1. Reality of a global flood
Genesis 6-9

2. The Ark 6:1-12  the Earth is wicked, noah finds favor
6:13-22  Noah is commanded to build an ark and gather animals
Was there enough space?

3. Room on the ark How many animals would be needed?
1,000,000 animal species on earth today
Not all would go on the ark though
21,000 species of fish
107,000 species of mollusks
800,000 species of arthropod

4. Room on the ark How many animals would be needed?
Estimated as few as 2000 species would be needed
For the sake of argument, let’s assume 20,000 species were needed
Double that for male and female: 40,000

5. Room on the ark How many animals would be needed? 40,000
What is the average size of animals?
We will use a sheep as the average

6. Room on the ark How many animals would be needed? 40,000
What is the average size of animals? Sheep
How much room is there on the ark?
1,518,750 cubic feet of space
569 modern rail cars

7. Room on the ark How many animals would be needed? 40,000
What is the average size of animals? Sheep
How much room is there on the ark? 569 rail cars
How many animals can fit on the ark?
240 sheep per railcar
40,000 sheep = 167 railcars
Only 29.3% capacity of ark

8. The Flood 7:1-10  noah, his family, and the animals enter the ark
7:11-24  water is on the earth for over a year
8:1-19  noah sends birds to check on the earth
8:20-22  Noah worships God, offers one of every clean animal

9. The Covenant 9:1-19 Be fruitful and multiply
Fear of man is on all the animals
Man can eat flesh now, no blood
Blood is now required of all who slay man
Never again destroy earth with water
Rainbow is sign of this promise

10. Impact of the flood Caused the formation of fossils
Jelly fish from Australia

11. Impact of the flood
Caused the formation of geological layers

12. Impact of the flood St. Peter’s Glass Sandstone
Caused the formation of geological layers

13. Impact of the Flood
Caused the animals to be fossilized and buried in a rational way
Sea floor creatures buried first
Swimming creature buried with the large land creatures
Creatures capable of floating last longest

14. Ice Age What makes an ice age?
Warm oceans and volcanic activity
Job may have lived during part of this age
Job 6:15-17; 9:30; 24:7, 19; 37:6,9; 38:22, 29-30
Whole process would have taken 1000 years