Many people find it very interesting that Ken Ham just completed his NOAH’s ARK encounter in Kentucky in July. It wasn’t too long after the real ark was completed in the biblical account before the rain started to fall on the wicked people of the earth.
Could God be sending us YET ANOTHER clue to judgement coming to this nation with the completion of the ARK ENCOUNTER in Kentucky?
My husband and I receive Ken Ham’s news letters every month, and when they first began building the project, the cost of the project was so exceptional that it seemed like it would be a impossible project to complete. At one point, they raised half the funds, and needed the other half, and before we knew it, the project was finished. The final cost of the park at its opening exceeded $100 million, including $62 million from the Williamstown bond offering and $36 million from individual donations.
See more of this project at The Ark Encounter
“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed” (Luke 17:26-30, NIV; cf. Matt 24:37-39).
The two examples of Noah’s and Lot’s times used by Christ were to stress two points.
1 The wicked will be overtaken by the sudden and unexpected judgment. The same way that the Flood and the destruction of Sodom overtook the people of Noah’s and Lot’s times, so shall it be today.
2 A Society That Forgets God – Jesus says that people ate and drank, and married one another (Mt 24:38). Did they not know judgement was about to hit? Take a look at today. In Christian circles we are expecting judgement to hit. We are ready to brace ourselves for the massive storms heading our way. Yet, the whole of society has NO relationship with God. They don’t know judgement is going to hit, and it is going to catch them by surprise.
Many prophetic warnings that we publish on this blog mention that there was NO FOR WARNING before “xxx” storm. I have read countless prophetic dreams where they mention these massive judgments happen on a sunny day. Another common theme is people IGNORE the “repentance alarm bells”. People were caught off guard. Just like Noah’s day, so shall it be in our day.
3 Animal / Human Hybrids -We also know that a kind of people called “Nephilim” were on the earth in those days (Gn 6:3). “Nephilim” presumably means “fallen ones” in Hebrew. Today we are also mixing animal and human DNA. This is happening around the world, and it is so widespread now that many people are doing this abomination in the basement of their homes.
4 Morality And Social Decay Of People
The wicked morality of the people “in the days” before His Second Coming very much the same way as they did “in the days” of Noah and of Lot.
Judgment usually begins when the WHOLE of the society accepts immoral sexual behavior. What this means is when there is NO more outcry from the people, the majority of people don’t find a need to repent. They don’t associate the acts with being wicked. The people can no longer see their sin because nobody is talking about “sin“, “hell” and “repentance“.
Today homosexuality has become the norm. Although, today the acceleration of other sexual acts are quickly becoming accepted. We are FAR BEYOND homosexual acts now. We see the marrying of animals, marrying family members, having sex with animals, even accepting sex with children. These acts are being accepted by the majority of people. People shrug their shoulders and say “to each their own”. There is no standing up for the rights of children and animals. We don’t even want to raise up our voices as MILLIONS head into hell and burn for an eternity. We couldn’t care less as a group of people.
Could we be witnessing the final days BEFORE the door of the ark is shut, and judgment comes down ?
14 Points to Consider
- It is in the shape of a boat, with a pointed bow and rounded stern.
- Exact length as noted in biblical description, 515 feet or 300 Egyptian cubits. (Egyptian not Hebrew cubit would have been known to Moses who studied in Egypt then wrote Genesis.)
- It rests on a mountain in Eastern Turkey, matching the biblical account, “The ark rested . . . upon the mountains of Ararat” Genesis 8:4. (Ararat being the name of the ancient country Urartu which covered this region.)
- Contains petrified wood, as proven by lab analysis.
- Contains high-tech metal alloy fittings, as proven by separate lab analyses paid for by Ron Wyatt, then performed later by Kevin Fisher. Aluminium metal and titanium metal was found in the fittings which are MAN-MADE metals!
- Vertical rib timbers on its sides, comprising the skeletal superstructure of a boat. Regular patterns of horizontal and vertical deck support beams are also seen on the deck of the ark.
- Occupied ancient village at the ark site at 6,500 ft. elevation matching Flavius Josephus’ statement “Its remains are shown there by the inhabitants to this day.”
- Dr. Bill Shea, archaeologist found an ancient pottery shred within 20 yards of the ark which has a carving on it that depicts a bird, a fish, and a man with a hammer wearing a headdress that has the name “Noah” on it. In ancient times these items were created by the locals in the village to sell to visitors of the ark. The ark was a tourist attraction in ancient times and today.
- Recognized by Turkish Government as Noah’s Ark National Park and a National Treasure. Official notice of its discovery appeared in the largest Turkish newspaper in 1987.
- Visitors’ centre built by the government to accommodate tourists further confirms the importance of the site.
- Huge anchor stones were found near the ark and in the village Kazan, 15 miles away, which hung off the rear of the ark to steady its ride.
