The single door in the ark pictures Jesus Christ, the one and only door into salvation, and God Himself shut that door once everyone inside was safely sealed.
Les Feldick teaches that the ark is God's ark of safety, and the pitch that sealed Noah's family from the judgment waters pictures the blood of Christ that makes salvation secure (Clip 3). God waited with the door open and the gangplank down, so anyone could still enter, but no one responded (Clip 0). Then God Himself shut the door (Clip 1), and Jesus' own words confirm the meaning: "I am the door of the sheep" (Clip 2).
Genesis 6:16 — This verse shows God's instruction to put the ark's one door in its side—the only entrance God commanded.
Genesis 7:16 — It records that God Himself shut that one door after all had entered, making it the exclusive way into safety.
John 10:7 — Jesus Himself says He is the door of the sheep, revealing the spiritual meaning of the one door.
In Genesis 6:16, God instructs Noah to put the door of the ark in its side: "A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it." After all had entered, Genesis 7:16 says, "And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in." The Bible presents one entrance that God Himself closed. In John 10:7, Jesus says, "Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep."
Les Feldick teaches that the ark is God's ark of safety and that the pitch sealing it against the judgment waters is the same Hebrew word as atonement—the blood of Christ is what makes our salvation secure (Clips 0 and 3). He emphasizes that God waited seven more days with the door open, with the gangplank down, and anyone could have entered, but none responded (Clip 0). Then God Himself shut the door; no human latched it (Clip 1). Les also connects the ark's exit to the believer's future: Noah removed the roof so the only way out was up, and the believer's only way out of the ark of safety is also up (Clips 1 and 5). The sheepfold imagery reinforces the point: Jesus said "I am the door of the sheep," and Les stresses that the door is on ground level, right in front of every person—all they have to do is believe and enter (Clips 2 and 4). He is equally clear that there are not fifteen different paths to heaven—there is one (Clip 6).
God waited seven more days with the ark door open and the gangplank down. Les says anyone could still have come into the ark of safety—it was there for the taking—but none responded (Clip 0). This shows the invitation was open before judgment fell.
The Bible says "the LORD shut him in" (Genesis 7:16). Les underscores that God had shut it, so no human latch was involved; once God shut the door, no one else could enter (Clip 1).
Jesus told the Pharisees, "I am the door of the sheep" (John 10:7). Les explains this means He is the only way, and the door to the sheepfold was not on a sheer cliff, across a raging river, or across the ocean; it is on ground level, and all a person has to do is believe and enter in (Clips 2 and 4).
Noah removed the covering, and they went out the top—not out the side. Les uses this to show that once a person enters the ark of safety, he does not go back into the old life; the only way out is up, whether at the rapture or through death and resurrection (Clips 1 and 5).
The pitch sealed the ark against the waters of judgment, and Les says it is the same Hebrew word as atonement. Just as pitch protected the family, the blood of Christ makes salvation secure; the waters and fires of judgment will never touch the believer (Clips 3 and 0).
Door open before judgment
Les shows God waited seven days with the ark door open and the gangplank down—anyone could still enter, but no one responded; then God shut them in.
God shut the door; the only exit is up
Les teaches that after God shut the ark door, the only way out was up—Noah removed the roof, and the believer likewise leaves the ark of safety upward.
Jesus is the one door
Les applies Jesus' statement "I am the door of the sheep" to the one way into salvation, and points out the sheepfold door was not on a cliff or across a river or ocean.
Pitch seals from judgment
Les connects the pitch that sealed the ark to the blood of Christ: it keeps judgment waters from touching the believer inside God's ark of safety.
The door is on ground level
Les emphasizes the door of the sheepfold is on ground level, right in front of everyone, and entering only requires belief.
Exit through the roof
Les notes Noah removed the covering so the family went out the top, showing the believer's only direction of exit is upward.
There is one way only
Les insists there are not fifteen paths to heaven; there is only one way, and people from every religion must admit that.
Faith to enter
Les explains the obedience of faith is believing that Christ died and rose, and God calls the believer righteous—the ark is not built to travel, only to survive.
Genesis 6:16: A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
God's building instructions specify the ark's single door in its side, the only entrance used in the flood account.
Genesis 7:16: And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
This verse records that God Himself closed the one door after everyone entered.
John 10:7: Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Jesus identifies Himself as the one door, the only entrance into God's sheepfold.
The ark's one door is a picture of the one way of salvation—Jesus Christ. Les Feldick stresses that Jesus said, "I am the door of the sheep," and the plan of salvation is on ground level so anyone can enter by believing.
God shut it. Genesis 7:16 says "the LORD shut him in." Les points out this means no human latched it, and once God closed it, no one else could get in.
No. Les teaches that God waited seven days with the door open, but once God shut it, the opportunity was gone.
They went out the top. Noah removed the covering, and Les uses this to show the believer's only way out of the ark of safety is up—not back into the old life.
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