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THE
WORLD MAN
THE
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD OF NOAH BEFORE THE FLOOD? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT NOAH'S OBEDIENCE?
PHYSICALLY: SCRIPTURE:
Based on what we read in Scripture, as well as the scientific evidence, the Earth was likely very
different before the Flood. Consider these thoughts from Dr. Jeff Miller: The Bible tells us a lot about Noah's character and obedience:
GENESIS 6:8 - "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord."
"When we rewind the movement of the continents in the opposite direction...we find
GENESIS 6:9 - "Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah
that the continents fit together like a big puzzle that was apparently torn apart at some
walked with God."
point in the past...
GENESIS 6:22 - "Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him,
The continents are moving today on the order of centimeters per year, but what if the
so he did."
continents once moved much faster due to some kind of catastrophe with enough
power to actually break up the ocean floor (Genesis 7:11)? Well, that is precisely what GENESIS 7:5 - "And Noah did according to all that the Lord
Creation scientists believe happened in the Flood." commanded him."
HEBREWS 11:7a - "By faith Noah, being divinely warned of
things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an
ark for the saving of his household...."
2 PETER 2:5 - "[God] saved Noah...a preacher of righteous-
ness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly."
Possible depiction of continental movement during the Flood
These are remarkable statements about Noah, but based on what
God told Noah to do, what would be some of the specifics of his
obedience in the building of the Ark?
SPIRITUALLY:
Much like the PHYSICAL separation of land that took place on the Earth
during the Flood, there was a similar SPIRITUAL separation that led to
SPECIFICS:
God's decision to destroy the world in the days of Noah. In order to carry out God's commands, Noah would have had to do all of these
things...and more! Just imagine how much work this would have been!
It began with the sin committed by ADAM & EVE in the Garden of
Eden (Genesis 3). This sin brought lasting consequences that sent mankind PLANNING CHOPPING MAKING
WOOD LUMBER
on a downward spiral of spiritual corruption. CAIN continued this spiritual
decline when he murdered his brother, Abel (Genesis 4:1-16). As Cain's
descendants grew in number, they also increased in their sin, to the point
that LAMECH (five generations removed from Cain) took two wives and
boasted about murder (Genesis 4:19,23-24). Eventually, mankind became so
wicked that "every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually"
(Genesis 6:5). These were the gradual, drastic spiritual changes that took place
MOVING
in Noah's world that led to the Flood! WOOD CONSTRUCTION MAKING PITCH
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THE
ARK THE MANPOWER:
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TARGETS
AMONG SKEPTICS OF THE BIBLE IS THE
FLOOD, AND THE ARK IS OFTEN
CRITICIZED AS ILLOGICAL, IMPRACTICAL,
AND IMPOSSIBLE. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SKEPTICS ALSO CLAIM THAT NOAH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THE ARK IN THE
TEACH US ABOUT THIS MASSIVE VESSEL, TIME THAT HE WAS GIVEN [APPROXIMATELY 100 YEARS, BASED ON GENESIS 6:3]. BUT IS THIS
AND HOW CAN WE BE PREPARED TO TRUE? WOULD NOAH HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO BUILD THE ARK, ESPECIALLY IF HE HAD
DEFEND THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS
IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR HISTORY? HELP FROM HIS FAMILY? LET'S DO SOME MATH:
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE ARK ITSELF? NOAH
ALONE:
THE MEASUREMENTS:
10-HOUR WORK DAY
X 365 DAYS A YEAR
X 100 YEARS
= 365,000 WORKING HOURS
NOAH &
length: 300 cubits HIS 3 SONS:
X X = 1.4+MILLION
one cubit=
18-21 10-HOUR WORK DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR 100 YEARS
"And this is how you shall make it: The
HEIGHT: 30 CUBITS
inches
WORKING HOURS
length of the ark shall be three
hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and NOAH/WIFE
its height thirty cubits.” 3 SONS/WIVES:
WIDTH: 50 CUBITS Genesis 6:15
USING THE 18-INCH CUBIT AS OUR GUIDE, THIS
MEANS THAT THE ARK WOULD HAVE BEEN:
10-HOUR WORK DAY
X 365 DAYS A YEAR
X 100 YEARS
= 2.9+MILLION
WORKING HOURS
450 X 75 X 45 = 1.25
The Ark was well
5.5%
equipped to meet the
challenge of housing
FEET LONG FEET WIDE FEET LONG FOOTBALL FIELDS thousands of animals
with room to spare. As a comparison, the life-size replica OF THE TIME THAT NOAH ALONE
AMERICAN FOOTBALL FIELD = 360 FEET LONG God knew how many of Noah's Ark built in Kentucky in WOULD HAVE HAD
species He would be 2016 required only:
20,000 = .7%
sending to Noah and
NOAH'S ARK
NOAH'S ARK
NOAH'S ARK
therefore how large the
Ark needed to be.
OF THE TIME THAT NOAH, HIS WIFE,
WORKING HOURS
HIS SONS & THEIR WIVES WOULD
As is always the case: HAVE HAD
there is no rational
reason to distrust what [NOT TO MENTION ANY EXTENDED
FAMILY OR HIRED HELP THAT NOAH
the Bible says! Image by Cimerondagert - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78666256 MAY HAVE HAD!!]
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THE
ANIMALS FLOOD
THE
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE ANIMALS THAT WENT INTO THE ARK? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FLOOD ITSELF?
SCRIPTURE:
"And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to
SCRIPTURE:
THIS IS JUST THE "TIP OF THE ICEBERG" ON THE FLOOD!
keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds after their kind, of
animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every "And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. In the six hun-
kind will come to you to keep them alive" (Genesis 6:19-20). dredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the
"You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain
are unclean, a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive was on the earth forty days and forty nights" (Genesis 7:10-12).
on the face of all the earth" (Genesis 7:2-3).
