“And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy the earth. Make yourself an ark…” (Genesis 6:13-14, English Standard Version) “For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.” (Genesis 6:17, ESV) “And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.” (Genesis 6:19, ESV) “Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.” (Genesis 6:22, ESV) “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” (Genesis 7:11-12, ESV) Everyone has heard the story of Noah’s ark and the great Flood. But is that all it is? Just a story? If a catastrophe of this scale really happened, it would have left plenty of evidence behind. And it did. The fossil record shows evidence of a small period of time in which all the major groups of life (phyla) appear without ancestors. (Wieland, n.d.) This alleged explosion of evolution is called the Cambrian explosion. However, Christians believe the Cambrian explosion is actually the Flood, in which all life on earth is rapidly buried by sediments picked up from the flood waters. Another piece of evidence for the Flood is the perfectly preserved mammoths. The mammoths show signs of being instantly buried and frozen, many while standing up. (Brown, 1995-2013) Evidence for this is fou... ... middle of paper ... ...ttps://www.boundless.com/biology/evolution-and-the-origin-of-species/understanding-evolution/evidence-of-evolution/ Wieland, C. Exploding Evolution. Creation.com. Retrieved 4/11/2014 from http://creation.com/exploding-evolution Wise, K. 2009. One: Life’s Unexpected Explosion. Retrieved 4/11/2014 from http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v5/n1/life-explosion Creation Today. Is the Grand Canyon Proof of Noah’s Flood?. Retrieved 4/21/2014 from http://www.creationtoday.org/grand-canyon-proof/ Morris, J. 1993. Was There Really an Ice Age?. Retrieved 4/20/14 from http://www.icr.org/article/was-there-really-ice-age/ Zimmermann, K. 2013. Grand Canyon: Location, Formation, & Facts. Retrieved 4/11/2014 from http://www.livescience.com/27489-grand-canyon.html The Grand Canyon –Amazing Proof of Noah’s Flood. n.d. Retrieved 4/11/2014 from http://www.grandcanyonflood.com/
On our planet, phenomena’s occur occasionally in nature. Tornadoes, earthquakes, and flashfloods are all types of phenomena’s that could occur. Most of these mysterious events are small and go unnoticed; however, on a rare occasion these sorts of event can be horrendous. One such occasion occurred back around 4,000 BC (Werner Keller, 48). As the story goes, God’s population was growing rapidly on earth. At this point, he had been growing bored with the same people on earth so he made sure no man would live past the age of 120. Given this time, the people of earth started to take advantage of the human race; these acts of selfishness disgusted God. He decided to destroy everything on earth. A man by the name of Noah had lived his life by God’s nature, which eventually led to a close relationship between the two. God had told Noah to build a boat with exact measurements. God had instructed Noah to put two of every kind of animal into the boat; one had to be male and the other female. Then God told Noah to get into the boat with his family, their families, and the animals. Then for forty days and forty nights the clouds seemed to have poured endless amounts of water onto the earth (Genesis 6:1-9). Floods rushed through the landscape, destroying everything in its path. The waters were higher than the tallest mountains, standing above the highest peaks. All living things on earth had died. The water covered the earth at this level for five months (Paul S. Taylor, 1). In time the water began to dry up. Eventually Noah was able to leave the ship and release all he had brought with him. From this point, evolution occurs.
Except for the creation, the flood of Noah’s day is the most awesome event this world has ever known. The Bible details this event; telling when it began and ended, how long it lasted and why it happened. (Gen. 7:11-24) And, it is mentioned many times in the Bible. The Lord Himself made mention of it. (Matt. 24:38-39)
"All the fountains of the great deep [were] broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened . . . And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased; . . . and the ark went upon the face of the waters."(Holy Bible, Genesis 7:11b, 17a, 18b). The flood was a catastrophic event that changed the earth in traumatic ways, but many people deny that this event ever took place. The main documentation of this occurrence is found in the Bible, but since many people refuse to believe that it is a valid source of history and has no weight in science, it cannot be used to say whether or not the earth was ever completely submerged in water. Therefore, science and fact must be the deciding elements in the discussion of the flood.
In conclusion, many ancient literature writers such as those of Genesis, Gilgamesh and Metamorphoses wrote their own detailed accounts of the Creation, flood, and fall. All three of the author's perspectives of the events are all distinctly characterized but, dramatically different. That fact in itself, the notion that we, the readers can trace hints that tie the three stories together, makes literature and the ways that we interpret it, amazing. I personally believe that the Genesis interpretation of all three the creation, the flood and the fall are all accurate and factual accounts of the event. I continually thank Christ for his redemption through His blood for my sin.
to the Christian belief in the flood that was sent down centuries ago to destroy
The Sumero-Babylonian version of the epic of Gilgamesh, after two and a half millennia of dormancy, was resurrected by British archaeologists in the nineteenth century. Amid the rubble of an Assyrian palace, the twelve clay tablets inscribed the adventures of the first hero of world literature – King Gilgamesh, whose oral folk tales go back to at least 3000 years before Christ (Harris 1). Tablet XI contains the story of the Flood. In this essay let us compare this flood account to the more recent Noah’s Flood account in Genesis of the Old Testament.
William Shea of Andrews University has pointed out that by using isolated, solitary Creation or Flood stories, that we neglect a large amount of other literary critcism which can be very helpful to our understanding. The Genesis flood account is often taken and interpreted outside of the context in which it was written. A proper understanding of other Ancient Near East flood narratives provides a foundation for proper interpretation of the Genesis Flood narrative.
