THE ARK POINTS TO GOD'S PLAN OF UNIVERSAL SALVATION

The Bible records the size of the Ark. (Gen. 6:15) According to the Egyptian cubit of 20.6 inches the Ark would measure 515 feet long, 85 feet 9 inches wide and 51 feet 5 inches high. That was a gigantic vessel. God instructed Noah to "make rooms in the ark." (Gen. 6:14)

God's concern for the other creatures' salvation projects into the New Testament era. When the early Church was first established there were only Jewish believers who did not think that God's salvation would be extended to the Gentiles.

Peter's vision of "all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air" signifies that God's salvation is available to all mankind. (Acts 10:9-16) "Then Peter opened his mouth and said: 'In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.'" (Acts 19:34-35)

It is God's will to have salvation available to every person on earth. "For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (1 Tim. 2:3-4)

Our Lord Jesus Christ "have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation." The apostle John saw a vision of heaven that has "a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands." (Rev. 7:9-17)