When Noah began constructing the Ark nobody knows what people thought or said to him. It must have seemed strange because it never rained in Noah’s world; that means no floods. Noah advertised that God was going to destroy the world with a catastrophic flood. It took him and his three sons one hundred and twenty years to complete the ship; fortunately people lived longer in those times because of the pristine and healthy environment. The problem was humanity; the people were wicked, violent and corrupt. Even though a major flood warning alarm rang loud and long the people were unbelieving and indifferent to God; only eight persons survived the Great Flood.
“Look life carries on as normal and that guy Noah has worked on that Ark for… well, I can’t remember when he started, but it seems like a hundred years already. Gosh how does he afford it? Anyway, I am getting married next year and then we plan to move to the opposite side of the continent so I probably won’t get to see him finish the boat; but it’s impressive; no doubt about that. Oh look, I can’t believe God will send a flood; besides God hasn’t communicated with humans since Adam’s time.”
But on a personal basis I will tell you why I believe the Flood Story:
Because I had a personal encounter with God;
Because Jesus believed it;
Because details provided in the Genesis account are profound;
Because I witnessed the 2007 Boxing Day tsunami and the 2011 East Japan tsunami; the damage caused by the two tsunamis demonstrates the awesome hydraulic power contained in the movement of water;
And because of the billions of fossils that exist all over the planet that are obviously the result of a major catastrophe.
When Noah began constructing the Ark nobody knows what people thought or said to him. It must have seemed strange because it never rained in Noah’s world; that means no floods. Noah advertised that God was going to destroy the world with a catastrophic flood. It took him and his three sons one hundred and twenty years to complete the ship; fortunately people lived longer in those times because of the pristine and healthy environment. The problem was humanity; the people were wicked, violent and corrupt. Even though a major flood warning alarm rang loud and long the people were unbelieving and indifferent to God; only eight persons survived the Great Flood.
“Look life carries on as normal and that guy Noah has worked on that Ark for… well, I can’t remember when he started, but it seems like a hundred years already. Gosh how does he afford it? Anyway, I am getting married next year and then we plan to move to the opposite side of the continent so I probably won’t get to see him finish the boat; but it’s impressive; no doubt about that. Oh look, I can’t believe God will send a flood; besides God hasn’t communicated with humans since Adam’s time.”
But on a personal basis I will tell you why I believe the Flood Story:
Because I had a personal encounter with God;
Because Jesus believed it;
Because details provided in the Genesis account are profound;
Because I witnessed the 2007 Boxing Day tsunami and the 2011 East Japan tsunami; the damage caused by the two tsunamis demonstrates the awesome hydraulic power contained in the movement of water;
And because of the billions of fossils that exist all over the planet that are obviously the result of a major catastrophe.