Genesis 7:13-16 The Real Flood...The Bible Version

In this same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark; they, and every animal according to its kind, and every beast according to its kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind; and every fowl according to its kind, every bird of every wing. And they went in to Noah and to the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which is the breath of life. And those going in went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him within.

What struck me first in these verses, was the fact that Noah, his family and all the animals went into the ark in one day. Now, that's a logistical nightmare. However, it shows that G-d was involved and all things are possible with G-d.

The other question that arises during a discussion of the Ark and all the animals is, "How in the world did all those animals fit into the ark? I started to begin a long disertation on the size of the ark and the room that they would have occupied. However, please allow me to point you in the direction of a site that has all the facts.

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-c013.html

I have read it and it follows exactly what the scriptures say.

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward 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, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.

After reading these verses, does anything strike you as funny. What kind of picture of the flood and how it happened do you have in your mind? We know that G-d caused the water from the underground spew upwards and mix with the water that was in the firmament above the sky and it rained down for 40 days and nights. Do you envision massive storms and hurricanes and tidal waves? I don't. I see it happening exactly the way these verses dictate. Yes. It was a heavy rain but there weren't any massive tidal waves and such. It was a flood that happens the same way that a flood occurs in your local area.

I just got done watching a National Geographic show disputing the Noahs Flood. It was a hoot. It showed hurricane and sunami conditions. They did everything they could to show that the ark, a "primitive vessel", could not, in anyway, survive such horrific conditions. OK. Let's come back to earth. I not saying it was a walk in the park. However, it wasn't a armigedden either. It was a flood from way too much rain. That's it. Pure and simple.

The rain lasted for 40 days and nights. The water covered the earth to approximately 22.5 feet, 6.858 meters. It lasted for 150 days.

I am curious. How many of us knew what the flood was like and was your thoughts according to the scriptures? Please write me at koder@cinci.rr.com or comment here. Also, as I have said before, please feel free to ask questions or comment annonimously at my email. There are many that do. This blog has always been for studying G-ds word and getting the answers through the scriptures and I want to help in anyway I can.

Yevarechecha HaShem Shabbat Shalom Yeshua Ha Mashiach

May G-d Bless You with Sabbath Peace through Y'shua the Messiah

Genesis 7:11-12 The Fountains of the Great Deep Blows Their Top. News at Eleven.

And it happened after seven days that the waters of the flood came into being on the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened up. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Once again, when we were young, we were told it rained so much, the earth became flooded. However, that’s only half the truth. In these verses, we are told that, “…all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened up.” The fountains of the great deep and the windows of the heavens? What’s that? I think it’s important to remind ourselves what the world looked like prior to the flood, as it was created in the days of Adam.

The earth had land, seas, plant and animal life, pretty much as it is today with a few exceptions. There was no rain. All water came seeping up through the ground which resulted in a mist. Also, there was a canopy of water moisture that surrounded the earth, just above the atmosphere. In these type of conditions, it was most likely a warm, humid place, similar to the amazon today. However, it was a constant temperature due to the canopy. There weren’t any storms and probably very little wind due to very little variation in sunlight, again due to the canopy.

In these verses, we are told that the fountains of the great deep were broken up. How did this happen? Well, with canopy in place, the atmospheric pressure, which is now 14.7 psi, was, at some estimates, approximately 30 psi. Without going through all the Physics, when G-d opened up the canopy, the windows of heaven, the atmospheric pressure would have fluctuated violently until it finally dropped to the 14.7 psi we have today. However, that fluctuation would have resulted in the earths crust heaving violently, thereby causing the giant underground aquifers to spew its contents up into the atmosphere like many fountains.

This water would also have mixture with the moisture in the canopy resulting in a lot of water raining back down on the earth. As this account tells us, it took 40 days and 40 nights for the water to fall back to the earth. This type of upheaval would and did result in a lot of changes to the surface of the earth, including the grand canyon. You won’t about this in todays classroom because it goes against the evolutionist agenda, that is to deny any possible references to a creator. However, if you look at all the facts, you can’t deny the possibily of a designer, that is our Lord and G-d.

Genesis 7:1-10: Come, my people, enter into your rooms…?

