“I guess he didn’t need to BUILD the ark after all since he was saved before the flood.”
Noah was approved by God prior to the Flood. He was already right with God:
“Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.”
That sure sound like approval to me, before the Flood and before the Ark was built.
So what did the Flood do? Hmmmm? In what sense did the Flood ‘save’ Noah?
Well, it separated him from the evil generation he was in - which is what water baptism does for us. Sanctification, not justification. Important, but it does not make us right with God. God does that prior to water baptism.
**So what did the Flood do? Hmmmm? In what sense did the Flood ‘save’ Noah? Well, it separated him from the evil generation he was in - which is what water baptism does for us.**
Did you even read this?
“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, PREPARED an ark to the SAVING of his house.....”. Heb. 11:7
Noah was WARNED (grace) of God. He HAD to DO something to be saved. The warning, and instructions for escaping God’s wrath were to be followed..to the letter.
You seem to believe in predestination. Are you predestined to not be buried with Him in likeness of his death?