REALITY OF A GLOBAL FLOOD

GENESIS 6-9

THE ARK• 6:1-12 THE EARTH IS WICKED, NOAH FINDS FAVOR

• 6:13-22 NOAH IS COMMANDED TO BUILD AN ARK AND GATHER ANIMALS

• WAS THERE ENOUGH SPACE?

ROOM ON THE ARK•HOW MANY ANIMALS WOULD BE NEEDED?• 1,000,000 ANIMAL SPECIES ON EARTH TODAY

• NOT ALL WOULD GO ON THE ARK THOUGH• 21,000 SPECIES OF FISH

• 107,000 SPECIES OF MOLLUSKS

• 800,000 SPECIES OF ARTHROPOD

ROOM ON THE ARK• HOW MANY ANIMALS WOULD BE NEEDED?• ESTIMATED AS FEW AS 2000 SPECIES WOULD BE

NEEDED

• FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, LET’S ASSUME 20,000 SPECIES WERE NEEDED

• DOUBLE THAT FOR MALE AND FEMALE: 40,000

ROOM ON THE ARK• HOW MANY ANIMALS WOULD BE NEEDED? 40,000

• WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SIZE OF ANIMALS?

• WE WILL USE A SHEEP AS THE AVERAGE

ROOM ON THE ARK• HOW MANY ANIMALS WOULD BE NEEDED? 40,000

• WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SIZE OF ANIMALS? SHEEP

• HOW MUCH ROOM IS THERE ON THE ARK?

• 1,518,750 CUBIC FEET OF SPACE

• 569 MODERN RAIL CARS

ROOM ON THE ARK• HOW MANY ANIMALS WOULD BE NEEDED? 40,000

• WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SIZE OF ANIMALS? SHEEP

• HOW MUCH ROOM IS THERE ON THE ARK? 569 RAIL CARS

• HOW MANY ANIMALS CAN FIT ON THE ARK?• 240 SHEEP PER RAILCAR

• 40,000 SHEEP = 167 RAILCARS

• ONLY 29.3% CAPACITY OF ARK

THE FLOOD• 7:1-10 NOAH, HIS FAMILY, AND THE ANIMALS ENTER THE ARK

• 7:11-24 WATER IS ON THE EARTH FOR OVER A YEAR

• 8:1-19 NOAH SENDS BIRDS TO CHECK ON THE EARTH

• 8:20-22 NOAH WORSHIPS GOD, OFFERS ONE OF EVERY CLEAN ANIMAL

THE COVENANT 9:1-19

• BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY

• FEAR OF MAN IS ON ALL THE ANIMALS

• MAN CAN EAT FLESH NOW, NO BLOOD

• BLOOD IS NOW REQUIRED OF ALL WHO SLAY MAN

• NEVER AGAIN DESTROY EARTH WITH WATER

• RAINBOW IS SIGN OF THIS PROMISE

IMPACT OF THE FLOOD

• CAUSED THE FORMATION OF FOSSILS

• JELLY FISH FROM AUSTRALIA

IMPACT OF THE FLOOD

• CAUSED THE FORMATION OF GEOLOGICAL LAYERS

IMPACT OF THE FLOOD

• CAUSED THE FORMATION OF GEOLOGICAL LAYERS

St. Peter’s Glass Sandstone

IMPACT OF THE FLOOD

• CAUSED THE ANIMALS TO BE FOSSILIZED AND BURIED IN A RATIONAL WAY

• SEA FLOOR CREATURES BURIED FIRST

• SWIMMING CREATURE BURIED WITH THE LARGE LAND CREATURES

• CREATURES CAPABLE OF FLOATING LAST LONGEST

ICE AGE• WHAT MAKES AN ICE AGE?

• WARM OCEANS AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

• JOB MAY HAVE LIVED DURING PART OF THIS AGE• JOB 6:15-17; 9:30; 24:7, 19;

37:6,9; 38:22, 29-30

• WHOLE PROCESS WOULD HAVE TAKEN 1000 YEARS