Is the Noah’s Ark story in the book of Genesis really about God destroying creation? A spiritual Bible interpretation of the story reveals its true meaning.

In this video, host Curtis Childs guides us through the revelations about the Old Testament parable that eighteenth-century philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg had during his spiritual experiences. Swedenborg’s perspectives transcend literal interpretations to provide a hopeful lesson about salvation. While it may seem like the Bible story is about God destroying creation, Swedenborg’s spiritual perspectives suggest that it symbolizes God’s still-ongoing efforts to save us from self-destruction.

1086. And went backward. That this signifies that they did not attend to the errors and perversions, is evident from the signification of “going backward” as being to avert the eyes and not see; which is plain from what follows, where it is said that they did not see the nakedness of their father. “Not to see” in the internal sense is not to attend to.