"About 1,656 years after the creation of the world, God destroyed all humans, except for eight1 on the Ark that Noah built, and all air-breathing land animals (except those on the Ark) in a great global judgment. Many marine creatures were also destroyed—some 95% of all fossils found are the remains or impressions of creatures that once lived in the sea. We see evidence of this deluge all over the earth, including on the highest mountains. Mt Everest has marine fossils at its peak.
Scripture tells us,
The Apostle Peter describes our being baptized into Christ’s death as an antitype of the saving of eight in the Ark. The original Greek word ἀντίτυπος (antitypos) has the meaning of a ‘representative’ or a ‘figure’.
Bible makes it clear that the Ark, which saved eight souls through the deluge, is a figure, or ‘type’, of Christ and His salvation. Through entering the Ark, all who responded to Noah’s preaching could be saved from the waters of judgment. Even so, by entering into Christ, the ultimate Ark of salvation, we are saved from the judgment to come.
The point is the Flood was global. The Ark saved the souls God chose—those eight—from all the people of the earth. Therefore by analogy, Christ is an antitype of the Ark, saving the souls of those who repent today. If the Flood was only local, there was no need for the Ark. Similarly, you don’t need Christ if the effects of sin are only local, not global. The Ark-Christ analogy breaks down for a local flood because the true Ark—the Lord Jesus Christ—did not come to make salvation available to just a few in Israel but to the whole world." CMI
Scripture tells us,
“… when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, an ark having been prepared, into which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. Which antitype now also saves us, baptism (not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ … .)” (1 Peter 3:20–21).
Bible makes it clear that the Ark, which saved eight souls through the deluge, is a figure, or ‘type’, of Christ and His salvation. Through entering the Ark, all who responded to Noah’s preaching could be saved from the waters of judgment. Even so, by entering into Christ, the ultimate Ark of salvation, we are saved from the judgment to come.
The point is the Flood was global. The Ark saved the souls God chose—those eight—from all the people of the earth. Therefore by analogy, Christ is an antitype of the Ark, saving the souls of those who repent today. If the Flood was only local, there was no need for the Ark. Similarly, you don’t need Christ if the effects of sin are only local, not global. The Ark-Christ analogy breaks down for a local flood because the true Ark—the Lord Jesus Christ—did not come to make salvation available to just a few in Israel but to the whole world." CMI