The Noahic Allegory

Jesus Christ used the story of Noah and the Flood as an insular allegory for the Second Coming. He said,

In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn't realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes. [Matthew 24:38–29, NLT]

And Peter also testified that Noah's Ark was a foreshadowing of Christian salvation:

God waited patiently while Noah was building the ark. He waited, but only a few people went into the ark. A total of eight were saved by means of water. The water of the flood is a picture of the baptism that now saves you also. [1 Peter 3:20–21, NIrV]

Noah was born in 2919 BC; he was exactly 500 years old in 2419 BC when God told him to start building the ark.

Noah did everything just as God commanded him. [Genesis 6:22, NKJV]

Similarly, Adam's descendents were 5,000 years into human history when the Christian Church accepted the three Ecumenical Creeds (i.e., the Apostles', Athanasian, and Nicene with the inclusion of the Filioquie), in faithful obedience to God.

The one hundred years in which Noah prepared the ark is equivalent to the one thousand years in which the Holy Spirit has built the Church by spreading the true faith of the Creeds, and adding believing people. Both were done in preparation for the end of the world.

Noah was exactly 600 years old in 2319 BC when the flood washed away the Antediluvian world; the world will be 6,000 years old in AD 2026 when the worst of the Tribulation begins to burn away this world of sin. The final ten years of human history will bring a firestorm of troubles.

Again, the Apostle Peter warns,

…the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. [2 Peter 3:6–7, ESV]

Noah was exactly 601 years old in 2318 BC when God commanded him to leave the ark. When Noah set foot on the new world, he built an altar and worshipped the Lord; the world will be 6,010 years old when Christ returns and we who make up the Church worship at His altar in a new Heaven and Earth.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth… And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them…" He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" [Revelation 21:1,3,5, NIV]

Now, the Fall of Man occurred in 3975 BC, so according to this timeline, Christ will make everything new 6,010 years afterward, in AD 2036.

• Noahic Event Date Interval Interval Ratio Interval Date World Event
  
• Noah's birth 2919
  BC — — — 3975 BC Fall of Man
  
• One hundred year building of the ark commences 2419
  BC 500 years 9.98 4988
  years AD 1014 One thousand year building of the Church commences
  
• Eight souls are preserved during the
  Flood 2319
  BC 600 years 10 6000
  years AD 2026 Christian Church is preserved during the Tribulation
  
• Noah worships God on Mount Ararat 2318
  BC 601 years 10 6010
  years AD 2036 Christians worship God in Heaven