Thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. —Gen. 6:18.

How fitting a picture Noah's sons and daughters-in-law are of the 'great crowd' of other sheep of today! These also are being baptized into the Greater Noah, Christ Jesus. Not, however, into Christ's death. Though some may die in the remaining time before Armageddon, they never sacrifice their prospect of perfect life in the earthly paradise. They sleep away in hope of resurrection to human life under Christ's kingdom of a thousand years. So, it is by their hearing the Right Shepherd's voice today proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom and then by devotedly following him as God's anointed King that they are baptized into the Greater Noah. For this reason, they live changed lives. They no more waste time in imitating the manners of this world, but live according to the new system of things, the ark of safety. W 11/15