How many were spared?

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The Ark is symbolic of Jesus. If you agree that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, you would have to agree that those who are not in Christ are condemned, no?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
The Ark is symbolic of Jesus.

No, it isn't. Jesus came a long time after. So says the book.

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In terms of the practical application to the Christian life, if they had gotten on to the ark, I don't think they would have carried on with their bahavior on the ark. Repentance is a key part of salvation.

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Only while the door was open. Once it closed it was too late. Anyone left outside was condemned.

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No whatever gave you that idea?

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No, not at all, but just as in Sodom, there was no one there who would have taken the reprieve. They were already condemned through their own choices. Just as those who take the Mark in the last days are also condemned through their own choices. All of these situations have one thing in common: they were all lost in their own sins, AND they were well able to take the second-chance reprieve through their own choice to just "man-up" and take the offer AND no one repented and praised God for the second chance and took it. Not one. Because they were already condemned through their own choices.

This only highlights that man is totally not able to save himself. That is why Jesus came to earth to sacrifice himself for our sins and why we need a savior. We cannot do it by ourselves. That's the lesson and example of scripture. The same story told many ways.

Still, there will be many who "miss the boat" yet again.

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But I think it's no coincidence that only the righteous got on, because they believed God and acted upon it.

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You are using the word "spared" incorrectly.

If I was going to douse a field with a flamethrower, say, to rid it of weeds, and there were some children playing in it, and I warned them repeatedly to get out of the field, and they didn't listen, and I set them on fire anyway, one would rightly think me mad if I claimed I had "spared" them.