Noah's Flood (Revisit)

I am now reading a book "The Science of God" by Gerald L Schroeder and will be discussing some of its contents in the next few blog entries.

Please refer to entry "Noah's Flood" dated 13 January 2008 in the Archive.

It was revealed in Gen 6-8 that during Noah's Flood about 4,100 years ago, only Noah's family survived.

The author Gerald Schroeder had observed that native civilizations in America did not show a break in lineage about 4,100 years ago.

The Ark had supposedly rested on a mountain in Ararat (Armenia ) when the flood water subsided. But there were many other mountains in the world higher than those in Armenia! Hence there may be persons/tribes, other than Noah and his family, who had survived the Flood.

The author also noted that the Hebrew text used to indicate the flooded Earth was 'Aretz', whereas the Hebrew text used to indicate the face of the Earth was 'Adamah'. It is possible that Noah's Flood was not over all the face of the Earth, but only a limited geological area only.

Hence the Earth was not re-populated on Noah's family ALONE after the Flood.

Mystery solved.

Floods: Part 2 - Noah's Flood and re-start of the Human Race

Please refer to and read first the story of Floods: Part 1, below.

Today, I am writing about the second Flood.

Dake's Annotated Bible describes the second Flood as the one that Noah was instructed to build an Ark for.

Genesis Chapter 5 gives the detailed genealogy. Adam was the first generation. Noah was the 10th generation. Noah was born 1056 years after Adam was created. The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old. By then, the human race had became so corrupted that it had to be re-started again.

So Noah and his family ( I believe not more than 50 persons), together with all animal species, either in pairs or in sevens, entered the Ark. They survived the Flood, and went forth to multiply after the Flood. That must be around 4,300 years ago, or around 2,300 BC. Supposedly, only the living things on land perished during the Flood. The creatures in the ocean were not destroyed.

But this Bible story cannot be refering to the whole earth than we know today. There are many well-documented historical records to show that human tribes already existed in many parts of the world, in North Asia, East Asia, Africa, North America, during that time. And these tribes are the ancestral lineages of the indigenous peoples in these areas today.

It is not possible for the few members of Noah's family to in-breed and multiply to the world population of 6 billion today.

Perhaps the Biblical story refered to a localised flood in the Biblical part of the world only, and NOT refering to a flood that covered the whole world. ONLY the Jewish and Arabic lineage were destroyed and re-started via Noah's family after the Flood. The rest of the world were not affected by the second Flood.

I am a Singaporean and of Chinese descent. Could I be a descendant of Noah's family members? I don't think so.

Then who am I? I don't know.

I only know that God in His mercy and grace, granted me the faith to believe in Christ, and so, one day when my journey on earth ends, I will be in God's Kingdom in gloryland. Meanwhile, He walks with me and cares for me every minute of the day.

(Like my ancestors 4,300 years ago, the cockcroaches and the mosquitoes must had avoid Noah's Flood, and survived to this day to irritate me . )

Praise and thanks to God, for the little I know, and the much that I do not know, including the unquestionables.

Hallelujah.