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seed of Abraham they suffer affliction and are kept waiting for their inheritance, while
the iniquity of their spiritual `Amorite' reaches its fullness (Gen. 15: 13-16).
All the seed shall at length come out with `great substance', they shall enter into
their possessions, and when that day comes `there shall be no more the Canaanite'
(Zech. 14: 21), even as there shall be `no more' death, curse, sorrow or sin. Satan and
his angels shall no more corrupt the true seed, nor hinder and frustrate the purposes of
God:
"He shall see His seed,
He shall see of the travail of His soul
And shall be satisfied."
We sincerely hope that this series addressed particularly to the new reader, will have
illuminated a number of expressions employed by us in the exposition of the Word, and
will enable all readers to share with us and with one another, some of the wonders of our
own high calling.
No.30.
Noah, a type of the last Adam.
pp. 44 - 49
We have devoted considerable space to the teaching of Scripture, and to Genesis in
particular, concerning the two seeds that is the substance of the primeval promise of
Gen. 3: 15. We have seen that Adam is a figure of Him that was to come, and passing
over much that yields rich treasure to the patient seeker after truth, we come to the great
outstanding figure of Noah, who stands in connection to Adam as the second Man and
the last Adam, a figure of Christ in His relation to the new earth that is yet to be, and to
the sphere of resurrection in which the blessings of a new creation are to be enjoyed.
Noah, like Adam, was after all a frail, erring man; his every act must not be included in
the type any more than every act of Adam on the one hand, or of Joseph on the other.
Let us again attempt to envisage the pattern of this book of Genesis. We find that the
book divides into two main sections. The first, Gen. 1: to 11: dealing with the RACE.
The second, Gen. 12: to 50: dealing with the NATION.
The RACE
Adam stands at the head of the first section.
The NATION
Abraham stands at the head of the second section.
The RACE
Noah concludes the first section with the Ark.
The NATION
Joseph concludes the second section, with a coffin.
The RACE
Noah steps out into a new world. Eight souls saved.
The NATION
Joseph, anticipating be faith, inheritance and resurrection, gave
a commandment concerning his bones (Heb. 11: 22).