Noahs Ark The Story of the Flood Genesis

Noah’s Ark The Story of the Flood

Genesis 6: 1 -4 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 6: 1 -4 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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Who were the ‘sons of God’? Angels view: they were fallen angels (Lucifer’s followers) or they were unfallen angels who fell because of this sin Problem: 1. Why would they be called the sons of God? 2. Angels cannot have marriage relations with women (“For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. ” Matt. 22: 30)

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Who were the ‘sons of God’? Tyrant’s View: they were aristocrats who were possessed by demonic angels Problem: 1. There is no reference to demons at all…if sons of God does not apply to angels, this cannot be true. 2. The flood is directed at men, not angels.

Who were the ‘sons of God’? Line of Seth View: men from the line of Seth who turned away from God. They were corrupted by the men of Cain’s line

Dimensions of the Ark

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Fascinating Facts About the Ark: • The Santa Maria, the largest ship in Christopher Columbus’ fleet, was only 95 feet long in 1492. • The Ark had a capacity of 13, 960 tons. 522 railroad boxcars could have fit in it and over 45, 000 animals could have been put in it. • A larger ship than the ark was not built until 1884 when the Titanic was built.

Final Facts about Genesis 6 -9: • Noah sacrificed clean animals to God after they got off of the ark. God smelled the sacrifice and promised never to destroy the earth with a f lood again. The rainbow is a sign of this promise. • God gave Noah and his family the same command as he gave Adam and Eve…be fruitful and multiply. • God established the death penalty for the crime of murder. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed. ”

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