"The like figure . . . doth also now save us" i (Pet. 3:21). The ark-figure of Christ passing through death, and His own in Him-was to carry them through judgement to a new earth in safety. Baptism, " the like figure," looks to, points to, salvation – is "the request (Gk.) … of a good conscience," reached in Christ's resurrection, and we in Him the Ark of our salvation through judgment.