The Genesis Flood Genesis 6 9 Monte Malenke

The Genesis Flood Genesis 6 -9 Monte Malenke

Introduction • Review of flood account (Genesis 6 -7) • Historical event, not allegorical – Global – Wiped out all living things “that breathed and lived on dry land. ” – References in New Testament • How could all the animals fit on the ark? • Evidence of global flood and run-off

Flood Account The Reason • Genesis 6 – God displeased with people’s wickedness v 5 – Decision to wipe out people as a result v 7 – God finds Noah to be righteous v 8 – Instructions to Noah to build the ark v 14 – Noah obeys all God commanded v 22

Flood Account (cont. ) Flood Covers the Earth • Genesis 7 – Noah enters the boat v 1 – Pairs of every “kind” of animal came v 9, 15 – Flood begins, God closed door v 15 – Water covers “even the highest mountains on the earth. ” v 17 – Everything that breathed and lived on dry land dies v 23 – Water covers the earth for 150 days v 24

Flood Account (cont. ) The Flood Recedes • Genesis 8 – The flood recedes v 1 – 150 days later, boat comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat. v 4 – 10 ½ months later, Noah looks out and sees waters drying up v 13 – 12 ½ months later, God commands Noah to leave the boat, along with the animals v 16, 17

Flood Account (cont. ) God’s Covenant with Noah / Repopulating the Earth • Genesis 9 – God commands Noah to “multiply and fill the earth. ” v 1 – Animals will be afraid of people v 2 – Animals now source of food for people v 3 – Covenant not to flood the earth again v 11 – Noah’s sons v 18

An Historical Account • Flood account is presented as factual • No allegorical language • Clearly stated as global – If not global, why build an ark? Just move to higher ground! – Language refers to “all the living things on earth died” v 7: 21 (that breathed air and lived on dry land

An Historical Account (cont. ) • If local, why were animals of “all” kinds required to enter the ark? • If local, why would birds be on the ark? • Waters were 22 feet above the highest mountains at the time v 7: 20 • Genealogies go through Noah • Flood legends very similar to Genesis account exist in cultures around the world

An Historical Account (cont. ) • New Testament references to actual event – “The flood came and took them all away. ” (-Jesus, Matt 24: 39) – “The flood came and destroyed them all” (-Jesus, Luke 17: 27) – “…bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly (2 Pet 2: 5) – “a few, that is eight people, were saved through the water” (1 Pet 3: 20) – “the world that then was, being flooded by water, perished” (2 Pet 3: 6) • Note the use of “all” and “world”

How Could the Animals Fit? Rendering of the Ark, as detailed in Genesis 6: 15 (450’ long X 75’ wide x 45’ high) Source: www. answersingenesis. org

How Could the Animals Fit? • 2 of every “kind” • A kind may be equivalent to what we call a “genus” today. – Example: Horses, donkeys, zebras could be descended from a single equine “kind” – Example: Dogs, coyotes, wolves and jackals • 16, 000 unique “kinds” required – – – Median size likely size of small rat Likely only young dinosaurs were on-board Only 11% were larger than a sheep • Ark was large enough to hold 522 railroad boxcars, each capable of • carrying 240 sheep (125, 000 sheep!) (see “Answers”, p 183) Animals would only have required less than ½ the available floor space on the 3 decks. – Allows plenty of room for food (15% of volume) and water (10% of volume) Source: Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study, John Woodmorappe; “The Answer’s Book”, AIG

Mt. Everest Underwater? • Marine fossils found on • • upper parts of Mt. Everest – was under water at some point Everest likely formed after flood! Plate tectonics likely caused mountain ranges to form as a result of the global catastrophe

Global Flood Evidences • Massive continental sedimentation around the world – – – Grand Canyon layers, sandstones Marine fossils on surface and at depth “Billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth!” (Ken Ham) Source: “Creation ex Nihilo”; www. answersingeneis. org

Global Flood Evidences (cont. ) • Where is all the water? – Without mountains or sea basins, the earth would be covered by 1. 7 MILES of water! – The floodwaters are in our oceans! Ocean water 1. 7 Miles deep ! earth without mountains or sea basins

Global Flood Evidences (cont. ) • Continental Sheet erosion – – – Possibly 100 Mph currents Sheared off tops of plateaus across soft and hard materials – how else could this have occurred? – Devils Tower, WY – Deposition as continental shelves Devil’s Tower, WY • Sub-marine Canyons in Continental Shelves – Erosion features of channeled sheet run-off

Summary • Flood account recorded as historical fact in Genesis – Supporting stories around the world’s cultures • Animals could fit on ark with room to spare • Vast evidences supporting a global flood • Plenty of water for a global flood

Conclusion • The Flood happened! • God hates sin! • There is another judgment coming, this time for eternity… …Are you ready?