* About the Flood *
"For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." (Matthew 24:38-39)
The Lord Jesus Christ not only believed in the special, recent creation of all things by God (note Mark 10:6-8), but also in the worldwide Flood of Noah's day, including the special preservation of life on the Ark.
The Flood in which He believed was obviously not a "local flood," for He compared it to the worldwide future impact of His Second Coming.
Neither was it a "tranquil flood," nor a "selective flood," for Jesus said,
"People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all." (Luke 17:27)
It is clear that He was referring to--and that He believed--the Genesis record of the great Flood!
There it says that the whole earth was filled with violence-
"So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth." (Genesis 6:13)
Having first been filled with people, and that the resulting world-cleansing deluge was so cataclysmic that-
"Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark." (Genesis 7:23)
Indeed, "the flood came, and took |literally 'lifted'| them all away."
This is what Jesus said, and what He believed, and therefore, those who are truly His disciples must also believe this.
The destructive effects of the Flood can still be seen today, not only in the biblical record, but also in the abundant evidences of cataclysmic destruction in the rocks and fossil graveyards all over the world.
To refuse this evidence, as do many modern intellectuals, can only be because they "willingly are ignorant," as Peter said in referring to this testimony.
"But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water." (2 Peter 3:5)
Passages of Scripture are from the New International Version Bible (NIV).........................
"For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." (Matthew 24:38-39)
The Lord Jesus Christ not only believed in the special, recent creation of all things by God (note Mark 10:6-8), but also in the worldwide Flood of Noah's day, including the special preservation of life on the Ark.
The Flood in which He believed was obviously not a "local flood," for He compared it to the worldwide future impact of His Second Coming.
Neither was it a "tranquil flood," nor a "selective flood," for Jesus said,
"People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all." (Luke 17:27)
It is clear that He was referring to--and that He believed--the Genesis record of the great Flood!
There it says that the whole earth was filled with violence-
"So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth." (Genesis 6:13)
Having first been filled with people, and that the resulting world-cleansing deluge was so cataclysmic that-
"Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark." (Genesis 7:23)
Indeed, "the flood came, and took |literally 'lifted'| them all away."
This is what Jesus said, and what He believed, and therefore, those who are truly His disciples must also believe this.
The destructive effects of the Flood can still be seen today, not only in the biblical record, but also in the abundant evidences of cataclysmic destruction in the rocks and fossil graveyards all over the world.
To refuse this evidence, as do many modern intellectuals, can only be because they "willingly are ignorant," as Peter said in referring to this testimony.
"But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water." (2 Peter 3:5)
Passages of Scripture are from the New International Version Bible (NIV).........................
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