Ecclesiastes 1:7
All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
Fascinating! God makes sure this world is never boring.
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.
Fascinating! God makes sure this world is never boring.
Scientists and other people who question the bible about the flood story often ask, "If that really happened, where did all the water go?" Well, this could be the answer......
Haven't there been regional floods since then?The water was trapped in this layer long before the event of the Biblical flood.
Which was a localised event. The use of the word world in Hebrew in this context was a region, not the whole planet.
Haven't there been regional floods since then?
Genesis 9:11 says that God would never send a flood to destroy the earth again. If this were a regional flood, and there have been regional floods since, then God didn't keep His word??All over the world there has been regional floods.
There is no evidence of the world being mostly covered with water for thousands of millions of years. In fact the rocks that the article speak of where formed over 4000 million years ago.
Genesis 9:11 says that God would never send a flood to destroy the earth again. If this were a regional flood, and there have been regional floods since, then God didn't keep His word??
The water was trapped in this layer long before the event of the Biblical flood.
Which was a localised event. The use of the word world in Hebrew in this context was a region, not the whole planet.
Genesis 9:11 says that God would never send a flood to destroy the earth again. If this were a regional flood, and there have been regional floods since, then God didn't keep His word??
Haven't there been regional floods since then?
It's not worth tapping... it holds double the salt content of that of the oceans.Now the question is can it be tapped safely without causing major issues to the environment. Or astronomical costs.
I am sorry my brother, but I have to disagree with you on the flood being a "local event".
The Bible has God say to Noah: Gen. 9:11.............
"Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
V:15 "and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.”
Did you notice it says to destroy the earth, not a certain area.
Then have you considered that the purpose of the Flood was to judge the entire world of its sin that overtook people’s lives.
The population, both animal and man were destroyed, which would require a universal Flood to accomplish this. Gen. 6:5-7 and 6:11-13 all physical life was destroyed (v. 22). Gen. 7:19 and 7:22.
Well then let it be. We don't need more salt at present.It's not worth tapping... it holds double the salt content of that of the oceans.
Blue lagoon: this crystal of blue ringwoodite is being crushed in a lab experiment. The orange circles are regions that have had their water squeezed out of them " title="Blue lagoon: this crystal of blue ringwoodite is being crushed in a lab experiment. The orange circles are regions that have had their water squeezed out of them (Image: Steve Jacobsen/Northwestern University)
Fascinating! God makes sure this world is never boring.
He certainly does scripture bird. There are many who struggle with the concept that God covered the entire earth with water in a flood but it's entirely possible given what we know scientifically today along with the countless examples of world wide flood. In Noah's days, the world was a very different place, there was a water content on the sky and under the earth's plates. When God allowed the flood there was more than enough water to cover the whole earth, when the water came up from the plates, the earth began to move down the way taking up the space from where the waters moved thus covering the whole earth with water. When the flood reached it's peak the water began to recede under the plates and give us the ocean geography we have today along with the North and South Poles containing much of the fresh water on the planet.
I still find it amazing that scientists claim that the planet Mars had a surface crafted by water yet there's no water there and yet 2/3 of our planet is covered with water and the scientists can't believe that water formed our surface? Crazy....
Isn't it though? There's so much happening in the world today where a people who just 30 years ago knew God, would not question scripture, are now seemingly falling away at a rapid pace. And in all facets of society it seems.I still find it amazing that scientists claim that the planet Mars had a surface crafted by water yet there's no water there and yet 2/3 of our planet is covered with water and the scientists can't believe that water formed our surface? Crazy....
The word is NOT earth, It is Erets. Earth is a anglo saxon word.
Erets read in context of the whole of scripture and knowledge becomes:
land
- country, territory
- district, region
- tribal territory
- piece of ground
- land of Canaan, Israel
We know it did not destroy all the globe, because it would have mighty difficult to have the Golden Age of Ur during the same time period or the fourth dynasty of Egypt. All of which flourished with no flood event.
So we have to look at the word and then take it in context.
Isn't it though? There's so much happening in the world today where a people who just 30 years ago knew God, would not question scripture, are now seemingly falling away at a rapid pace. And in all facets of society it seems.
They'd rather look to Mars and speculate than consider their earthly home is what it is and God is responsible. Amazing!