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signalfire
Just wondering, which God?
I began to feel a subtle but detectable impression that there won't be any big deal today either.
BO, is this true that Noah spent 100yrs building his boat? If so, assuming that he grew up and had a childhood, then learned his craft, maybe at the age of 18 he starts this venture, he would've been at least 118 yrs old when done. What was the normal life expectancy of people back then? I can not believe this part of your post.
Throughout the Old Testament, God would warn Israel repeatedly for years . . . I think Noah was 100+ years building the Ark. . . .
evc1shop
reply to post by BO XIAN
What was the normal life expectancy of people back then? I can not believe this part of your post.
Throughout the Old Testament, God would warn Israel repeatedly for years . . . I think Noah was 100+ years building the Ark. . . .
Phage
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I began to feel a subtle but detectable impression that there won't be any big deal today either.
That must be a very unfamiliar feeling for you.
You should get used to it. It's good for you. Much better than fear and dread.edit on 10/3/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Xtrozero
Its going to happen...the movie This Is The End that just came out in DVD was a 9.7 earthquake in LA...HMMmmmm
whiteblackedit on 3-10-2013 by tinyDAWK because: post link
operation mindcrime
evc1shop
reply to post by BO XIAN
What was the normal life expectancy of people back then? I can not believe this part of your post.
Throughout the Old Testament, God would warn Israel repeatedly for years . . . I think Noah was 100+ years building the Ark. . . .
You mean you didn't read the bible!!
People got like 900 years old in the beginning.....(incl. Noah)
True story.
Peace
FACTS ON NOAH'S ARK
I. Introduction
A. Biblical Passages: Gen. 6-8; Matt. 24:37,38; Lk. 17:26,27; I Pet. 3:20;II Pet. 2:5.
B. The story of Noah and his family being spared from a world- wide deluge (a judgment by God) is one of the most important in the Old Testament. Much is learned about the nature of God from this story. For example: (1) It shows He is a holy God and cannot tolerate sin. (2) It shows He is a just God and that sin will not go unpunished. (3) It shows He is a God of mercy in that He spares some. (4) It shows God's power in that the Flood unleashed great power.
II. The Design of the Ark
A. The Designer was God Himself. We do not need to assume Noah knew anything about ship-building. The instructions for design are given in Gen. 6:14ff.
B. Construction Materials
The Bible says the Ark was to be built of "gopher wood". "Gopher" is the actual Hebrew word. In early English translations the meaning of the word was unknown so it was left untranslated. The NIV translates it "cypress wood", however, this is only a guess. It was undoubtedly translated this way due to the fact that cypress wood is highly resistant to rot. What this material was is still a mystery. It could have been a pre-flood wood with which we are not familiar.
It is almost certain that Noah did not construct a standard wooden ship of the kind we are familiar. According to nautical engineers the longest wooden vessel ever built was 360 feet in length and was not seaworthy. Because of the wave action of the sea only wooden ships shorter than this will be seaworthy. Therefore, we must conclude that Noah used some other method of construction to overcome this problem.
C. The Design.
Noah died at nine hundred and fifty years. He was 600 when he built the Ark. He died 350 years after the Ark was built. Thanks! -
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Gen 9:29
29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
(KJV)
Thought I would include the following for you.
The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (Genesis 6:15).
Unlike many whimsical drawings that depict the Ark as some kind of overgrown houseboat (with giraffes sticking out the top), the Ark described in the Bible was a huge vessel. Not until the late 1800s was a ship built that exceeded the capacity of Noah’s Ark.
The dimensions of the Ark are convincing for two reasons: the proportions are like that of a modern cargo ship, and it is about as large as a wooden ship can be built. The cubit gives us a good indication of size. With the cubit’s measurement, we know that the Ark must have been at least 450 feet (137 m) long, 75 feet (23 m) wide, and 45 feet (14 m) high. In the Western world, wooden sailing ships never got much longer than about 330 feet (100 m), yet the ancient Greeks built vessels at least this size 2,000 years earlier. China built huge wooden ships in the 1400s that may have been as large as the Ark. The biblical Ark is one of the largest wooden ships of all time—a mid-sized cargo ship by today’s standards.
How Long did it Take Noah to Build the Ark?
How Long did it Take?
How long was the Ark in the building? The answer, which is arrived at inductively, is around 98 years; possibly a few years less. In verse 32 of chapter 5 Noah was said to be five hundred years old. It also says that Shem was already born. We have pointed out that this statement is not to be taken as a part of the iteration of the genealogies, because of the literary change in the narrative. The end of the precise defining of the genealogies was reached with Lamech, Noah's father. Lamech lived 777 years and died 4 years before the Flood. With Lamech, the genealogy ceases for a while, as we give attention to Noah, the Ark, and the Flood. The scene in verse 32 of chapter 5 was not exactly in Noah's 500th year. The literary style is that of generalization, so it is neither critical nor inconsistent.
It is not clear from the record whether or not God spoke to Noah at that time. Verses 1 through 13 of chapter 6 intervene before we hear God saying anything to Noah. He may have talked to Noah before this, but there is no way of knowing for certain. But there can be no speculation as to how old Noah was when the Flood came. This is spelled out in verse 11 of chapter 7: “In the 600th year of Noah's life, in the 2nd month, and the 17th day.” If verse 32 of chapter 5 does not intend to be specific, this verse does.
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[1] Those who preceded Noah began having children around ages 130. If Japeth, the oldest, was born when Noah was 130 and Ham was born when Noah was 260, they would both have been more than 240 years old when God spoke to Noah.
And, I've realized that the pace of the END TIMES stuff, though quickening . . . is not quite racing as fast ahead as I once thought it was.