Genesis 6 – Animals, continued:

• God gives instructions about how many animals to bring according to their kind (H4327 – min)
  • After their kind
  • Same phrase as used in Days 3, 5, and 6 to describe plants and animals.
  • Does the application of the phrase “after its kind” support evolution?
• How did Noah and his family take care of the animals?
  • Hibernation?
  • God told Noah to feed the animals

Genesis 7 – God’s flood

• Noah and his family and the animals go into the ark.
• When did they go into the ark and when did it start to rain? Is there a discrepancy?
• Genesis 7 is made up of four paragraphs: Genesis 7:1-5, Genesis 7:6-10, Genesis 7:11-16, and Genesis 7:17-24.
  • The first three contain repeating information about:
    • Noah and his family entering the ark
    • The animals entering the ark
    • The flood coming upon the earth
    • Noah did as God commanded.
  • The fourth paragraph describes what happened to everyone else except Noah and his family.
• God’s flood was a catastrophic, earth-changing event.
• If God flooded the entire globe, wouldn’t there be evidence? Acts 17:23-28
• Absolutely! If we can show people the evidence, then we can teach the truth.
  • Thomas in John 20:24
• Existing physical evidence
  • Hydrology and hydraulics
  • Landforms
  • Geology
• Evidence of God’s power
  • Mount St. Helens volcano
• How could 40 days and 40 nights of rain flood the entire earth?
• What did the earth look like before the flood?
  • Supercontinent?
  • Mountains?
  • Canyons?
  • Ocean depth?
• How much water?
  • We estimate there is currently 332.5 million cubic miles of water on earth.
  • If we assume a pre-flood average mountain height of 5300 ft., this would require about 335.3 million cubic miles of water, which is within about one percent of the current estimated total.