The FLOOD

Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, 

and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. . . . 

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 

So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.......when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. Genesis 6:5, 11–12/1 Peter 3:20

I. Opposition to the FLOOD

II. Noah's Dove & the 3 Advents (microcosm of the Great Controversy)

III. Vanilla Flavored Flood?

IV. "Cliff"notes on the Flood

V. 5 Rules of Global Flood Paleontology

VI. Pre- Flood Population

VII. The "Great Dying" & Mercury

VIII. Flood Evidence Everywhere (4 Basics)

IX. Bay of Fundy

X. Pink Diamonds & the Scar of the Flood

I. Opposition to the FLOOD

"Among those who insist that the Flood described in Genesis cannot be actual history, two reasons stand out more than all others.

First, naturalism demands a gradual development of everything over

“deep time” from simple to complex. Thus, the worldwide deposit of billions of fossils could not have been rapidly buried by a global cataclysm as described in the Bible.
Second, those who might otherwise accept the message of the Bible are appalled by the sudden and horrific destruction of the planet by a “loving” God. Thus, the Flood must be a localized or tranquil event rather than the wrathful judgment described in Genesis. Many who embrace this kind of thinking insist that “my kind of God” could never do such a thing.

The first rationalization insists that “all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” (2 Peter 3:4) and that the Bible must be understood in the light of evolutionary naturalism.
The second rationalization ignores the holiness of God (Isaiah 5:16) and would also ignore the clear Biblical teaching that godless rebellion brings the “wrath of God upon the children of disobedience” (Ephesians 5:6).

The first deny the evidence in the earth.

The second deny the evidence in the Word.

The first group rejects the facts of science.

The second group distorts the facts of Scripture.

Both change “the truth of God into a lie” (Romans 1:25).

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II. Noah's Dove & the 3 Advents

(microcosm of the Great Controversy)

I. The Raven

And he sent forth a raven,
which went forth to and fro,
until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Genesis 8:7
The Raven was sent out & never returned to the ark.
The Raven represents Lucifer, sent out first to the earth where he would stay.
The Raven is a scavenger bird as Lucifer scavenges for the souls of earth.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,called the

Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out into the earth,
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
Revelation 12:9/1 Peter 5:8

II. The Dove

a) First Trip / 1st Advent

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:
then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto

him into the ark.
Genesis 8:8,9
The Dove represents Christ. Notice on its first trip it found no place to rest the foot
---as Christ found no place to rest His head.... .
And it was Noah (God) who reached out and the pulled the Dove (Christ) back into the ark (Heaven).
...but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Luke 9:58

b) Second Trip / 2nd Advent

....and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off:

Genesis 8:10,11
After the 2nd Advent of Christ, He returns to heaven with His people...represented by an olive branch... for Paul compares
the people of God to an olive branch.
...how much more shall these,
which be the natural branches,
be graffed into their own olive tree?
Romans 11:23

C) Third Trip / 3rd Advent

....and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Genesis 8:12

The dove didn't return from the 3rd trip.
The 3rd time Christ leaves Heaven for earth,
He stays here.
For He brings down the City of the New Jerusalem.
And he carried me away
in the spirit to a great and high mountain,
and shewed me that great city,
the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:10

III. Vanilla Flavored Flood?

"During the worst mass extinction in Earth's history, acid rain may have at times made the ground as acidic as lemon juice, new research shows.

The mass extinction at the end of the Permian period was the most extreme die-off in Earth's history.
The high level of acidity in the soil at the time of the extinction was revealed in the new study when researchers looked at levels of a compound called vanillin in rocks that date to that time. The chemical is the main ingredient in natural vanilla extract and is also produced when wood decomposes. Normally, bacteria in the soil convert vanillin into vanillic acid, but acidic conditions hinder this process.
The researchers found that the ratios of vanillic acid to vanillin in the rocks show that the level of acidity of the soil at the end of the Permian could have been close to that of vinegar or lemon juice."
LiveScience

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

Genesis 6:17

IV. "Cliff"notes on the Flood

"No “flood model” existed before the flood; therefore, no flood would occur. No “flood model” exists after the flood; therefore, no flood did occur.
How much simpler could it be?
---For the pre-flood intelligentsia, the mistake was assuming that

what is now, the current physical condition of the world, would be the same in the future; 

---for the post-flood intelligentsia, the mistake is assuming that what is now, the current physical condition of the
world, was the same as in the past. In both cases, the assumption of continuity was—and remains—wrong.
No flood model exists because no model could exist. 

