A Little Rain or Global Destruction?

Was The Genesis Flood Universal?

Absolutely!!! How? Why?

Here are some points to consider why it wasn’t a local flood:
1. The Need for an Ark – If the flood was local, there would be no need for an ark at all. Noah could have just walked away from the area to be destroyed.
2. The Size of the Ark – Why was is so big if it would only need to withstand a localized flood?
3. Why bother with animals? – No need to save animals that would be living in another part of the world already! The Bible says that birds were collected also, showing the global flood proof.
4. Mountains – A local flood could not raise waters 20 feet above the mountains…the water would spread out not up! How is it that they have found marine fossils on Mt. Everest?
5. God promised no more floods to destroy earth- If this is so why do we have Katrina like floods, Mississippi River Floods a few years ago…The promise was that of a universal flood, not local flooding.

Just some points to ponder…coming up, some objections to the Global Flood belief.

Morgan Freeman Does A Good God

I watched the movie Evan Almighty the other day and really enjoyed it. Bruce Almighty was very funny too. For some reason I think they (holloywood) did a good job in picking Morgan Freeman as God. Evan Almighty had a few non-biblical additions to the story but that was expected. The reason I am writing about this is not to say that God looks like Freeman or that Christians should watch these movies for deep spiritual insight, but I want to get back into some theology\Apologetics postings about the creation and flood accounts in Genesis.

The Flood…How did Noah get all the animals of the world into an ark?

Doubters’ Question Mark:

1. Too many animals for one man and family to gather, take care of, and house on the ark.

An Answer:

1. Unlike Evan Almighty, the Bible did not say two of every animal in the world…it says two of each “kind” of animal, bird, creature that crawls on the earth (Genesis 6:19-20). This word “kind” refers to the classification system we use today to identify animals. It is possible that Noah only had to bring two dogs, two cats, two cows, tow hippos, etc. Noah didn’t have to bring two golden retrievers, two labs, two bulldogs, etc. because we know that through breeding these different “types” are made available. So, Noah did have a bunch of animals, but not as many as normally thought.

2. About the gathering of animals…Noah didn’t have to go and find them…God said He’d bring them to Noah! (Genesis 6:20). This was one thing the movie got right! It was rather comical to see all the animals follow Evan (Noah) to work!

Coming Up…Was the Flood Universal or Local?

The Not So Popular Bible Characters #2

Ham - (Genesis 9:18-29) read it here

This is one of my favorite stories because Christians are too embarrassed to talk about it because of Noah being a drunk naked man!

After the flood, Noah planted a vineyard (v.20) and when the harvest came he made some wine and got drunk on it! (I’m sorry but this wine must not of been grape juice if he got drunk) anyways, about Ham…Ham walked in on his father while he was passed out naked on the floor and he didn’t do anything to hide the shame. Ham went and told his brothers. Shem and Japheth covered there father with a blanket. When Noah woke up (probably with a hangover!) he cursed Ham and decreed that his descendants will be slaves to the other brother’s descendants!
When we see someone we care about doing something stupid, sinful, etc. what do we do? Are we like Ham and tell others about it? or are we like Shem and Japheth that realized the problem, helped the individual, and did not involve themselves in gossip or mockery. Something to think about!

Marrying Your Sister?

Who did Cain marry? Did Cain marry his sister? Why are these questions relevant to our daily life?

I like to ask questions that aren’t normally raised to get you to think about what and why you believe the Bible and God. This question has been raised by sceptics of the authenticity of the Bible saying that Leviticus 18-20 states that it is unlawful that anyone should marry his sister. If Cain married his sister…this contradicts God’s law and so the Bible is not true! Wrong!!!
Many Christians try to explain that there might have been another race of created people but this is contradicting to the truth that we are all descendants of Adam (Gen 2:7, 1 Cor. 15:21-22). The truth is that yes, Cain DID marry a sister! It is not clear which one or exactly when the marriage was but it is true. Adam and Eve had a total of 33 sons and 23 daughters! for the human race to survive they needed to marry their own relatives and reproduce. When you think about it, we are all brothers and sisters, we are all from “one blood”
So what about that law? My answer to people who raise such a stupid question is get your timeline straight! The law of Moses wasn’t written yet during the period of creation and the fall. Abraham even married his half-sister Sarah (Gen. 20:12) and God blessed his life and made the covenant that a great nation will rise from his seed! The laws were not given until about 400 years later with Moses.
So when you hear someone discrediting the Bible as truth because of issues like this…don’t try to make up some answer to fit, read the Bible, study the history, and find the truth. “always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope in you” 1 Peter 3:15

Focusing on Creation Doubts

The first emphasis this blog will focus on is the doubts people have toward creation and how we came to be. Everyone from time to time has wondered if The Creation account can be accurate with scientific “discoveries” of evolution. There has even been an emphasis to add an evolutionist view with the creation account; that is to say that God created the beginning substances and allowed evolution to form the rest. I’ve got one word to describe this view…RIDICULOUS! actually there are other words but…I am Christian! I will be posting articles and thoughts on how biblical creation is the correct view and how creation actually explains scientific phenomenons!

7 DAYS??? OR 7 AGES???

Much from this article is from the Answers Book by Ham,Sarfati, and Wieland.

a reason why God did not create the world in geologic ages is that sin entered the world at the fall. This means that the evolutionist view of diseases killing off weaker species, bloodshed, killings, etc happened before The Fall. If this is true then the whole message of the Bible is undermined and worth nothing.

The whole idea of a “day” meaning millions of years only came about since Darwin’s time and when science was threatening the biblical view. Christianity started making the Bible fit with Evolution. The Hebrew word for day here in Genesis is yom and there are different meanings for it in the context of Scripture. However, every time in the O.T. (Old Testament) that yom is with a number…”sixth day” it means a literal 24 hour period. Just like in Exodus 31:15-17, God lays out the foundation of a 7 day\24hour a day week.

“For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested.”

posts to come….Debates on literal day translation and why it even matters!