The burden of Noah's name - Genesis 4-7

When Noah was born his father named him Noah, which means "rest." It was the hope of his father that Noah would, "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed". Noah is a picture in the Old Testement of Christ. Peter using Noah in 1 Peter 3 to provide an insight into Christ's work in us today. Noah's father hoped that Noah would be the promised Savior mentioned in Genesis 3. How significant is that for us today? We know that Noah did not remove the curse of Genesis 3 but we do know that the Savior would come through the Noahic line - and He did (Matthew 1). We know that men in those days, so many years removed from Genesis 3 were still, by faith, looking for a Savior. Salvation in both the OT and NT has been and will ever be a Salvation by Faith. Noah wasn't the Christ but he was a picture of Christ. By faith we need to look to the Savior who DID take away the curse of Genesis 3. It is only through a Savior that this curse can be removed. We are all under a curse (from Noah's day until today). Christ, the one who came from the line of Noah, took away that curse and gave us "rest." He gives us rest from the curse and rest in the arms and relationship with God. Rejoice in the true rest He gives.