Q: How could science, premised on two assumptions—continuity (the present is the same as the past) and the rejection of the supernatural—model a supernatural event based on a past different from the present?" 

Clifford Goldstein

V. 5 Rules of Global Flood Paleontology

"The five rules of global Flood paleontology explain the fossil evidence of the rock record and also fit closely with the overall succession of global megasequence deposition by the Flood.

These rules are
1) Sudden appearance: creature kinds appear suddenly in the rock
record with no evidence of evolutionary ancestors;
2) Stasis: fossil creatures look similar to living counterparts as well as fossil counterparts buried later, with no evidence of evolution;
3) Marine mixing: land creatures are often found mixed and buried together with marine creatures;
4) Burial by ecological zonation: as the floodwaters steadily progressed from the oceans onto land, there’s a corresponding representation of ecosystem burial; and
5) Recent burial around 4,500 years ago: soft tissue and biomolecules are found in fossils in all Flood strata."
ICR

VI. Pre- Flood Population

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years,
and begat a son in his own likeness,
after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:3

"Description of Calculations:
Based on the numerical values in Genesis, the life-spans, generation lengths, and childbearing ages were analyzed using an electronic spreadsheet called Mathcad 7. 

The results were plotted and range of probable values determined, representing the world population at the time the flood occurred.
The population was calculated using the formula given below. 

This formula was published by Henry Morris and calculates the population of the world at the time of the Flood. 

P(n) is the population after n generations which begins with one man and one woman. The number of generations is represented by n. 

A value for n can be obtained by dividing the total time period by the number of years per generation.
The number of generations that are alive when P(n) is evaluated is represented by x. For example, if x equals 2, the generations that are alive are generations n and n-1. The value of c represents half the number of children in the family. If each family has only two children c would equal 1 and the population growth rate would be zero.
Both x and y scales are logarithmic. The number of children per family are varied from 10 to 3. Several "runs" are made using different values for n. 

The child bearing ages are obtained by dividing 1656 by n. 

The result is used to establish the average age for childbirth and therefore, the length of each generation. 

The population is evaluated in five groups, consisting of the following:
1. Sixteen generations (n=16), each generation is 103.5 years. The life-spans are 900 years (x=9). The calculations begin with 10 children per family and are minimized to 3 children per family.
2. Eighteen generations (n=18), each generation is 92 years. The life-spans are 900 years (x=9). The calculations begin with 10 children per family and are minimized to 3 children per family.
3. Twenty generations (n=20), each generation is 82.8 years. The life-spans are 900 years (x=9). The calculations begin with 10 children per family and are minimized to 3 children per family.
4. Twenty-two generations (n=22), each generation is 75.3 years. The life-spans are 900 years (x=9). The calculations begin with 10 children per family and are minimized to 3 children per family.

Additional data points were generated, this time assuming that the population may have been between 1 to 40 billion. The same life-spans were used as in the previous (900 years). 

The generation lengths are also the same (16 to 22). The range of children per family is varied from 8.6 to 4.8. These values appear to be more in line with what is mentioned in scripture. (Although, scripture isn't clear as to what all cases may have been.)

Conclusions

Although it is difficult to obtain an actual value of world population at the time of the flood, 5 to17 billion people would appear to be reasonable populations, with an average of around 10 billion. 

