How did Noah’s Ark actually happen? Does anyone else think that seems a little far fetched? I’m just asking what other people opinion is on this? Also, why does the bible constantly contradict itself.
If God is real, then how did Noah’s Ark happen?
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Debp
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I believe in the Bible as inspired by the Holy Spirit and inerrant. Our God is a God of miracles. He can do anything....all powerful, all knowing plus more.
The dimensions of the ark were huge and designed in a way for air circulation, too. Many animals could have hibernated.
Haven't you heard of scientific explorers searching for the ark on Mount Ararat? From above, scientists have seen something in the ice that they think is the ark.
Aunty Jane
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I guess it depends on what you think precipitated God sending a huge volume of water to engulf the earth in the first place?
What was the situation that caused God to do what he did? Rebel angels (sons of God) had materialized human flesh and taken women for the pleasure that only creatures of flesh can experience. They produced a hybrid race of monstrous humans….violent in nature and immoral in their conduct….“the Nephilim” (meaning ones who cause others to fall)……God had to put a stop to this increasing wickedness and flooding the world was the only way to deal with the situation.
All wicked humans, including “the Nephilim”, were wiped out along with all land dwelling creatures. Creatures that lived in the sea were not affected. Only land dwellers were brought into the ark for preservation. God chose the specimens and and brought them to Noah.
In the creation account, the earth was at first covered in water and God separated the land from the water by lowing the sea levels, which are incredibly deep in some areas.….and raising up the land masses to above sea level, was not difficult for the Creator…..neither was using the water previously on earth to again flood the world later on. It came in large measure from water above the earth’s atmosphere, which is described in Genesis as a separating of the waters below, from the waters above the earth. (2 Peter 3:5-6)
There are huge aquifers below the earth’s surface as well, holding huge volumes of water. The Bible says that these too were used in the flood. (Gen 7:11)
Do we wonder where all that water went? The water canopy above the earth would have provided a relatively uniform climate, moist and perfect for the growth of all that God created to live here.
The seasons would not have been as pronounced as they became after the flood.
Removing the water canopy, would have created a drastic change in earth’s climate, and the temperature at the equator would have increased, whilst at the poles, it would have become frozen….we also know that the poles are magnetic and so it is reasonable to conclude that water responded to that magnetic pull (as the moon affects the tides) and snap froze all that water in place……isn’t this why any increase in earth’s temperature would cause the ice caps to melt, again flooding the earth?
When God gave Noah his instructions and the warning about what he was going to do, Noah was without children, but he had three married sons by the time construction was under way, so he was provided with a “blueprint” of every last detail of its construction…materials, measurements, waterproofing, three levels, and the gathering of provisions for his family of now 8…as well as food supplies for all the animal specimens that God brought to Noah before he boarded the ark himself.
It was a lengthy project, not something that happened in a few months…..this perhaps took decades.
What do you find hard to understand that cannot be logically explained, using other Scripture and what we now know about the properties of water….? One of the most miraculous substances on the planet.
David in NJ
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Noah's Ark - 100% FACTUAL
How did it happen???
God told Noah to build the Ark - that's how it happened!
David in NJ
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They sent a military plane to blast it so that no one could provide the evidence.
There were some climbers who did get inside and made a short video of what they witnessed, before it was blasted.
NotTheRock
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Debp
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I also heard that the area was controlled by Russia so some explorers couldn't get in.
Debp
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No. Nothing is impossible with God.
There are longer videos but this is a brief one...the measurements line up with the Bible.
David in NJ
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i don't buy that is the Ark
From the video and pictures captured by the climbers on that very high Mountain had the exact shape of the Ark as described in Genesis
The pictures of this video do not and it is in a low area
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David in NJ
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Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”
5For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
7But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
I found this article really interesting , maybe you will too .
Flood Legends From Around the World
Native global flood stories are documented as history or legend in almost every region on earth. Old world missionaries reported their amazement at finding remote tribes already possessing legends with tremendous similarities to the Bible's accounts of the worldwide flood.
Speaking of other cultures and the flood, here is an example of the Chinese characters for boat.
You have to look at it yourself, as I can't paste it.
Early Chinese evidence of the Bible stories
Interesting Chinese Language Patterns coincide with Bible Teaching in Genesis. Real miracles, angel visits, near death, martyrs, real exorcisms, archeology, ghosts, catacombs, and more.
www.bibleprobe.com
The Chinese character for a boat combines vessel with person and the number 8. There were 8 persons in Noah's ark. |
Evidence for a world wide flood covering mountains is the sea shells on mountain tops.
Also the earth moves, God could have raised up mountains higher after the flood
genesisapologetics.com
And there is way more water under the earth, like 3 times the amount that is in all the oceans, so finding water enough is not hard to imagine for us humans.
www.earth.com
The presence of all these layers of earth, happened during the flood. Then when the waters receded back into the earth, it left huge inland seas, when the land sediments broke from the weight of the water, it carved out huge canyons like the Grand Canyon.