In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, God can be seen as having a sort of bi-polar attitude. In the beginning chapters God is shown as a caring person when he is creating the earth and when he talks about how he wants Adam and Eve to succeed and do well and how he gives Adam a companion, Eve because he feels Adam will be lonely. As the book unfolds God becomes very angry with how his world is turning out. Sin has been introduced and humans seem to be falling away from the righteous. This upsets God and he creates an idea that he will flood the world so that only Noah and the people and animals inside the ark will live. His intentions seem horrible, trying to kill humans because they have sinned, but in reality he is trying to free the world of sin so that the remaining humans will live wonderful lives free of pain and despair. The flood can be seen as both a positive and negative thing. To non-believers they may find fault in the idea that God felt that he had to punish the world as a result of how sinful the people of earth had become. To help promote their ideas they could use statements from the Bible such as this one when God's feelings are stated about how he seems to be dissatisfied with the people of earth, "The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain" (Genesis 6:6). It can also be revealed when God states, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth" (Genesis 6:13).
For centuries people have believed in Creationism which is the idea that the Earth, its inhabitants, and everything in the universe was created and governed by a supernatural power. According to Branch and Scott, the biggest influence on this idea is the Bible and more specifically the Book of Genesis which presents “creation ex nihilo (“from nothing”), a world flood, [and] a relatively recent inception of the Earth” (27). Branch and Scott are of course referring to the Judeo-Christian biblical creation stories of “Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, the Flood and Noah’s Ark” which, in the seventeenth-century Europe, were “generally considered to by literally true” (Park 24). From these stories the idea that except for the “great flood, the Earth and its inhabitants were pretty much the same now a...
Due to the compromised worldview, the interpretation of Genesis 1 can greatly vary among Christians. Some people literally interpret Genesis 1, while other people have slightly different opinion toward it. First interviewee was a Japanese seminary student who is in the same organization with me. When I asked her about the length of a day in Genesis 1, she said that it is 6 days because she literally believes Genesis 1. Also, she thinks that the Earth should be about 6000 years according to her prior knowledge. Then she said that there is no common ancestor because she believes that God created apes and human separately. Consequently, she believes that Adam and Eve were real people. Second interviewee was my dad who is a pastor with a strong belief and firm criteria towards every thing related to Bible. My father’s answer was basically same. He believes that Adam and Eve actually existed, and man and apes are separate beings according to the Bible. However, He showed a slightly different perspective toward the age of Earth. He doubted the young earth theory because Moses’ reference of Genesis 1 should be an indir...
The second argument for a worldwide flood is its time, or duration, on the earth. From a careful study of the Genesis flood account, scholars believe that the flood, from start to finish, lasted 371 days. This period can be broken into two parts: prevailing (rising) and assuaging (subsiding). The prevailing of the flood waters lasted about twenty-one weeks. Most likely, the waters reached their peak in the first 40 days, during which “the widows of heaven were opened (Gen. 7:11),” and then maintained they height for another 110 days (7:4, 12, 24). After God sent a wind to stop the prevailing waters (8:1), the assuaging lasted about thirty-one weeks. In verses 2 -3 of Genesis chapter 8, the Bible says, “The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. And the waters receded continually from
This event was told in the Book of Genesis chapter 7 through 8. The length of the flood was 314 days, afterwards Noah remained in the ark for an additional 57 days until the earth was completely dry. Noah had three sons, their names were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Genesis’s tells us by stating this, “And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah fathered Ham, Shem, and Japheth.”.23 ". “Noah took along with himself, his wife, Emzara, the daughter of Rake'el, the daughter of his father's brother” 25. As there was no good man left on the earth except Noah, as God told Noah that this flood would destroy all humans and animals from the whole world. In His Holy words He said, “I (God) will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under heaven; all that is in the earth shall
After wisdom is turned on, a lot of people start thinking about human origins. Many great people have tried to explain the origin of human, they also proposed a variety of unusual ideas and explains, but most people are not accepted their idea. However, the first part of the Bible have a good explanation of the origin of human. There are two different theory about the origins of humanity in the Bible. God according to his own image to create a human, designed to allow humans to communicate with him, to respond to his love, and to serve as managing the affairs responsibilities.
Noah’s Ark is a story in the Bible. This story can be found in Genesis 5:32-10:1. Noah is a follower of Christ. He followed what God said and he was obedient to Him. “Noah’s family survived with Noah, and Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark.” Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives were in the ark, so that means eight people were in the ark, and they stayed and listened to Noah instead of questioning him. In the ark, no human being was born during the flood.
In the Bible Noah is referred to as “a preacher of righteousness” (Peter 2:5). Noah is a man of God who receives warning of a great flood to cover the planet, sent by God to wash the sins of mankind clean. When Noah builds the Ark, his wife and three sons board. The rest of the Earth, and humanity is drowned with Gods anger. When the waters resides, the Ark is said to have come to rest in the Mountains of Ararat. (Gen. 8.4) The Quran goes into depth about the dialogue that Noah had with the “wicked”. He successfully converts several faithful to his Ark, but his wife and one sons reject Noah, and drown in the rain. When the flood resides, the Quran says that Noah, and his Ark come to rest on Mount Judi, which is a specific peak of the Ararat mountain range in modern day Turkey. Contrary to the Bible, and although certain Islamic scholars claim different interpretations, the Quran does not teach that there was a global flood, just a severe flooding of the region. Noah story changes depending on who is telling it, and the inconsistencies between scriptures continue into the times of