1 RE-CREATION (Genesis 7) The Story of Us Part 7 Message #1341 Pastor Keith Stewart August 20-21, 2016 Expanded Message Resources Cartoons 01-04) In India the Hindus regard Manu as the progenitor of the race. He had been warned of the pending flood by a fish, who told him to build a ship and put into it all kinds of seeds, together with seven Rishis or holy beings. The flood came, and people drowned. But Manu s ship was drawn to safety by the fish which finally caused it to ground on the highest summits of the Himalayan Mountains. In this story eight people were saved, and Manu is called righteous among his generation. Even more remarkable, the Hindus preserve a story in which Manu later became drunk and lay uncovered until cared for by two of his sons, a close retelling of the story found in Genesis 9:20 27. - James Montgomery Boice, Genesis
2 The mountain of Nisir stopped the ship. I sent forth a dove, and it left. The dove went and turned, and a resting place it did not find, and it returned. - Clay tablets from the ancient city of Nineveh Science focuses on the "know-how." Scripture focuses on the "know-why." "We must be on guard against giving interpretations of Scripture that are farfetched or opposed to science, and so exposing the Word of God to ridicule of unbelievers." - St. Augustine "The Spirit of God who spoke through them [authors of the Bible] did not choose to teach about the heavens to men, as it was of no use for salvation." - St. Augustine The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved Psalm 96.10 1. THIS PASSAGE IS PRIMARILY THEOLOGICAL NOT GEOLOGICAL! Echoes of Genesis 1-2 Parallels Creation and Flood
3! Why does this matter? Crossing the Red Sea Jesus Baptism.jpg
4 The heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased Matthew 3.16-17 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5.17! God s final warnings Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights Genesis 7.4! The nature of the judgment 2. GLOBALLY UNIVERSAL OR ANTHROPOLOGICALLY UNIVERSAL? Unembarrassed supernaturalism. - B.B. Warfield, Princeton theologian! The argument for a globally universal flood 1.) The language of Genesis 6-8 is universal. EARTH (eretz or adâmâh) is used 42 times ALL (kçl or kowl) is used 20 times EVERY (also kowl in Hebrew) is used 23 times UNDER HEAVEN (literally, under the sky ) is used 2 times 2.) The Flood lasted an extraordinary length of time about a year. 3.) The construction of an Ark is absurd if it were just a local flood.
5 4.) God promised never again to destroy the earth with a Flood.! The problems with a globally universal flood You set a boundary they [the waters] cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth. Psalm 104.9! The argument for an anthropologically universal flood That the flood was universal as far as man is concerned is made totally final in the Scripture. - Francis Schaeffer Relatively few conservatives are willing to accept the view that the flood was less than anthropologically universal. - Davis Young Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. Genesis 6.17 That such an event actually happened is now absolutely certain, accredited by scientists of international repute to the same degree of confidence with which, only a few years ago, the Noah story was being dismissed as nonsense. - Ian Wilson, Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization. So there can be absolutely no doubt that what Pitman and Ryan had discovered was a veritable Flood of Bible epic proportions. - Ian Wilson, Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization.! The problems with an anthropologically universal flood
6 3. WHAT REALLY MATTERS Christians who love the Scripture have discussed at length whether the flood was universal or not. I believe it was, but I do not think by any means that we should make it a test of orthodoxy. - Francis Schaeffer (THE FOLLOWING WILL JUST BE INCLUDED IN THE ONLINE MESSAGE NOTES AND NOT ON THE SCREENS) Global Flood Resources Whitcomb, John Clement, and Henry M. Morris. The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1974. Martin, Charles. Flood Legends: Global Clues of a Common Event. Green Forest, AR: Master, 2009. Geisler, Norman L. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999. See Flood, Noah. Archer, Gleason L. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. Third Edition. Chicago, IL: Moody, 1998. 214-223. Local Flood Resources The Noachian Flood: Universal or Local? by Carol A. Hill http://www.csun.edu/~vcgeo005/carol%201.pdf Ryan, William and W. C. Pitman III. Noah s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries about the Event that Changed History. Simon and Schuster. New York. 1998. Wilson, Ian. Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization. New York: St. Martin s, 2002. See also (http://www.evidenceunseen.com/articles/science-and-scripture/thegenesis-flood-global-or-local/) Ross, Hugh. The Genesis Question: Scientific Advances and the Accuracy of Genesis. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1998.
7 Walton, John. Genesis: The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001. Rich Deem The Genesis Flood: Why the Bible Says It Must Be Local.