout our lives... here on earth.
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Wow.
If one is baptized ~ in this life ~ by
God with the Holy Spirit and fire (Matthew 3:11; Luke 3:16), then he/she
will not , as a result of the final Judgment, executed by Christ, follow Satan and his minions and be cast into the lake of fire ~ which is to be placed under God's eternal judgment ~ and thus suffer day and night forever and ever.
Sure, this is the present age.
Well, all those that have physically died will be resurrected on Christ's return, and only those who are in Christ will remain after the final Judgment. Certainly a real thing... LOL! But pointed to by things in the Old Testament... and promised in the New.
We disagree. It is spiritual, from death in sin to life in Christ, being raised by God and seated with Christ in the heavenly places, just as Paul says in Ephesians 2:4-11 and Peter says in 1 Peter 1:3-5.
It is after physical death, for sure, but this is the second resurrection, and it is either to eternal life or eternal judgment, just as Jesus says in John 5:28-29.
LOL! Well I certainly agree with this... LOL! But I think the problem is what you understand the fire to be... LOL!
Well, those belonging to Jesus are sustained ~ in this life ~ through the storms of life. We are both saved and being saved; Paul and Peter are very clear on this.
Which I have said numerous times...
Well, He's with us to the end, by the Holy Spirit, just as He said He would be in Matthew 28, as I said above, during this life where, though we meet with trials/tribulations of various kinds ~ even very great ones from time to time ~ we know that the testing of our faith produces steadfastness, which will have its full effect, that we may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing (James 1).
It's post-tribulation... although not then ushering in a 1,000-year "golden age" of peace and prosperity for the Church under Jesus, as post-millennialists suppose. After the present age of trial and tribulation, Jesus will return, and in short order execute the final Judgment, and the dead will obediently depart, and the Kingdom will be ushered in in its fullness, and eternity will begin... and never end, of course.
This will have happened in full, for the full innumerable multitude... all those of God's Israel, of true Jewish heritage. There will be no more sin, and thus no more tribulation. Everlasting joy shall crown our heads. All sorrow and sighing will have fled away. Love Isaiah 35...
Noah and his family represented the Jesus's Church through the flood. It's an object lesson, so to speak.
Absolutely not. As I have said, God never promises removal from trouble, this millennium of tribulation, but sustenance ~ and His sustaining presence ~
through it... throughout His Word.
Well, the true number of souls is innumerable... as the stars of heaven, as the grains of sand on the seashore, as God promises Abraham, and they are not "harvested from earth," but earth and heaven are finally one ~ heaven comes to us ~ and all things are made new (not "all new things are made"), as God promises in Revelation 21.
I've said it before... Goodness gracious.
Grace and peace to you.