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WHAT WAS THE ARK LIKE?
NOV 5
Genesis 6:14-7:9
Memorise Genesis 6:18 "and thou shalt come into the ark…"
WHAT WAS THE ARK LIKE?
Often in children’s books, cartoons and illustrations, we have this image of a wooden boat with a very crowded deck, with all the cute zoo animals lounging around in a very happy scene. Often there would be pairs of zebras, elephants, pigs, tigers, bears etc. standing by the ledge peering out, with parrots and monkeys perched atop the roof, and a pair of giraffes sticking out through the window. It is often a very colourful happy scene, where it seems like everyone is having the time of their lives. However when we look at the description given in the Bible, we see a much more sobering scene set before us, as it is mankind and all animal life fighting for their very survival, amidst a terrible catastrophe of global proportions. The whole world was being judged with a destructive flood, and the only thing which would save them from the complete decimation of all life, was this stout rectangle floating platform known as Noah’s ark.
If we look at the dimensions of the ark (Genesis 6:14-16), we would realize that it was probably a large wooden rectangular structure that was 6 times as long as its width. It was to be 3 stories high, each storey about 10 cubits or 4.5 metres high. Dr Henry Morris, a creation scientist who was a professor of hydraulics (study of fluid mechanics) explains that "it can be shown hydrodynamically that a gigantic box of such proportions would be exceedingly stable, almost impossible to capsize. Even in a sea of gigantic wave, the ark could be tilted through any angle up to just short of 90 degrees and would immediately thereafter right itself again." Calculations have also shown that such an ark would have the capacity to contain over 125,000 animals the size of a sheep, and so would have more than sufficient space to carry all the animals in it, especially if they were young animals and not full-grown ones.
We know that God makes no mistake. When He gave Noah the dimensions of the ark, and promised that he and all the animals in it will certainly be kept alive (Genesis 6:19-20), it would surely be an ark that was big enough but yet seaworthy to survive the floodwaters. The ark was their lifeboat, it was all that kept the hope of God’s covenant alive, to preserve Noah and his family, that through them, the messianic life can continue.
Thought: God will always protect His own and fulfil His Word.
Prayer: Lord I thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ, our ‘ark’ in whom we can find salvation and the hope of eternal life.
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Genesis 6:14-7:9
Memorise Genesis 6:18 "and thou shalt come into the ark…"
WHAT WAS THE ARK LIKE?
Often in children’s books, cartoons and illustrations, we have this image of a wooden boat with a very crowded deck, with all the cute zoo animals lounging around in a very happy scene. Often there would be pairs of zebras, elephants, pigs, tigers, bears etc. standing by the ledge peering out, with parrots and monkeys perched atop the roof, and a pair of giraffes sticking out through the window. It is often a very colourful happy scene, where it seems like everyone is having the time of their lives. However when we look at the description given in the Bible, we see a much more sobering scene set before us, as it is mankind and all animal life fighting for their very survival, amidst a terrible catastrophe of global proportions. The whole world was being judged with a destructive flood, and the only thing which would save them from the complete decimation of all life, was this stout rectangle floating platform known as Noah’s ark.
If we look at the dimensions of the ark (Genesis 6:14-16), we would realize that it was probably a large wooden rectangular structure that was 6 times as long as its width. It was to be 3 stories high, each storey about 10 cubits or 4.5 metres high. Dr Henry Morris, a creation scientist who was a professor of hydraulics (study of fluid mechanics) explains that "it can be shown hydrodynamically that a gigantic box of such proportions would be exceedingly stable, almost impossible to capsize. Even in a sea of gigantic wave, the ark could be tilted through any angle up to just short of 90 degrees and would immediately thereafter right itself again." Calculations have also shown that such an ark would have the capacity to contain over 125,000 animals the size of a sheep, and so would have more than sufficient space to carry all the animals in it, especially if they were young animals and not full-grown ones.
We know that God makes no mistake. When He gave Noah the dimensions of the ark, and promised that he and all the animals in it will certainly be kept alive (Genesis 6:19-20), it would surely be an ark that was big enough but yet seaworthy to survive the floodwaters. The ark was their lifeboat, it was all that kept the hope of God’s covenant alive, to preserve Noah and his family, that through them, the messianic life can continue.
Thought: God will always protect His own and fulfil His Word.
Prayer: Lord I thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ, our ‘ark’ in whom we can find salvation and the hope of eternal life.
Posted in Teens RPG