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"Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high
"On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his above the earth. The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about
sons with them, entered the ark—they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing
on the surface of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills
that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. And they went into the ark
to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. So those that entered, male and female of all under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains
flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in." - Genesis 7:13-16 were covered. And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every
creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit
of life, all that was on the dry land, died. So He destroyed all living things which were on the face
of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the
DINOSAURS: earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. And the waters prevailed
on the earth one hundred and fifty days" (Genesis 7:17-24).
Were the dinosaurs on the Ark with all of the other animals? The answer is "Yes!"
Since Noah was told to "bring two of every sort," this would certainly include the dinosaurs that
existed at the time. We have abundant evidence in the historical and biblical record (see Job 40:15-19)
suggesting that dinosaurs existed alongside human beings after the Flood, meaning that they were on
the Ark (along with "all flesh") during the Flood!
SCOPE:
You might ask, "But how did they get the BIG ones on the Ark?" It is true that some dinosaurs, such Was the Flood simply a local event, or did it truly cover the entire Earth? We have seen that the Bible
as the Apatosaurus, were quite large (over 70 feet long in some cases); but remember a couple of things: seems to make this quite clear, but let's take a look at some scientific evidence for a global Flood:
first, the average size of an adult dinosaur was about the size of a rhinoceros; second, the Bible does not
say how old the animals were that were on the Ark. It is very likely that the animals on the Ark were young, 1. We have found marine fossils (sea-dwelling animals) on the tops of mountains and in the middle of
maybe even babies! This would change the space and food requirements drastically! continents far away from the ocean. A global Flood would certainly explain how they got there.
2. The fossil record indicates that many animals—including dinosaurs—were buried rapidly by a
catastrophic event. We have hundreds of fossil graveyards, some containing large groups of animals, all
SPECIES/KINDS: over the world. A global Flood would cause this.
3. There are hundreds of "Flood Legends" from all over the world, each being distinct in some way, but
Scientists claim that there are over 11 million living species on the planet. Some argue that there would not have been all sharing remarkable similarities. Wouldn't it make sense that this would happen, since people would
enough space on the Ark for all of these animals; but is this true? First of all, the concept of a "species" is not the same have been talking about the Flood before it was ever written down in the Bible?
as the word used in the Bible (Moses used the word "kind" in Genesis 6:20). This means, for example, that instead of
having one of every single variety/species of dog on the Ark (coyote, wolf, domestic, jackal, and varieties such as the
German Shepherd, Labrador, Beagle, etc.), Noah would have simply had representatives of the dog kind, from which
came the variety we see today.
Also, among these 11 million species of animal life in existence, only a fraction of those would have actually been on the
Ark. After we eliminate plants, fungi, protists, bacteria, and all of the animals that don't fit the Bible's descriptions, we
are left with only a few thousand different
"kinds" of animals! All of the animals
that we see today have come from
those that were on the Ark, and there
would have been plenty of space for
them on this massive vessel!
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QUESTIONS: CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Untitled Puzzle
Header In
Header In
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Answer these TRUE or FALSE questions and
2
then discuss WHY you gave your answer:
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1. The world of Noah was exactly the same as
4 5 6
the world that we live in today—TRUE or FALSE
2. It would have been easy for Noah to do
everything that God commanded him to do—
TRUE or FALSE 7
3. The Ark was simply not big enough to carry 8 9
all of the animals that God told Noah to bring—
TRUE or FALSE
4. Noah would have had plenty of time to
build the Ark—TRUE or FALSE
5. There were probably only a few thousand 10
animals on the Ark, not millions—TRUE or FALSE
6. It is possible that Noah took young animals 11
(maybe even babies) onto the Ark instead of
adults—TRUE or FALSE
12
7. The Flood covered the entire Earth, not
just part of it—TRUE or FALSE
8. We have no scientific evidence for a global Across Down
Flood. The Bible is our only proof—TRUE or 1. Noah found ___________ in the eyes of the 1. The Flood was ___________, not local,
FALSE Lord (Genesis 6:8). according to Genesis 7:10-12, 17-24.
3. The Flood did not simply come from above, but 2. Noah was also a _______________ of
it also came from _____________ (Genesis righteousness, according to 2. Peter 2:5
7:11). 5. According to Genesis 6:5, "the wickedness of
4. Cain had a descendant who took two wives and man was great in the earth, and that every int
bragged about murder. His name was of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
________________ (Genesis 4:19,23-24). ____________________."
8. According to all of the biblical and historical 6. Noah did everything that God
evidence that we have, the ________________ him to do (Genesis 6:22;
_________________ would have been on the 7:5). could
Ark, along with all of the other animals. 7. Based on the calculations we did in this issue
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10. The word "species"
). is not the same as the word Noah alone woud have had 365,000
"_______," as it is used in Genesis 6:20. _______________ hours to build the Ark!
11. The Ark was 300 __________ long (Genesis 9. Much like the physical separation of the land,
6:15 there was a _______________ separation tha
12. The continents seem to fit together like a huge happened, leading up to the Flood (Genesis 3
_____________.
ANSWERS
10. kind; 11. cubits; 12. puzzle; Down: 1. global; 2. preacher; 5. continually; 6. commanded; 7. working; 9. spiritual
TRUE OR FALSE: 1-F; 2-F; 3-F; 4-T; 5-T; 6-T; 7-T; 8-F. CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Across: 1. grace; 3. below; 4. Lamech; 8. dinosaurs
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