挪亚一家人出了方舟后，就开始了新的生活。挪亚出方舟后所作的第一件事，便是筑一座坛，拿各类洁净的牲畜和飞鸟，作为燔祭献给神。耶和华闻到那馨香之气，就心里说，“我不再因人的缘故咒诅地，也不再…灭各种的活物了。”挪亚献祭给神，使神得着满足。神就使咒诅远离，并把祝福带给地。地还存留的时候，稼穑、寒暑、冬夏、昼夜，就永不停息了。神又赐福给挪亚和他的儿子，对他们说，“你们要生养众多，遍满了地。”神再次将地的管治权赐给挪亚和他的儿子，使他们管理一切的走兽、飞鸟、昆虫并海里的鱼。神并将活着的动物，赐给他们作食物，如同将菜蔬赐给他们一样（创八20-九7）。
祭坛是基督十字架的预表，祭物是基督各方面的预表。在教会生活中，我们需要学习怎样经历基督，并将所经历的基督献上，与神同享，这是神所悦纳的。当我们借着十字架献上基督，就使咒诅远离，也把祝福带给地。今天地上的人在神面前没有正确的生活，因此活在咒诅之下。然而，在教会中，我们借着过献祭的生活，而活在神的祝福下。这祝福包含稼穑、寒暑、冬夏和昼夜。稼穑是指播种与收割，在教会生活中，我们借着传福音将基督撒播到别人里面，神就祝福我们结出福音的果子，得到丰富的收割。寒暑、冬夏和昼夜都是相对的，也是为着身体健康的；寒冷和冬天是为着对付撒但；而夜晚是为着睡眠和休息；炎热、夏天和白昼则是为着我们的神。这是祝福。正确的教会生活，能使我们身体健康、心思清明、情感也得着平衡，并带进神的祝福─平安、喜乐、爱、同情、恩慈等，这一切都是生命祝福的标记。这样的教会生活也要将人带回到神原初的目标，在地上彰显神并代表神，有神的管治权来治理全地。
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Living a Life of Building Altars and Offering Sacrifices – Gen. 8:20
After Noah and his family came out of the ark, they began a new living. The first thing Noah did after leaving the ark was to build an altar and offer burnt offerings of every clean animal and bird to God. Jehovah smelled the satisfying fragrance and said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, …and I will never again destroy every living thing.” Noah’s offering satisfied God. As a result, God caused the curse to be removed and brought blessing to the earth. As long as the earth remained, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night would never cease. God also blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” God again gave Noah and his sons the right to rule the earth, to govern all living creatures — animals, birds, creeping things and fish — and gave living animals to them as food, just as He had given green plants (Gen. 8:20–9:7).
The altar is a type of the cross of Christ, and the offerings typify Christ in various aspects. In the church life, we need to learn how to experience Christ and offer the Christ we have experienced to God for His enjoyment. This is well pleasing to Him. When we offer Christ through the cross, it removes the curse and brings blessing to the earth. Today people on the earth are not living properly before God; therefore, they live under a curse. However, in the church, by living a life of offering, we live under God’s blessing. This blessing includes seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night. Seedtime and harvest refer to sowing and reaping. In the church life, when we preach the gospel and sow Christ into others, God blesses us with the fruit of the gospel — a rich harvest. Cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night are all relative and are for the body’s health. Cold and winter deal with Satan; nighttime is for sleep and rest; heat, summer and daytime are for God. This is blessing. A proper church life brings physical health, a clear mind, balanced emotion, and God’s blessings — peace, joy, love, compassion and kindness — signs of the blessing of life. Such a church life also brings man back to God’s original intention: to express Him and represent Him, exercising His authority to rule the earth.