The Great Flood

Genesis 7:17-20

17 – And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

18 – And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

19 – And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

20 – Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

I occasionally watch The Science Channel, a popular cable TV network that often features documentaries outlining popular theories in all areas of science. My favorite programs are about space and the universe, but I’ll watch most anything they happen to have on at the time – albeit with a rather skeptical eye.

A while back they featured a program that called into question the accuracy of the Biblical account of the Great Flood, saying basically that it would have been scientifically impossible for it to rain hard enough in just 40 days to cover all the land masses of the earth. Well, I beg to differ…

Have you ever been outside during a heavy thunderstorm and witnessed first-hand just how quickly water can gather in low-lying areas? If so, you understand that flood waters can rise at an alarming rate, and just a very short period of heavy rain can leave water standing in places where it is usually dry for days or weeks. In mere minutes, a dry creek bed can become a raging river, overflowing its banks and washing away trees, cars, buildings and whatever else might happen to be in its path.

Now, imagine for a moment that the entire surface of the planet simultaneously receives a rainfall that rivals the strongest thunderstorm you have ever seen, and also imagine that this world-wide deluge continues without pause for a full 40 days! After the rains finally ceased, every square inch of the earth’s surface would surely be covered with water.

Of course many scientists would say that a worldwide deluge would be extremely unlikely, and that one lasting for 40 days would simply be out of the realm of possibility. And I say that nothing whatsoever is impossible for the omnipotent God who created the universe and everything contained within it simply by speaking it into existence!

Over the years, I have heard scientists expound on a number of theories about why we find fossils of sea creatures on mountaintops all around the world, but they always dismiss the possibility that is actually the most plausible and is backed by an actual eyewitness account: the Great Flood as described in Genesis.