当挪亚将方舟建造好了，神对挪亚说，“你和你的全家都要进入方舟，因为在这世代中，我见你在我面前是义人。”神又要挪亚将洁净的畜类，带七公七母；不洁净的畜类，要带一公一母；空中的飞鸟也要带七公七母，可以留种，活在全地上。于是挪亚照着神所吩咐，带着妻子、儿子和儿妇，以及各样的畜类和飞鸟，进入了方舟。当挪亚一家八口和一切活物都进入方舟，神就把方舟的门关了起来。过了七天，洪水泛滥在地上。那一天，大渊的泉源都裂开了，天上的窗户也敞开了，神降雨在地上，共四十昼夜。洪水在地上泛滥了四十天，水往上涨，把方舟从地上漂起来。水势在地上极其浩大，天下的高山都淹没了，地上一切有血肉的动物，以及所有的人都死了。只留下挪亚和那些与他同在方舟里的。洪水在地上，总共一百五十天（创七1-24）。
挪亚活在一个弯曲悖谬的世代中，那世代不仅被神定罪，在地上还有黑暗邪恶的权势。结果神来干涉，审判并了结那世代。神一面用洪水审判那邪恶的世代，另一面洪水也把挪亚从那世代分别出来。因此，挪亚不仅藉着方舟上的松香（预表基督救赎的血），脱离神的定罪；也藉着审判的洪水蒙拯救，脱离邪恶的世代。今天，我们生活在同样的世代中，这世界的局势毫无疑问是在神的定罪之下，也是在邪恶权势的败坏影响之下。若非神的救恩，没有人能幸免于这邪恶败坏之世代潮流的影响。但感谢主，挪亚和他一家的人进入方舟，正预表我们这班得救的人，藉着受浸归入了基督。藉着受浸，神完全的救恩不仅救我们脱离祂的定罪，也救我们脱离这黑暗世代邪恶的权势和影响力。今天，我们都是藉水得救的一班人。
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Noah’s Household Was Saved Through Water — Col. 1:13
When Noah had finished building the ark, God said to him, “You and all your household shall enter the ark, for I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this time.” God also instructed Noah to bring into the ark seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and its mate; and of every unclean animal, one pair; and of the birds of the air, seven pairs, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. Noah did according to all that God commanded him. He entered the ark with his wife, his sons, and his sons’ wives, along with every kind of animal and bird. When Noah’s household of eight and all the living creatures had entered the ark, God shut the door behind them. After seven days, the flood came upon the earth. On that day, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. Rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. The waters prevailed on the earth for forty days, lifting the ark and causing it to float above the ground. The waters increased greatly, covering even the highest mountains under heaven. Every living creatures on the earth that had flesh and breath died. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark were left alive. The floodwaters covered the earth for one hundred and fifty days (Gen. 7:1–24).
Noah lived in a crooked and perverse generation, a generation condemned by God and under the dark and evil power on earth. God intervened, bringing judgment to end that generation. On one hand, God used the flood to judge the wicked world; on the other hand, the same flood separated Noah from that generation. Thus, Noah was not only delivered from God’s condemnation through the pitch on the ark (a type of Christ’s redeeming blood), but he was also saved through the waters of judgment, separated from the evil age.
Today, we live in a similar generation. The world situation is undoubtedly under God’s judgment and the corrupting influence of evil powers. Without God’s salvation, no one could escape the pull and defilement of this evil and perverted age. But thank the Lord — Noah and his household entered the ark, typifying us, the saved ones, who have entered into Christ through baptism. Through baptism, God’s full salvation not only rescues us from His judgment, but also delivers us from the dark power and corrupt influence of this evil world. Today, we are those who have been saved through water.