Also the earth moves, God could have raised up mountains higher after the flood
Noah’s Flood: Worldwide or Local? – Genesis Apologetics
genesisapologetics.com
And there is way more water under the earth, like 3 times the amount that is in all the oceans, so finding water enough is not hard to imagine for us humans.
Underground Reservoir Holds 3x as Much Water as Earth’s Oceans | NOVA | PBS
ost of Earth’s water, according to a new study, may actually be locked in a reservoir 400 miles underground.
www.pbs.org
Earth has a vast interior ocean, 400-miles under our feet, that creates 'ringwoodite' gems
Aided by a mineral called ringwoodite, researchers found evidence of a vast ocean trapped inside Earth, deep beneath the United States.
The presence of all these layers of earth, happened during the flood. Then when the waters receded back into the earth, it left huge inland seas, when the land sediments broke from the weight of the water, it carved out huge canyons like the Grand Canyon.
Can you give an example? In dealing with "apparent" contradictions, it's been my experience that there's always a plausible explanation to be found, even if it's not always possible to know the definitive answer.
How so?
This has always been indirect evidence for me that supports a global flood event.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.
16 For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him.
17 And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Because of by, in, etc... Him everything was made, therefore in Him all things consist.
Everything that exists depends on Him, so if He did not exist before His birth, nothing would exist.
And if He was not alive having the power of an endless life, enduring forever, they would cease to exist if He died.
So, the death He died, He died in the body. Christ was never spiritually dead, as He is the resurrection and the Life, and in Him all things consist. He is like the glue that holds everything together down to the subatomic level.
16 For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him.
17 And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Because of by, in, etc... Him everything was made, therefore in Him all things consist.
Everything that exists depends on Him, so if He did not exist before His birth, nothing would exist.
And if He was not alive having the power of an endless life, enduring forever, they would cease to exist if He died.
So, the death He died, He died in the body. Christ was never spiritually dead, as He is the resurrection and the Life, and in Him all things consist. He is like the glue that holds everything together down to the subatomic level.
Behold
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Contradictions are not found in a Real bible. They are supposed to be in there. And often the person who is making this claim is not even a Christian.
Also.. Durning the time of Noah, humans lived for hundreds of years....even up to over 800 yrs.
So, Noah and family took 100yrs obo to build the Ark.
David in NJ
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In FACT, the scriptures say that God changed the surface of the earth during the flood.Evidence for a world wide flood covering mountains is the sea shells on mountain tops.
Also the earth moves, God could have raised up mountains higher after the flood
Noah’s Flood: Worldwide or Local? – Genesis Apologetics
And there is way more water under the earth, like 3 times the amount that is in all the oceans, so finding water enough is not hard to imagine for us humans.
Underground Reservoir Holds 3x as Much Water as Earth’s Oceans | NOVA | PBS
ost of Earth’s water, according to a new study, may actually be locked in a reservoir 400 miles underground.www.pbs.orgEarth has a vast interior ocean, 400-miles under our feet, that creates 'ringwoodite' gems
Aided by a mineral called ringwoodite, researchers found evidence of a vast ocean trapped inside Earth, deep beneath the United States.
The presence of all these layers of earth, happened during the flood. Then when the waters receded back into the earth, it left huge inland seas, when the land sediments broke from the weight of the water, it carved out huge canyons like the Grand Canyon.
This is why we find some 'cities of pride/rebellion' under the oceans = "HE brings the pride of man down"
Ronald Nolette
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Well I would need to know what you hold as far fetched to answer intelligently.
But the account is not a metaphor, or fable or nice story, but an actual event and science actually supports it.
The badlands were carved by erosion.
The Mesas, the flat tops is where the land used to be. And that land surface was formed by the flood.
As the great flood receded, huge inland seas were left behind, with softer sediments laid down by the flood waters. Those inland reservoirs of water catastrophically broke free carving out the land as the waters raged back into the seas.
The banding was caused by the sediment filled flood waters settling out into layers. The great flood would have torn up the lands everywhere. The power and force of fast flowing water is incredibly strong and destructive.
God did not drain off the water immediately after the flood covered the whole earth. The water covered the whole earth and it stays that way.
Genesis 7 and 8
24 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
1 Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
The Mesas, the flat tops is where the land used to be. And that land surface was formed by the flood.
As the great flood receded, huge inland seas were left behind, with softer sediments laid down by the flood waters. Those inland reservoirs of water catastrophically broke free carving out the land as the waters raged back into the seas.
The banding was caused by the sediment filled flood waters settling out into layers. The great flood would have torn up the lands everywhere. The power and force of fast flowing water is incredibly strong and destructive.
God did not drain off the water immediately after the flood covered the whole earth. The water covered the whole earth and it stays that way.
Genesis 7 and 8
24 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
1 Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. 3 And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
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David in NJ
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Grand Canyon was rapid as the waters cut through fresh sediment that did not yet harden.
Once the waters receded, the sediments began to harden into stone = same as the fossils
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