Could the Ark Hold All the Animals
The ark had three stories and if we put all the land animals on the ark by today's classifications that would be 35,000 animals. THIS WOULD ONLY OCCUPY 28% OF THE SPACE. (See the Genesis Flood by Morris and Whitcomb, P & R press. They just published their 50th Anniversary edition. Another contemporary version is the two volume 1100 text, rather technical by geologist Andrew Snelling, Earth's Catastorphies, can be order from Answers in Genesis.)
O.K. WHAT ABOUT THE BIG DINOSAURS?
According to the museum of natural history, there were about 50 basic types of dinosaurs. In their immature stage (which is when they are very productive) they would average about the size of sheep. So holding ot a young earth and dinosaurs living during Noah's time, THERE IS NO PROBLEM THAT THE ARK COULD HOLD ALL THE ANIMALS INCLUDING DINOSAURS. By the way it's estimated there are now 10,000 scientist in all fields that believe in a young earth.
I believe that this miracle probably also caused the animals to have a hibernating-stupor so they could manage the ride of one year.
WHY DID GOD CAUSE SUCH A DISASTER?
The Bible tells us that the world was filled with violence continually, Genesis 6:13. The Lord had to wipe out this corrupt race and bring about a new beginning with the family of Noah. The flood and the ark are used by our Lord when He speaks of His return to earth. The world will be going about its normal activities, ignoring the Lord, when suddenly just like Noah's flood, They were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man (Matthew 24:39). Make sure you have a real, faith-based relationship with Christ, based upon repentance and trust in our Risen Lord.
EVIDENCE FOR THE FLOOD
It is all around us! We have fossils of sea life on top of mountains. The top one third of Mount Everest contain sea fossils. Sand from the Jersey Shore is found in Western California. Layers and layers have been suddenly put down. We see trees that are within various strata, showing these layers came about suddenly.
Speaking of fossils, they only occur by a catastrophe. A dead body will decay and be digested by living microorganisms above or beneath the earth. It's only by a sudden catastrophe that a carcass in entombed in mud where there are no worms etc. to eat away at the body. Incidentally, 95% of fossils are from sea life.
The Water of the Flood
If there were no land barriers to the ocean, it would fill the earth a mile high! The rain clouds during that time were probably greater, because of the green house effect of vegetation which we see in ancient times through geology.
The waters from the deep, may not be only underground rivers and streams,but also disruptions from the separations of fault lines (tectonic plates) causing eruptions
sea floor and tsunamis. Incidentally, the water on top of such a huge wave would be calm allowing the ark to ride on it.
Some creation scientists also see evidence of meteor bombardment during the flood, which may have loosened the plates (Snelling, Answers magazine, January, 2012).
NEXT TIME WE WILL BE TURNING OUR STUDIES ON PROPHECY. I WANT TO PRESENT AN INTERESTING TOPIC, THE RAPTURE AND EINSTEIN!
ROSS LYON