*The best ages for childbirth would be 80.8 to 92 years with 6 to 7

children per family. This would be 20 to 18 generations produced from Adam to the Flood in 1656. The Book of Genesis indicates (Chapter 5) that each family had at least 5 children.
However, Noah apparently had only 3 children. (It is possible that he could have had sons and daughters that aren't recorded and who weren't on the ark.)
Genesis Chapter 5 states that each person had "sons and daughters" in addition to the son whose chronology is given. Since a plural is used to describe the number of sons and daughters, a minimum of two sons and two daughters are assumed. Therefore, a reasonable value would appear to be a range of 5 to 8 children per family.
Using 5 to 8 children per family, the population falls with in a range of ~2 billion to 11.5 billion (over the range of 16 to 22 generations).
*It is interesting that today's population of approximately 6 billion fall within this category.
*A reasonable value for the antediluvian childbearing age appears to be approximately 90 years. Genesis uses a range of 65 to 500 years, for the first born in the families that are listed. 

*Noah is the only one mentioned who waited 500 years before starting his family. We are not told why. Therefore, Noah is an exception to the standard. (As mentioned above, Noah could have had other sons and daughters who are not recorded)."
Tom Pickett

VII. The "Great Dying" & Mercury

....the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up... Genesis 7:11

So during the Flood we learn that Mercury Rained Down on the Living of the time...
"An international team of paleontologists from China and the United States has found high levels of mercury in the end-Permian marine sediments at nearly a dozen sites around the world, which provides persuasive evidence that volcanic eruptions were to blame for the mass extinction at the end of the Permian period.
....known as the Permian-Triassic extinction event and the Great

Dying, is the largest mass extinction event in Earth’s history.
The catastrophe killed off nearly 96% of all marine species on the planet.
The main cause of the extinction is generally thought to be linked to severe environmental perturbations caused by eruptions in a volcanic system called the Siberian Traps.
Many of the eruptions occurred not in cone-shaped volcanoes but through gaping fissures in the ground.

The eruptions ignited vast deposits of coal, releasing mercury vapor high into the atmosphere. Eventually, it rained down into the
marine sediment around the planet, creating an elemental signature of a catastrophe.
“Volcanic activities, including emissions of volcanic gases and combustion of organic matter, released abundant mercury to the surface of the Earth,” said study lead author Dr. Jun Shen, a researcher at the China University of Geosciences.
The researchers used the sharp fossilized teeth of lamprey-like
creatures called conodonts to date the rock in which the mercury was deposited. Like most other creatures on the planet, conodonts were decimated by the catastrophe.
The eruptions propelled as much as 3 million km of ash high into the air over this extended period.
“In fact, the Siberian Traps eruptions spewed so much material in the air, particularly greenhouse gases, that it warmed the planet by an average of about 10 degrees centigrade,” Professor Algeo said.

Potential kill mechanisms triggered by emplacement of the
Siberian Traps magmas include ultraviolet radiation exposure,

hypercapnia [excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.], ocean acidification and anoxia,[an absence or deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues] and toxic metal release.
In the study, the researchers analyzed the Permian-Triassic sedimentary rocks from the Buchanan Lake section in the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian High Arctic.
They found that the samples have the lightest nickel isotope ratios ever measured in sedimentary rocks.
The only plausible explanation is that the nickel was sourced from
the volcanic terrain, very likely carried by aerosol particles and deposited in the ocean, where it dramatically changed the chemistry of seawater and severely disrupted the marine ecosystem."
SciNews

VIII. Flood Evidence Everywhere (4 Basics)

And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 

Genesis 7:19 ESV

 "The evidence for the flood is everywhere:

1- Consider the fact that it takes special conditions to make a
fossil, and the world is covered with billions of them in mass graves. Creatures must be buried rapidly before they rot or get eaten by scavengers. And, in fact, vast numbers of animals were buried and fossilized so quickly that some could not even finish swallowing their meal or giving birth.

2- Another obvious evidence that makes sense in a global flood is

fossils of tree trunks standing upright or upside down through more than one layer. This doesn’t make sense with the slow accumulation of layers over millions of years, but instead it is a sign that these polystrate fossils were buried rapidly.

