To my fellow college colleagues: Creationist and Evolutionist
Is there really evidence that proves the world wide flood actually happened that is written about in the book of Genesis? The Bible tells us of the Great Flood, how it covered the whole earth. (Gen 17:7 [NKJV]) “Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.” The Bible also gives many clues to how the flood was able to cover the whole earth by God’s design. Many of us have questioned the Word of God; however, investigating to get answers will be the conclusion if the Great flood actually happened in a biblical proportion way as it said in Gen 17:7. Sometimes it is not the intellect of the investigation …show more content…
The Sumerian Eridu (Eridu Genesis) (composed c. 1600 BC) is the second earliest description of the great flood, pre-dating the Biblical book of Genesis by 200 years, which is closely in line to Moses’ writing in the Pentateuch that was written around c.1440 B.C. Equally important, Moses had scribes to write down the accounts of the creation and the great flood of Noah’s day. In order to understand the culture of Moses’ time, memory and retelling a story was mirrored from one person to the next with great accuracy. Moreover, Moses was an educated man as the Bible would testify to in (Acts 7:22 [NKJV]) which is: “and Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.” This was written from the Apostle Paul who we know was brilliant and well educated. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest writing with a date of around c. 2000 B.C. which predates the Biblical writings of 600 years. Understanding this, there are three accounts of the Great Flood which would increase my belief that there was a flood. However, believing that there was some type of big flood; could that flood be big enough to cover the …show more content…
The Bible also gives a pictorial view of what exactly happened. Looking at a globe, one cannot deny that the land masses of continents could connect
Is there really evidence that proves the world wide flood actually happened that is written about in the book of Genesis? The Bible tells us of the Great Flood, how it covered the whole earth. (Gen 17:7 [NKJV]) “Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.” The Bible also gives many clues to how the flood was able to cover the whole earth by God’s design. Many of us have questioned the Word of God; however, investigating to get answers will be the conclusion if the Great flood actually happened in a biblical proportion way as it said in Gen 17:7. Sometimes it is not the intellect of the investigation …show more content…
The Sumerian Eridu (Eridu Genesis) (composed c. 1600 BC) is the second earliest description of the great flood, pre-dating the Biblical book of Genesis by 200 years, which is closely in line to Moses’ writing in the Pentateuch that was written around c.1440 B.C. Equally important, Moses had scribes to write down the accounts of the creation and the great flood of Noah’s day. In order to understand the culture of Moses’ time, memory and retelling a story was mirrored from one person to the next with great accuracy. Moreover, Moses was an educated man as the Bible would testify to in (Acts 7:22 [NKJV]) which is: “and Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.” This was written from the Apostle Paul who we know was brilliant and well educated. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest writing with a date of around c. 2000 B.C. which predates the Biblical writings of 600 years. Understanding this, there are three accounts of the Great Flood which would increase my belief that there was a flood. However, believing that there was some type of big flood; could that flood be big enough to cover the …show more content…
The Bible also gives a pictorial view of what exactly happened. Looking at a globe, one cannot deny that the land masses of continents could connect