方舟的材料—歌斐木
方舟是用歌斐木造的（创六14）。歌斐木是甚么？那是一种柏树，饱含树脂；这种多树脂的木材，能耐水。没有树脂的木材，无法抵挡水侵。歌斐木能抵挡洪水的侵袭。雅歌一章十七节说到香柏树和枞树（和合本译作松树）。枞树和柏树很相似。几乎所有好的译本都将希伯来文的枞树译作柏树。在豫表里，特别是在雅歌，香柏树豫表复活的基督。复活的基督是那长在利巴嫩山顶的香柏树。柏树豫表钉十字架的基督。钉十字架的基督能抵挡死水。祂尝了死味，而死对祂毫无办法。方舟是用歌斐木造的，它经过了洪水，虽受洪水一再冲击，却没有受到伤损。这表征基督是那钉十字架的一位，祂是坚实的。基督是真歌斐木，是真柏树，满了树脂，坚强抵挡一切洪水。死亡的洪水不能伤害祂。
方舟里外抹上松香
基督不仅是钉十字架的一位，也是流血遮盖我们，使我们免受罪的刑罚的一位。所以，方舟里外都抹上松香。希伯来文的松香与赎罪是同一字根，意思是遮盖。见证柜上的盖，或称施恩座，也出于这同一字根。这说出我们在基督里有完全的遮盖。我们都在祂救赎的遮盖下。死不能伤害祂，所以定罪和审判不能临到我们，因为我们在基督救赎的遮盖下。
松香表征基督的救赎，抹在神建造的里外，抹在里面的是给我们看的，抹在外面的是给神看的。当洪水侵袭方舟时，在方舟里的人也许非常害怕。但他们只要看到里面所涂的松香，他们就安心了。方舟里面的松香是为着他们的平安。方舟外面的松香是为着神的满足，也是为着撒但和天使。这是一幅血的图画。甚么时候我们看到血，我们就有平安。甚么时候神看到血，祂就满足。甚么时候撒但看到血，他就无法攻击。
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Building the Ark (3) – Gen. 6:14
The Material of the Ark — Gopher Wood
The ark was made of gopher wood (Gen. 6:14). What is gopher wood? It is a type of cypress tree, saturated with resin; this resinous wood can resist water. Wood without resin cannot resist water intrusion. Gopher wood can resist the invasion of the flood. Song of Songs 1:17 speaks of cedar trees and fir trees (translated as pine trees in some versions). Fir trees and cypress trees are very similar. Almost all good translations render the Hebrew word for fir tree as cypress. In typology, especially in the Song of Songs, the cedar tree typifies the resurrected Christ. The resurrected Christ is the cedar tree that grows on the peak of Mount Lebanon. The cypress tree typifies the crucified Christ. The crucified Christ can resist the waters of death. He tasted death, and death had no power over Him. The ark was made of gopher wood; it went through the flood. Although repeatedly struck by the flood, it was not damaged. This signifies that Christ as the crucified One is solid. Christ is the true gopher wood, the true cypress, full of resin, strong to resist all floods. The flood of death cannot harm Him.
The Ark Covered with Pitch Inside and Out
Christ is not only the crucified One, but also the One whose blood covers us, delivering us from the penalty of sin. Therefore, the ark was covered with pitch inside and out. In Hebrew, the word for pitch has the same root as atonement, meaning to cover. The cover on the ark of testimony, also called the mercy seat, also comes from this same root. This shows that we have complete covering in Christ. We are all under His redemptive covering. Death cannot harm Him, so condemnation and judgment cannot come to us, because we are under the redemptive covering of Christ.
The pitch signifies the redemption of Christ, applied to the inside and outside of God’s building. What is applied inside is for us to see, and what is applied outside is for God to see. When the flood struck the ark, those inside the ark may have been frightened. But as long as they saw the pitch applied inside, they were at peace. The pitch inside the ark was for their peace. The pitch outside the ark was for God’s satisfaction, and also for Satan and the angels. This is a picture of the blood. Whenever we see the blood, we have peace. Whenever God sees the blood, He is satisfied. Whenever Satan sees the blood, he cannot attack.