3- Another obvious example, which tourists can visit around the

world, is rock layers that were deposited around the globe at the same time. This is consistent with the Genesis account of a worldwide, versus a regional, catastrophe. For example, the Tapeats Sandstone, which sits on the basement rocks of Grand Canyon (Arizona), also appears far away in Wisconsin and across the ocean in Israel and Libya (under different names). How could a local flood deposit the same rock layer across multiple continents?

4- You can go to many places on the planet and see row upon row of

consecutively deposited rock layers that were soft when deposited and then bent, sometimes drastically. The whole series shows no signs of fracturing. Obviously, hard rocks do not bend without breaking. A better explanation is that the flood laid these layers rapidly, and they were bent before they could dry out and harden." 

AIG

IX. Bay of Fundy

And the waters prevailed, 

and were increased greatly upon the earth;

Genesis 7:18

"The Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada is famous for its enormous tides. At Hopewell Rocks, toward the end of the bay, the tide may rise as high as 46 feet, but it does not stay high very long. The water is

always moving, either up or down, and the level can change by 3 feet in 30 minutes.
The tides are eroding the cliffs and leaving stacks that are narrow at their base and look like ‘flower pots’ standing on the shore. These have fascinating names like Baby Elephant, Mother-in-law, and Lover’s Arch. 

Visitors to Hopewell Rocks, sometimes thousands a day, descend the Main Staircase at low tide and stroll across the ocean floor—until the water begins to rise again.
On-site interpreters gave talks about the local wildlife, sea life, and plant life, and told the geological story about how the rocks formed. Their story was one spanning eras of unimaginable time hundreds of millions of years ago.
When I descended the steps, I saw that the flower pots were made of gravel that had been cemented into stone. Some of the chunks of rock were angular but most were rounded. This conglomerate rock, as it is called, spoke of large quantities of fast flowing water. Rushing floodwaters would not have taken very much time to deposit that gravel. As I walked across the exposed ocean floor and examined the flower-pot stacks and cliffs, I realized I was looking at evidence from the global Flood of Noah’s time.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?

*Early during Noah’s Flood, about 4,500 years ago, after the

floodwaters had been rising for a few months, they had deposited vast quantities of sediment in thick layers. Then, earth movements faulted and fractured the crust, as occurred in the Bay of Fundy area. Some areas were pushed up and others sank down, forming a ‘rift valley’.

*Floodwaters rushed into the rift.

*The rushing floodwaters eroded the higher land alongside, depositing thick layers of gravel into the rift. This has been called the Hopewell Conglomerate.

*As the rush of water eased, the valley filled with sand and

vegetation. The vegetation had been ripped up by the floodwaters, and was floating in huge rafts. After the vegetation was buried, heat transformed it, over the years, into coal.

*Further movements in the crust caused huge

volcanic eruptions.

*These earth movements tilted the land around the Bay of Fundy. They opened up the ocean basins allowing the floodwaters to drain off the continents.

*After the continents had drained, the warm oceans produced high

evaporation and high precipitation, which caused ice to build up on the land over several hundred years.

*When the oceans cooled, the glaciers melted back, and the Bay of Fundy emerged much like it is today." CMI

X. Pink Diamonds & the Scar of the Flood

.....the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. Genesis 7:11

So basically, the SCAR left by the geo-chemistry via the Floods

busting apart the Global Plates gave us Pink Diamonds....interesting....

"....the largest source of natural diamonds discovered to date, the Argyle mine in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, is one of only a few economic deposits found within a Paleoproterozoic orogen adjacent to cratonic regions underlain by Archean basement.....Argyle is located at the point where the Kimberley

region and the rest of northern Australia smashed together many years prior, and that sort of collision creates a damaged area or ‘scar’ in the land that will never fully heal.....While the continent that would become Australia didn’t break up, the area where Argyle is situated was stretched, including along the scar, which created gaps in the Earth’s crust for magma to shoot up through to the surface, bringing with it Pink Diamonds." 

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