NOAH'S
FLOOD -
LOCAL OR WORLDWIDE?
In
the
Bible, in the book of Genesis,
there
is an
account given of a flood.
We’re
all familiar with the main
character
of the story - his name is
Noah.
We are also told that when the
flood
came, he got his wife
and his three sons and their wives,
and
went
aboard the ark.
After
a
period of time,
The
waters dried up and they found
themselves
on dry ground once again.
NOW
SOME
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THIS FLOOD WAS ONLY
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In
this article, we’ll answer the following
questions (and others):
1.
Why
did God send a flood?
2.
How
long were they on the ark for?
3.
Did
the whole earth get covered by the flood waters?
“
0 Timothy, keep that
which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain
babblings, and OPPOSITIONS OF SCIENCE FALSELY SO CALLED: Which
some
professing have erred concerning the faith.” (1 Timothy 6:20-21)
For
all our answers we’ll look into the flood
account as given in the King James Bible.
1.
WHY DID GOD SEND A FLOOD?
We
are clearly told:
“And
God saw that the WICKEDNESS OF MAN
WAS GREAT IN THE EARTH, and that every imagination of the thoughts
of his
heart was only evil continually.”
“THE
EARTH WAS ALSO CORRUPT BEFORE
GOD, AND THE EARTH WAS FILLED WITH VIOLENCE. And God looked upon
the earth,
and, behold, it was corrupt for ALL FLESH HAD CORRUPTED his way
upon the
earth.” (Genesis 6:11)
Questions:
Was
this great wickedness just local
or worldwide? ANSWER: Worldwide
Was
the violence local just local or
worldwide? ANSWER: Worldwide
Was
corruption of flesh just local or
worldwide? ANSWER: Worldwide
2.
WHAT
DID GOD PROPOSE TO DO ABOUT THIS?
“And
the Lord said, I WILL DESTROY MAN
WHOM I HAVE CREATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH; both man, and
beast, and
the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air...” (Genesis 6:7)
“And
God said unto Noah, The end of ALL FLESH
is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through
them;
and, behold, I WILL DESTROY THEM WITH THE EARTH.”
(Genesis 6:13)
“And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of
waters upon the earth, TO DESTROY ALL FLESH, wherein is the
breath of
life, from under heaven, and EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE EARTH SHALL
DIE.
“(Genesis 6:17)
“...and
EVERY LIVING SUBSTANCE that I
have made will I destroy off the face of the earth.” (Genesis 7:4)
Questions:
Did
God propose to destroy man locally or
worldwide? ANSWER: Worldwide
Did
God say to Noah that the end of local
flesh is “come to him” or worldwide flesh? ANSWER: Worldwide
Does
everything mean local or worldwide? ANSWER:
Worldwide
Was
every living substance just local or
worldwide? ANSWER: Worldwide
3.
HOW
LONG WERE THEY ON
“And
it came to pass AFTER SEVEN DAYS,
that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. In the SIX
HUNDREDTH YEAR
of Noah’s life, IN THE SECOND MONTH. THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF THE
MONTH,
the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and
the
windows of heaven were opened.” (Genesis 7: 10)
“And
it came to pass in the SIX HUNDRETH
AND FIRST YEAR. IN THE FIRST MONTH. THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, the
waters
were dried up from off the earth ...And in the SECOND MONTH. ON THE
SEVENTH
AND TWENTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH, was the earth dried. And God spake
unto
Noah, saying, Go forth from the ark...” (Genesis 8:13-16)
Questions:
How
long did Noah have to wait for the flood
to start? ANSWER: 7 days
When
did the flood start? ANSWER: it
started on the 17th day of the 2nd month of
Noah’s 600th
year
When
did they get off the ark? ANSWER:
On the 27th day of the 2nd month of Noah’s 601st
year.
Length
of time on the ark?
ANSWER:
7+ 1
year + 10 days = 377 days. (A Jewish year has 360 days)
Comment:
This
would seem to be a bit of a long time if the flood was just local.
4.
DID
NOAH HAVE TO CONDUCT A WORLD WIDE HUNTING PARTY TO COLLECT ALL THE
ANIMALS?
No.
God said that they would come to him. “shall
come unto thee...”
5.
DID
THE WHOLE EARTH GET
“And
the waters prevailed exceedingly
upon the earth; and ALL THE HIGH HILLS. THAT WERE UNDER THE WHOLE
HEAVEN,
were covered. FIFTEEN CUBITS upwards did the waters prevail;
and the MOUNTAINS
WERE COVERED. And ALL FLESH died that moved upon the
earth, both of fowl,
and of cattle, and of beast, and of EVERY CREEPING THING that
creepeth
upon the earth, and EVERY MAN. ALL IN WHOSE NOSTRILS WAS
THE BREATH
OF LIFE, of all that was in the dry land, died. And EVERY
LIVING
SUBSTANCE was
destroyed
which was upon the face of the
ground...” (Genesis 6:19-22).
Questions:
Does
this sound like local hills or worldwide
hills? ANSWER: Worldwide
How
high were the worldwide hills covered? ANSWER:
Nearly 22 feet.
Does
all flesh, every creeping thing, every
man, all with the breath of life, all that was in the earth and every
living
substance sound like local or worldwide. ANSWER: Worldwide
6.
WHAT
WAS GOD’S PLAN AFTER
“And
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto
them, Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.” (Genesis 9:1)
Question:
Does
this sound like repopulating the local
area or the whole earth? ANSWER: Worldwide
7.
WHAT
WAS GOD’S PROMISE AFTER THE FLOOD?
“...neither
shall ALL FLESH be cut off
any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a
flood to DESTRDY
THE EARTH.”
Question:
Does
this sound like local flesh or worldwide
flesh? ANSWER: Worldwide Does this sound like local earth or
worldwide
earth? ANSWER: Worldwide
8.
WHO
WAS GOD’S PROMISE
“And
I will remember my covenant which
Is between ME AND YOU AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH: and the
waters
shall no more become a flood TO DESTROY ALL FLESH.” (Genesis 9:15)
Questions:
Does
this sound like local living creatures
of all flesh or worldwide creatures of all flesh? ANSWER:
Worldwide
FURTHER
QUESTIONS:
1.
If the flood was just local, why couldn’t
Noah just get all the local animals and clear off to where it was going
to be safe?
Wouldn’t a simpler plan be to move to higher ground somewhere?
2.
Why would God bring animals from all over
the world to place them in an ark for a local flood, if the flood
waters
weren’t going to touch them anyhow in their original habitats?
CONCLUSION
There
are many clever people in the world
today that won’t believe the King James Bible is God’s infallible word.
They
would rather consult archeologists, climat-ologists, biologists and all
the
other “ologists” as to whether they think Noah’s flood was
worldwide.
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” (Romans 1:22)
AN
INTERESTING QUESTION:
Why
was the world’s population only
approximately 6 billion people in the year 2008? If as the experts say,
the
world’s population doubles (conservatively speaking) every 70 years
(taking
into account wars, disease etc.) why do we not have trillions living on
earth?
ANSWER: The earth is of a very young age and Noah’s worldwide flood, which wiped out everybody (except Noah and his family), was very recent.
Harley Hitchcock
Australian
Bible Ministries, PO Box 5058,
Mt. Gravatt East 4122 Qld, Australia
www.AustralianBibleMinistries.com