The Biblical Framework
Genesis 6 reveals that at one time
in the past it was necessary for God to judge the entire world through a great water
cataclysm. We find the reason for this in Gen.
6:11-18:
"The earth also was 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. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh
is before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will
destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the
ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou
shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it
fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and
in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side
thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 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 every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee
will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and
thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee."
Here we have a picture not only of God's judgment but of God's provision
and protection as He instructs a man named Noah to build a boat to preserve life upon the
earth. In this passage Noah is given instructions for the building of the boat.
Is it feasible to believe this account? Is the account
reasonable? Some skeptics tell us that it would have been impossible
for a man in Noah's time to build a boat large enough to preserve all
of
life.
He
maintains there are too many animals
living on the earth for such a feat. He also ridicules the concept of a worldwide
flood.
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