Noah's Ark

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…

other leaders had (Matthews and Benjamin). Utnapishtim message includes the directions for preparing the ark: The ground-space was one acre, each side of the desk one hundred and twenty Measured cubits, making a square. I built six desks below, seven in all, I divided them into nine sections with between bulkheads (Matthews and Benjamin). The construction of the ark was also applied to Noah’s story in Genesis. There was six days of chaos then on the seventh day it began to calm down which is…

What makes the story of Noah so captivating? Possibly the perspective of a widespread flood, or maybe that the story is considered unique to the Old Testament. However, what if I told you that the story of a global flood is not unique to the Old Testament, but it is in fact a story told in many different cultures. This is the case with the Old Testament, and the ancient Mesopotamian story the Epic of Gilgamesh. Although the two stories share many similarities, the flood stories in both piece of…

church bulletin, I knew I’d be passing it on in a blog post. Everything we need to know about life, we can learn from Noah’s Ark… 1. Don’t miss the boat. 2. Remember that we are all in the same boat. 3. Plan ahead! It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark. 4. Stay fit. When you’re 60 years old, someone may ask you to do…

Trout moves to West Virginia indicating the destruction of the planet. West Virginia is a symbol of the total desiccations of the land which has been collapsing into holes. It represents the future of the whole earth which is to be destroyed. The following lines indicate the descriptions of humans as machines by Kurt Vonnegut. He adds, “…they went around and around. Nobody smiled. They just went around and around” (124). Many people act as per the instruction in the automated mechanical…

feet below the surface of the Black Sea, Robert Ballard and his team rediscovered an ancient shoreline. By carbon dating shells, they found the shore to be around 5,000 BC. Some leading experts believe that this time period corresponds with that of Noah’s great flood in the book of…

of all, they both carry three of their sons as well as all their wives. Another similar detail is the fact that a god of some sort sends a flood to wipe out humans because they are irritated with humans. Noah and Utnapishtim pray toward their god. Noah’s god being the one and only God, compared to Utnapishtim who also prays, but has more than one god to talk to. These stories contain situations of betrayal. Humans betray God in the story of Noah by crossing their Lord with the consumption of…

Genesis flood and the Greece flood is a higher power coming to the hero of the story and warning him about the flood, however in Genesis the higher power was a god and in Greece it was a titan. Another similarity is both Noah and Deucalion built an ark and both them and their wives survived. A difference is the cause of the flood. The Ancient Greece flood was caused by a titan giving fire to people, and in Genesis it was because God thought the earth was corrupt and filled with violence. In…

Many myths and stories contain similarities in plot, content, and outcome. In the “Great Flood” myth and The Book of Eli their story displayed prior, during and after their heroes’ journey relate and are reflections of the ancient and modern day cultures that created them. God saw the “wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Speiser). In the “Great Flood” myth God is regretful for creating man and has decided…

The similarities and differences of Gilgamesh and Noah These two stories have a shared plot and conclusion, but like most stories of "similar" descent, they too have their differences. The stories begin with characters who can be considered the apprentices of their gods, who respected and carried out the word that was spoken to them. The first difference we start with is acknowledging how the protaginist in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim, was a king (a sugar daddy, if you will) while Noah…