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Slide 2 Slide 3 BIG BANG 20 BILLION YEARS AGO EARTH FORMED 4.6 BILLION YEARS AGO LIFE APPEARS 3 BILLION YEARS AGO MAN EVOLVED 3 MILLION YEARS AGO TODAY Slide 4 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. ~ II Peter 3:5-7 ~ Slide 5 CREATION 6,000 YEARS AGO TODAY 4 THOUSAND B.C. FLOOD 4,400 YEARS AGO CHRIST 0 A.D. JUDGEMENT Scoffers are ignorant of: >> The Creation of the World >> The Worldwide Flood >> Coming Judgment of Fire Slide 6 ANSWERING THE SKEPTICS NOAHS ARK Slide 7 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. ~ Genesis 6:5 ~ Slide 8 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. ~ Genesis 6:6 ~ Slide 9 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; for it repenteth me that I have made them. ~ Genesis 6:7 ~ Slide 10 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. ~ Genesis 6:7 ~ Slide 11 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 come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. ~ Genesis 6:11-13 ~ Slide 12 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 sons' wives with thee. ~ Genesis 6:17-18 ~ Slide 13 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 300 cubits long = 450 feet long 50 cubits wide = 75 feet wide 30 cubits high = 45 feet high ~ Genesis 6:15 ~ Ark Dimensions Slide 14 >> Not faithful to the Bible account >> Depicts Noah as evil, and uncompassionate >> Strong environmentalist message >> The creation story is depicted along lines of macroevolution >> Makes the true biblical account too fantastic to be believed >> We will be contending with the misinformation of this film for many years to come The Film Directed by Darren Aronofsky NOAH Slide 15 The Creation sequence is falsified in depicting a big bang, the emergence of life from oceans, the evolving complexity of organisms, trying to lead us to believe that the Genesis story supports evolution. Slide 16 Bill Nye, The Science Guy Ham & Nye Debate, Answers in Genesis Museum, 2013 Bill Nye raised some objections about the Ark account found in the Bible in his debate with Ken Ham. Slide 17 Slide 18 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.) How did the marsupials migrate to Australia after the flood? 2.) How did Noahs family of 8 do what skilled ship builders couldnt do before 1800s? 3.) How can you build a wooden ship that big without it leaking and sinking? 4.) How do you get all those millions of animals to fit on the ark? 5.) Why not kill all the animals and then just re-create them after the flood? COMMON SKEPTICAL QUESTIONS Slide 19 Transcontinental Migration after the Flood How did animals like kangaroos and penguins migrate so far out of Mesopotamia (like Austraila and Antartica) without leaving any fossil evidence? Slide 20 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged [subdued, made calm and abated]; ~ Genesis 8:1 ~ Slide 21 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; ~ Genesis 8:8 ~ Slide 22 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. ~ Genesis 8:13 ~ Slide 23 DOES BIOGEOGRAPHY SUPPORT CREATION? EVOLUTIONARY EVIDENCE Fossil Record Comparative Anatomy Genetics Biogeography Examples of recent evolution 1.In a post-flood world, flora and fauna could be transported transoceanically on vegetation mats, or ice bridges, or transported by man. 2.Migration to new habitats and partial extinction. 3.Speciation (adaptation to new climate) Slide 24 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.) How did the marsupials migrate to Australia after the flood? 2.) How did Noahs family of 8 do what skilled ship builders couldnt do before 1800s? 3.) How can you build a wooden ship that big without it leaking and sinking? 4.) How do you get all those millions of animals to fit on the ark? 5.) Why not kill all the animals and then just re-create them after the flood? COMMON SKEPTICAL QUESTIONS Slide 25 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. ~ Genesis 7:6-7 ~ Slide 26 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ~ Genesis 5:32 ~ Slide 27 100 years is a long time to build a boat that size! And you can learn a lot in 100 years! Slide 28 Where does the Bible say that only 8 people built the ark? Slide 29 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.) How did the marsupials migrate to Australia after the flood? 2.) How did Noahs family of 8 do what skilled ship builders couldnt do before 1800s? 3.) How can you build a wooden ship that big without it leaking and sinking? 4.) How do you get all those millions of animals to fit on the ark? 5.) Why not kill all the animals and then just re-create them after the flood? COMMON SKEPTICAL QUESTIONS Slide 30 The Problem of the Wyoming Built in the early 1900s, the Wyoming was a 6 masted, 330 foot long (450 feet overall) schooner. It was built by the best shipwrights of the day, but it would warp and twist and leaked like a sieve. Eventually it tragically sank with a great loss of life. Wyoming Specifications Slide 31 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.) How did the marsupials migrate to Australia after the flood? 2.) How did Noahs family of 8 do what skilled ship builders couldnt do before 1800s? 3.) How can you build a wooden ship that big without it leaking and sinking? 4.) How do you get all those millions of animals to fit on the ark? 5.) Why not kill all the animals and then just re-create them after the flood? COMMON SKEPTICAL QUESTIONS Slide 32 How did the Ark contain all those animals? Slide 33 Slide 34 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.) How did the marsupials migrate to Australia after the flood? 2.) How did Noahs family of 8 do what skilled ship builders couldnt do before 1800s? 3.) How can you build a wooden ship that big without it leaking and sinking? 4.) How do you get all those millions of animals to fit on the ark? 5.) Why not kill all the animals and then just re-create them after the flood? COMMON SKEPTICAL QUESTIONS Slide 35 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK Life is precious to God. Evolutionists cant understand this. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. ~ Proverbs 8:36 ~ Slide 36 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.The Flood left evidence where a miracle would not. 2.The effects are here for all to see and be reminded of Gods Judgment on sin. 3.The warning time gave them a chance to repent. Why a global flood, instead of another way? Slide 37 Was Noah a real person? Slide 38 CULTURAL FLOOD LEGENDS NOAHS ARK Epic of GilgameshHawaiiChineseMexico Babylon Slide 39 CULTURAL FLOOD LEGENDS NOAHS ARK Slide 40 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.The Flood left evidence where a miracle would not. 2.The effects are here for all to see and be reminded of Gods Judgment on sin. 3.The warning time gave them a chance to repent. Why a global flood, instead of another way? Slide 41 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. ~ Psalm 24:1-2 ~ Slide 42 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. ~ Psalm 33:7 ~ Slide 43 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: ~ Psalm 136:6 ~ Slide 44 In the six hundredth year of Noahs 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. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. ~ Genesis 7:11-12 ~ Slide 45 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK Oysters 11.5 feet wide! Express Times 3-2-01 p. A-2, Slide 46 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK 1.The depth of the flood (7:19-20) 2.The duration of the flood (7:11; 8:14) 3.The geology of the flood (7:24; 8:2) 4.The size of the ark (6:15-16) 5.The need for an ark (7:21-23) 6.The testimony of the New Testament (I Pet. 3:20; II Pet. 2:5; Matt. 24:39; Luke 17:27) 7.The Promise of God (9:11-15) Worldwide, not simply a local flood Slide 47 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow [Heb., Kesheth :: bending or shooting bow] shall be seen in the cloud: 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. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. ~ Genesis 9:13-14 ~ Noahic Covenant Slide 48 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ~ Matthew 24:37-39 ~ Slide 49 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. ~ Psalm 5:4 ~ Slide 50 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NOAHS ARK God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. ~ Psalm 7:11-12 ~ Slide 51 Dont miss the boat Remember that we are all in the same boat Plan ahead. It wasnt raining when Noah built the ark. Everything you need to know from Noahs Ark Slide 52