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daren1
Question: "Had it ever rained before the Flood in Noah's day?"
Answer: Some interpret Hebrews 11:7 as saying it had never rained prior to the Flood: “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.” Rain could be the correct understanding of “things not yet seen,” or it could be referring to the Flood in general.
Genesis 2:6 says, “But streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.” Before the Flood (Genesis chapters 6-9), the earth was surrounded by a “firmament” or canopy of water, creating almost a greenhouse effect on the earth’s climate. These are the waters that God released, causing the Flood. It seems that before the Flood the dew and ample water supply were enough to keep creation watered. The Bible does not specifically tell us whether or not it had rained before the Flood. Noah seemed to understand what rain was when God mentioned it to him (Genesis 7:4-5). Genesis 2:4-6 mentions that God did not send rain on the earth until after He created Adam and Eve. We can speculate that it had rained before the Flood, but, again, the Bible does not specifically say.
Recommended Resource: The Genesis Flood by Henry Morris and John Whitcomb.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 4 | |
jhharlan
I can't think of a reference off the top of my head but of course there was rain. How did Noah know what God was talking about?
| 12 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
As a child someone told me Before the flood there was no Rain, also the story of the Ark was nothing more than a children's bed time storie
Colleen
How did most of the animals not indigenous to the desert make it to the ark? If I remember correctly his sons went and gathered the animals after the ark was built. I think I read somewhere that it took just under 100 hundred years to build the ark and I forget how many years they had once it was finished to go around the world collecting all the animals. The prophesy of the flood was given 120 years prior to the event, so there was plenty of time to build the Ark and leave it sitting while they gathered animals from around the lands that they knew of. Not sure if they knew of polar bears back then but the bears could have survived by floating around on icebergs or something. They can go months without food so I guess it's possible. This of course is if you even believe the biblical tale.
Of course there was rain before the flood. People assume Noah built the ark in the desert. He couldn't have as there were trees enough around him to build the ark. Trees need rain in order to survive.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 1 | |
