NOAH'S ARK

FLOOD WAS REAL!

Has long been atheist's Favorite object of ridicule.

Effected attitude. Cf. Santa Clause, Tooth Fairy. SMU Professor.

14 references to flood in N. T.; CF. Matt.24:37; IIPet.3 56.

Flood traditions unexplainable apart from common experience.

WAS UNIVERSAL!

Genesis Description, 30 universal terms (Moses to Israel).

• Gen.6:13, "all flesh....with earth".
• Gen.7:19, 21, 23, "all", "every", "only".

All men and animals in one valley? (2000+ yrs.)

1. If one animal got out of "valley", one bird over hill, God lied.
2. Formula for predicting population from growth rate, P=(Po)*(Ert) according to college text, PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS. Growth in 1991, 1.7%. Using conservative growth rate of .85%, 2 people plus 2500 yrs.= world population of 3.37 Billion.
3. Gen.6: 11, "earth filled with violence"

Rainbow covenant, Gen.9:15.

"ALL THOSE ANIMALS?"

One Million Vertebrate Species.

75K maximum total on the ark.

HOW MANY LAND ANIMALS?

(Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds)

                        17,550 "SPECIES" 1,000 'KINDS"

                            x2              x2

                        35,000 Animals  10,000 Animals

                        +  100% Extinct   +100% Extinct

                        70,000 Regular  20,000 Regular

                        +5,000 C1ean   + 1,000 Clean

                        75,000 Total    21,000 Total

1. Idea of size from picture
2. Picture with Dinosaurs. Plesiosaur; Stamp; Pictograph.

Ark's Capacity.

ARK'S CAPACITY

@21" Per Cubit

        525' long               Well Over               Approximately

        87.5'wide               Two Million             750

        52.5'high               Cubit Feet              Railcars

@240 Sheep Per Car

180,000 ANIMALS

CONCLUSION

ASSUMING:

1. Kind = "Species"
2. Splitter's Estimate
3. Double For Extinction
4. Double Average Size

75,000 Animals To Be Carried

(180,000 Animals Could Be Carried)

All Animals Accommodated

In 42% of Ark Capacity W/Kinds, about 12%.

COULD IT STILL BE THERE?

Implications Staggering.

Would revolutionize virtually all disciplines.

• Geology (Physical & Historical)
• Anthropology
• Archeology
• Zoology
• Biology
• All Humanities, History, Sociology, Religion.

"Just go look and see"

1. Political Problems, Map
2. Physical Problems (500 sq. miles): Hwy. to Ararat; Kurds; Wolf dogs (bears, lions). Unconsolidated(2); Ice Climbing; Crevice(2).

Reported Sightings (34 generally consistent)

1. Ancient Writings (Berosthus, Josephus)
2. Georgie Hagipanian, 1908 & 1910 with uncle (4)
3. Drawings by Alfred Lee.
4. Russian Soldiers 1916-17; 2 escaped w/photo
5. Sketch by Dave GuMaer (1970) from Arutumoff.
6. George Green, 1954, Oil Geol. Photos, Murdered.
7. Ed Davis, Don Shocky & Don Patton; Drawing.
   1. Satellite spectraanalysis sees under ice.
   2. '90 Helicopter flight over; Photographs (3).

Present Efforts To Verify (View of Mt.)

1. Permanent lease has been acquired for aprox. 500 sq. miles.
2. Expedition planned to board, photograph, measure, etc.

CONCLUSION

Flood says, "Sin is serious; God will judge.", II Pet.3:5.

Ark says, "God is merciful'', I Pet.3:20.

Those who refused mercy were judged. Body of Christ is type of Ark.

Do not refuse God's final offer of mercy.

Page last revised January 19, 2008 by Bob Sarrett.