This morning I will be bringing a message to our church from Genesis 8 where the Bible states "The ark rested on the seven- teenth day of the seventh month."
Have you ever wondered why the Bible gives us the exact day the ark came to rest? We all believe every word and phrase of the Bible is important. We also know evey event in the history of the world is significant. Why did the ark come to rest on the seventeenth day of the seventh month? What is significant about that day.
God changed the Jewish calendar in the days of Moses so that the seventh month became the first month. On the tenth day of this new first month of the Jewish Year (corresponding to our March/April), the lamb for the Passover was chosen. On the fourteenth day, the Passover Lamb was slain.
Jesus Christ, our Pashcal lamb, died on Passover, the fourteenth day of the first month. Three days later He rose from the grave. The day of Christs' resurrection was the seventeenth day of the first month, which was formerly the seventh month in the days of Noah.
The day Noah's ark came to rest is the exact same day Jesus Christ rose from the grave.
When Christ rose from the grave the Bible says "He sat down." He rested. His work was finished. Our redemption was accomplished.
Christ is our Ark. Those who are in Christ find their souls at rest in Him.
May your soul be refreshed this Lord's Day as you are reminded of the finished work of Jesus Christ on your behalf.
In His Grace,