Lesson date: 12/03/5854AA
Verse 1 – “Come into the ark.” Doesn’t this sound like an invitation? That is because it was. It also has the tone that YHVH was in the ark waiting for Noah and his family to join YHVH. The word for “come” is: H935 – בּוא – bô’ – BDB Definition: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come.
But this is not all. My favorite meaning for this word is “to be brought in” like a bridegroom would carry his bride across the threshold. In Ber. 6:4 it is used to show that the Sons of Elohim had sexual relations with the daughters of men: when the sons of Elohim came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. As I look at Bereshith 7:1 I see YHVH inviting His people to the wedding feast of the Lamb.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And he who hears, let him say, “Come!” And he who thirsts, come! And he who desires it, take the water of life without paying!
The word for “come” in Greek used Ber. 7:1 is: G1525 – εἰσέρχομαι – eiserchomai – ice-er’-khom-ahee – From G1519 and G2064; to enter (literally or figuratively): – X arise, come (in, into), enter in (-to), go in (through).
The word used for “Come” in Hazon 22:17 is G2064 without the prefix G1519
Did you ask yourself why He extended this invitation to just 8 people? “because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.”
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