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So, what do we know so far about where Noah built the ark?

In Genesis 7:6-17 - Where was the ark? (Part 1) — The Earth and the Springs, we saw that the rain flooded more land than was populated by Adam’s descendants.  However, scripture only requires it to rain on enough land to kill them.  So how much more land than that was flooded?  We have so far left this hanging, but given the archaeological evidence (which I have discussed in other posts) that other parts of the world were populated continuously through the time of Adam and Noah, we know …

In Genesis 7:6-17 - Where was the ark? (Part 2) - Noah Watched the Springs Burst Forth, we closed with the conclusion that Noah built the ark at a higher elevation than the springs that burst forth at the beginning of the flood.  Where then did Noah build the ark?

I was raised with the tradition that people ridiculed Noah for building the ark.  It is so inset within my mind, that I resist writing against that notion even now.  My wife grew up believing the same thing.  However, I have searched the scripture for references to Noah being ridiculed, and …

In Genesis 7:6-17 - Where was the ark? (Part 1) — The Earth and the Springs, we saw that Noah did not board the ark for the last time until after the rains began and the springs of the great deep had burst forth.  In my mind this suggests that Noah actually saw the springs, and was able to get in the ark without being swept away by the water.  In fact, according to scripture, **everyone** had the time they needed to board (key portions highlighted)…
 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day …

Genesis 7:6…
 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.
This is an interesting verse.  It doesn’t say much, but it says a lot.  Floodwaters came on the earth.  What does this mean?  Well to get a feel, let us go back to God’s warning to Noah of what was to come, in Genesis 6:13,17…
 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.”

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 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the …

According to Genesis 7… 
 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.
I find it amazing how many theories exist on where the flood took place.  For Christians who believe in a local flood, there appear to be numerous possibilities.

The primary roadblock to figuring out where the flood took place has to do with where the ark landed.  According to Genesis 8:4, the ark landed on the mountains of Ararat.  Most people take that to mean Mount Ararat.  However, that mountain was named later, after Genesis was written.  The mountains of Ararat actually refers to the mountains of Urartu, which are further south.

View this map here: http://www.genesisfiles.com/Images/UrartuSearch.jpg.  Notice that Mount Ararat …

After looking at all of the Old Testament events in the Bible that happened over 40 days, we can now turn to Jesus’ 40 days.  Based on Genesis 7:4 - Forty Days and Nights (Part 2), here is a list of the common symbolism found:

Immersion
The removal of impurity or sin
Emerging of God’s light
Establishment of a covenant
Beginning of a ministry or era

The Great Flood embodies all of these.  The other 40-day events in the Old Testament each embody various combinations of this imagery, some using count-imagery, like when the Israelites turn 40 days into 40 years, or when Goliath taunted the Israelites for 40 days.  Some establish a new condition at the conclusion of the 40 days, others shortly after, …

In Genesis 7:4 - Forty Days and Nights, we saw the significance of 40 days and nights in the Old Testament, beyond simply The Great Flood.

Embalming
The next reference to “forty days” after The Flood refers to the duration of the ancient Egyptian embalming process, in Genesis 50:2-3.  Egyptians embalmed the body by immersing it with a soda mixture, which leaves the body that is to be preserved.  One can liken this process to The Flood, where the “world” is immersed and Noah and his family are like the part of the body being preserved.

Establishment of a New Covenant
The next reference is when Moses goes up to Mount …

As I have written in Jesus, the Father’s Proxy on Earth, a Christophany is the appearance of Jesus on Earth, predating his life in the Gospels.  I document a few, and go into great detail about my favorite Christophany in Jesus on Mount Sinai, where Jesus was meeting was Moses in his tent, and Moses begged to see Him in His glory.  So, Jesus showed him His glory from behind on Mount Sinai… and then showed Himself to Moses from the front in the Gospels, on the Mount of Transfiguration.  It is that example that firmly establishes that inter-workings between Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel is intertwined with His work in the Old Testament.  Another example, is the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, …

In Jesus, the Father’s Proxy on Earth and Jesus on Mount Sinai, I establish the idea of Christophanies in the Old Testament, essentially making the case that where we see God on earth, it is Jesus.  In Genesis 6 - Who Regretted Creating Mankind?, I use the same principals to suggest there was interplay between Jesus and God the Father in the Flood narrative.  It resolves a key problem skeptics point out, where God does not appear omniscient when He speaks (emphasis mine)…
 5 The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that …

I heard a talk on this a few months ago, and had no response.  Today, I found one: http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/design2/article.html.  It passes my test of dualing experts, whereby the winning expert is the one who can clearly explain the opposition’s argument best.

Here are my two favorite quotes from the article (toward the end):
This, however, is not what is meant by “intelligent design” in the parlance of the new anti-evolutionists. Their views demand not a universe in which the beauty and harmony of natural law has brought a world of vibrant and fruitful life into existence, but rather a universe in which the emergence and evolution of life is made expressly impossible by the very same rules. Their view requires that …