For in seven more days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. And I will destroy from off the face of the earth every living thing that I have made. And Noah did according to all that Jehovah commanded him. 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 went in with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

It is interesting that G-d wants us to make note of how long after he tells Noah to come into the ark that the flood waters were to come. That is seven days. He also wants up to know that Noach is 600 years old when the flood came. If you are of the camp of those who feel that there’s more to the text than meets the eye, this should be a red flag.

Could these seven days be a foreshadowing of the 70th week of Daniel, the seven years of tribulation that comes at the end of days? We will look at that as another level of understanding, when we finish the account of Noah. But for now, this is very straight forward. G-d tells Noach to come into the ark, because in seven days, he will bring judgement upon all the earth.

This reminds me of Isaiah 26:20-21.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms and shut your doors around you; hide for a little moment, until the fury has passed by. For behold, Jehovah comes out of His place to punish the people of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall reveal her blood, and shall no more cover her dead.

Again, could this be a model or foreshadowing of our future?

Of the clean animals, and of the animals that were not clean, and of the fowls, and of everything that creeps on the earth, two by two they went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

As children, we were told that Noach went out and gathered all the animals. However, it shows here that the animals went into the ark on their own fruition. I, for one, believe that it was G-d that told the animals to go into the ark. It’s also interesting to note that the animals went into the ark in an orderly fashion. When we see animals herded, it’s never in an orderly fashion. Another sign of the supernatural power of G-d.

Genesis 7:1-3 Two Of Every Animal??? I Don't Think So.

”And Jehovah said to Noah, You and all your house come into the ark, for I have seen you righteous before Me in this generation. You shall take with you every clean animal by sevens, the male and female. And take two of the animals that are not clean, the male and female. Also take of the fowls of the air by sevens, the male and the female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.”

It’s interesting to note that G-d tells Noach, Noah to come into the ark, not go into the ark. This is very important as to recognizing the model of the ark. Again, as we go through this account of the flood, please take notice of the aspects of the ark in order to determine who or what does this ark represent.

”…for I have seen you righteous before Me in this generation”

Wow. Can you imagine G-d saying that to you? Noah was righteous and perfect in his generation. Remember, G-d said the same thing in Genesis 6:9. What does G-d mean by that? Was Noach, Noah sinless? No. However, this is referring back to when the B’nai Elohim came down and corrupted the lineage of man, with the daughters of man, and bore the Nephylim. There was none of that in Noahs lineage. Therefore, G-d said that Noah was perfect in his generations and was the perfect vessel to carry on the Messianic line.

” You shall take with you every clean animal by sevens, the male and female.”

Wait a second….Weren’t we taught that Noach took only two of every animal into the ark, not seven pairs. Yes. This is one of those traditional teachings that is out and out wrong. Back in Genesis 6:20, didn’t G-d say to take two of every animal? Isn’t this a contradiction.? No. The Hebrew word, Shetahyim, is used to either imply two or pairs. Therefore, in Genesis 6:20, G-d said to take pairs or couples of every animal. Here, in Genesis 7:2, he defines it a little better for Noach. He wants him to take couple, male and female, into the ark. However, of the clean animals, G-d wants seven couples of each.

It says here, “…to keep seed alive…” That understandable. But why the seven pairs? This is due to the fact that all the plant life will be completely gone immediately after the flood. It'll take some time to regrow the plant life and Noach and his family will have to eat. They will also need animals as sacrifice unto G-d. Therefore, clean animals will be needed for both food and acceptable sacrifices.

But, wait a second. Clean and unclean? Sacrifices? Isn’t that part of the Mosaic Law, a Jewish thing? No. That is a misnomer perpetuated by todays Christian church. Yes….G-d gave the law to Moses. However, the law was known by man long before Abraham and his offspring, as evident here. G-d used the Abraham and his Jewish seed to bring the law back to common knowledge. We’ll get further into that as we go along.

I would like to introduce a concept that may be foreign to you. We have heard that the Jews were the chosen people of G-d and that is true, always have and always will. But, what does that mean? As we go further along, you will find that the Jews were not picked to be an exclusive people unto G-d, but the exclusive people through which G-d would bring his salvation to the world. That may sound the same to you but it is not. Even though the my Jewish brothers attempted to keep the law and G-d to themselves, G-d had other plans, to bring salvation, by way of a Jewish man, a perfect Jewish man to offered up as the perfect sacrifice for our sins. That man, according to the scriptures, was also G-d himself, Yeshua, our Messiah.

