Genesis 6
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walked
Noah and Enoch are the two antediluvians of whom it is said that they "walked with God" Genesis 5:24 ; 6:9 . Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" Hebrews 11:5 becomes a type of the saints who will be "caught up" before the great tribulation ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ; Revelation 3:10 ; Daniel 12:1 ; Matthew 24:21 . Noah, preserved through the Flood, is a type of the Israelitish people who will be preserved through the tribulation Jeremiah 30:5-9 . See "Tribulation" ; Psalms 2:5 ; Revelation 7:14 .
ark
"Ark": type of Christ as the refuge of His people from judgment Hebrews 11:7 . In strictness of application this speaks of the preservation through the "great tribulation" Matthew 24:21 Matthew 24:22 of the remnant of Israel who will turn to the Lord after the Church (typified by Enoch, who was translated to heaven before the judgment of the Flood) has been caught up to meet the Lord ; Genesis 5:22-24 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 ; Hebrews 11:5 ; Isaiah 2:10 Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 26:20 Isaiah 26:21 . But the type also has a present reference to the position of the believer "in Christ" (Ep 1.), etc. It should be noted that the word translated "pitch" in Genesis 6:14 is the same word translated "atonement" in Leviticus 17:11 etc. It is atonement that keeps out the waters of judgment and makes the believer's position "in Christ" safe and blessed.
two of every sort
Cf Genesis 7:2 .
In addition to two animals, etc., commanded ( Genesis 6:19 ) to be preserved for future increase ("they shall be male and female"), the further command was given more than 100 years later to take of clean beasts, i.e, acceptable for sacrifice, seven each. Exodus gives ten such beasts, or but seventy in all. Modern ships carry hundreds of live beasts, with their food, besides scores of human beings.