- The ark rests upon Cesnakidag (or Cudi Dagi) Mountain, which is translated as “Doomsday” Mountain.
- Dr. Salih Bayraktutan of Ataturk University stated, “It is a man made structure, and for sure it’s Noah’s Ark” Common Sense. This same article also states “The site is immediately below the mountain of Al Judi, named in the Qur’an as the resting place of the Ark.” Houd Sura 11:44
- Radar scans show a regular pattern of timbers inside the ark formation, revealing keels, keelsons, gunnels, bulkheads, animal chambers, ramp system, door in right front, two large barrels in the front 14′ x 24′, and an open center area for air flow to all three levels.
Credits:
- Wyatt Archaeological Research (http://wyattmuseum.com/)
- Ark Discovery(http://www.arkdiscovery.com/)
(These are some questions and answers found on facebook)
Objections Along With Answers Considering The Flood
1.) Not enough food: food would have rotted, become diseases and in edible within 2 weeks.
You are assuming this if the animals were full grown. If the animals were brought in as small babies, there would be enough food.
2.)Not enough water: no fresh water except for rain which only lasted a small amount of time. The flood water would have mixed with salty oceans making it Undrinkable (note the force of the flood would mix the two)
Good thought. All the rain that came down pooled in lakes, or streams. Normal rain cycles continued after the waters dispersed.
3.) Wood would have rotted: especially with insects, feces, urine, and constant barrage of water hitting it, and animals gnawing the wood.
Actually they have discovered that the Noahs ark in Turkish mountains, have a sandwich layers of wood, and metal. Think about plywood. Layers of wood and metal, made the boat quite strong.
4.) Flood water mixed with oceans causing most sea life to die out due to both temperature, pressure, and water saltiness changes.
We see fossils like clams, (thousands of them) are grouped together, and died a quick death. I would imagine the currents caused many of the sea creatures to die. Certainly not all of them, but many did die because of the temperature increases, and changes in the oceans.
5.)Stress would have Been high causing some animals like rabbits to just keel over
Again, you are assuming, LARGE creatures. View it in another picture, all the animals were newly born, smaller in size, able to reproduce after getting offf the boat.
6.) Territorial animals would have fought each other
They have found in the boat structure in Turkey, lots of compartments. They weren’t grouped in one big room.
7.) Carnivores and parisites would have attacked others for food and hosts regardless of Noah feeding them.
Interesting thought, but again, if they were in rooms, this wouldn’t be the case. Again, smaller animals wouldn’t behave this way.
8.) Ground after water disappeared would be so muddy it would have been unable to walk
The boat structure was also found on a mountain, not on a flat surface. So this wouldn’t be the case.
9.) All plant life would be dead, unable to grow back due to drowning and salt covering the earth
Interesting question… Water from above, or from inside the earth wouldn’t have salt. There is debate around the idea that the oceans we have today were not the same as they were back then.
10.) Inbreeding killing off all species within a few generations
Seven PAIRS of every clean animal, and 2 pairs (4 animals) of every unclean animal. So there would be no problem populating the earth.
11.) Where did the water go?
Land was pushed up, creating mountains, like we see today. Perhaps at one time in history, the land was even.
12.) Why aren’t all of the dinosaur bones in a single layer?
Nice neat fossil layers just isn’t accurate. We find lots of overlap. We see trees sticking up through the layers, so how is that possible?
13.) Why aren’t piles of animals dead in a specific area due to water currents
We do find this actually. Piles of bones all in one area.
14.) livable environment, most life NEEDS a specific environment to live, whether it’s temperature, moisture, humidity, to dark or light, as well as things to ware down their claws on, or teeth aswell.
1000 Metal Rivets Found At The Junction Beams
Laminated Wood – (Layers of wood and metal)
Several stone anchors were found in a straight line leading up to the mountain. These anchors balanced the boat during the massive storm.
Radar Scans Performed
Wyatt Archaeological Research
Pottery shard found 20 meters from the Ark site which has a name on it “Noah”
How The Ark Was Discovered
In 1959, Turkish army captain Llhan Durupinar discovered an unusual shape while examining aerial photographs of his country. The smooth shape, larger than a football field, stood out from the rough and rocky terrain at an altitude of 6,300 feet near the Turkish border with Iran.
It is a long story how the pieces came together to establish scientific truth about the site. This video is a brief documentary starting from the year 1977 when Ron Wyatt visited the site to examine the controversial reports.
Obtaining official permission, Ron and others conducted more thorough research over a period of several years. They used metal detection surveys, subsurface radar scans, and chemical analysis — real science — and their findings were startling. The evidence was undeniable.
Additional Articles:
Physics and the Bible: The Terrible Flood of Noah – Lambert Dolphin …
Fossils prove pre-flood earth was ideal environment – Chick Publications