NOAH’S ARK AND THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST

So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. Genesis 6:14

PROTECTED FROM GOD’S WRATH

Noah’s ark was the provision to escape the coming outpouring of God’s wrath. The Hebrew word for atonement is kippur (Yom “Kippur” is the Day of “Atonement”). Kippur literally means, “covering.” Noah’s ark was covered with a coating of pitch, making it a watertight craft. Following Noah’s time in a similar vein, the Mosaic Law had sin “temporarily covered” by the blood of sacrificed animals.

Kippur contains the same consonants כִּיפּוּר (kaph, pey, resh) as the word koper which is translated as “pitch.” The pitch covering protected Noah and his family from the floodwaters of judgment, as surely as believers are protected from God’s final wrath by the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.

The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Genesis 8:3-4

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest. After the nation of Israel’s Exodus from Egypt, the seventh month of the ancient civil calendar had been designated by God as the first month of Israel's ceremonial calendar.

THE LORD CHANGED THE HEBREW CALENDAR

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. Exodus 12:1-2

The Passover sacrifice was to be slain on the fourteenth day of that month (Nisan 14).

Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. Exodus 12:6

Jesus, the Lamb of God was crucified on the Passover.

For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 1 Corinthians 5:7b

RESURRECTION ON THE 17th DAY

Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week. The day after the Sabbath marked when the Feast of Firstfruits was celebrated. Jesus was not only the “Passover Lamb” but also the “Firstfruits of the Resurrection,” having risen on the Day of Firstfruits.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20

Jesus rose from the dead on the seventeenth day of Nisan which is the first month of the ceremonial calendar.

The first month of the Hebrew Calendar, which is in the spring, was originally the seventh month. Therefore, the day that Jesus rose from the dead and the day that Noah’s ark came to rest were on the same day and month of the Hebrew calendar. The ark provided protection so that its passengers survived through the outpouring of God’s wrath upon the earth and its evil inhabitants. The ark coming to rest is a prophetic picture of Jesus who took upon himself the full cup of God’s wrath and resurrected to life.

MY SERIES

As a Jewish believer in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Son of God and Messiah (Christ), I have shared my understanding of the Scriptures based upon the Hebrew culture, customs and language in a series called: "Revealing the Mysteries of the Bible". The links to the first three of these teachings are provided below. I am sure they will bless you.

Part I - Introduction:
https://steemit.com/christianity/@lastdays/revealing-the-mysteries-of-the-bible

Part II - "Hebrew Pictogaphs"
https://steemit.com/christianity/@lastdays/hebrew-pictographs

Part III - Numerical Values of the Hebrew Letters
https://steemit.com/christianity/@lastdays/numerical-values-of-hebrew-letters