Genesis 6:18-22 The First Covenant

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. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

What is not easily seen here is the fact that Noach, Noah, does all that G-d says to do without knowing the specifics of the covenant. Again.....what faith. How many of us would do that just on G-d Word? In a way, we do that as believers in the Messiah. We are relying on life everlasting based on G-ds Word, which is Yeshua.

Notice that these scriptures say, "two of sort thou shalt bring into the ark." Traditionists appear to only have read this verse in preparation for teaching thier children. As we will find out, there were more than two of every sort, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Finally, this is the first covenant in the bible. So what's so important. In these verses, it's not told to us. However, we are told that salvation from the deadly flood can be found by taking refuge in the ark. I'll give you a hint. As we go through the account of Noach, Noah, think about the aspect of the ark and how it resembles G-d future salvation for mankind.

Genesis 6:14-17 An Ark? Why? For The Flood? What's a Flood?

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.

Here G-d is telling Noah to build an Ark to house every specie of animal and the eight members of his immediate family, Noah, his wife, three sons and their wives. In case, you haven't studyied cubits before, the ark was 450 feet, 137.16 meters long, 75 feet, 22.86 meters wide and 55 feet ,17.76 meters tall. In the United States, that's 1.5 times the size of a football field and five feet taller than a five story building. That's incredible and a monumental task and it took him approximately 120 years to do it.

Another interesting aspect of the ark is the requirement of having in pitched on the inside and outside. The Hebrew word for pitch is kofer, which means a covering, redemption, a redemptive price and a sum of money.

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth,...

The other incredible thing about the account of Noah and the ark is what is not mentioned here, Noahs response to the flood. I'm sure Noah knew what a flood was, but it had to run through his mind on how there was going to be enough water to flush out all of mankind. Up to that time, G-d nourished the earth with water and a mist that rose up from the ground. Humans had no idea what was rain. Think about it, to build an ark, without fathoming a flood that would require it and all the ridecule from his neighbors, took a lot of faith.

...to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Some estimates have the worlds population in this pre-flood world at approximately 10 billion people. I don't care how faithful you are, that's a lot of people to have on your conscious. That's not including all the animals and property damage. Think about it. All those people and animals die and you and your family survive. Isn't that the way the world thinks? However, Noah had the right frame of mind. The same frame of mind, we should have. G-d is righteous and holy and has every right to lay down the law and the ramifications for not following it.

We know that G-d says that death is required for all who are disobedient. However, we have a savior who was sent to this earth to die for our sins, that is Yeshua ha Mashiach, the perfect lamb sacrifice for all mankind.

Do you except the sacrifice provided by G-d?

Genesis 6:6-13 Meet YHWH...The Father

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. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 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.

In studying the scriptures, there is a law of first mention. It says that something is usually important, the first time something or someone is mentioned. The reason I bring this up is that this verse is the first time יהוה YHWH, exclusively makes a decision, as יהוה YHWH, not Elohim. Yes, G-d is multidimensional and is made up of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit and much more. G-d is far more than what he reveals to us. However, there is a hierarchy to G-d. There is a dimension to G-d that has the final say so and that is the Father, יהוה YHWH.

No. That doesn't mean that the other dimensions to G-d, ie:Yeshua, The Holy Spirit, are subserviant. In the same way that the mind cannot live without the body or the soul, the Father isn't complete without the Son or the Spirit.

With that said, what makes the first time YHWH being mention so important? Up to now, all things done by G-d was done by the fullness of G-d or Elohim. Here, the Father, without the Son or Spirit, is making the decision to destroy all mankind, except Noah. Some believe, as do I, that this is when the Father first revealed his plan of salvation to Yeshua, including the need for him to become a man, live a sinless life, die a horrible death and worst of all, be separated from the Father.

Is this pure conjecture. As always, there are reasons, some feel this way. As we go through the story of Noah and the flood, we'll go over the reasons why some feel this way and how this account models the G-ds Plan of Salvation. All I ask is let G-ds Holy Spirit be your guide.

Shalom