The water through which Noah passed was a figure of the water of baptism (1 Pet. 3:20-21 and note 1 Pet. 3:211). The pitch on the ark saved Noah from the judgment of the flood (see note Gen. 6:143), whereas the water of the flood not only judged the world but also separated Noah from the evil age (cf. Gal. 1:4; Acts 2:40-41). In the same manner, the water of the Red Sea judged the Egyptians and saved the children of Israel from the Egyptian age (Exo. 14:26-30). The water of baptism symbolizes the death of Christ, which judged Satan and the world (Rom. 6:3; John 12:31) and which also saves the believers from the condemned world and the satanic power of darkness (Gal. 6:14; Heb. 2:14).