Jesus and the Flood
by Henry
Morris, Ph.D.
"For as in the days that
were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the
flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man
be." (Matthew 24:38-39)
The Lord Jesus Christ not only believed in the special, recent
creation of all things by God (note Mark 10:6-8), but also in the worldwide Flood
of Noah's day, including the special preservation of life on the Ark. The Flood
in which He believed was obviously not a "local flood," for He
compared it to the worldwide future impact of His Second Coming.
Neither was it a "tranquil flood," nor a "selective
flood," for Jesus said, "The flood came, and destroyed them all"
(Luke 17:27). It is clear that He was referring
to--and that He believed--the Genesis record of the great Flood! There it says
that the whole earth was "filled with violence" (Genesis 6:13), having first been filled with
people, and that the resulting world-cleansing deluge was so cataclysmic that
"every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the
ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the
heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth" (Genesis 7:23). Indeed, "the flood came,
and took |literally 'lifted'| them all away."
This is what Jesus said, and what He believed, and therefore,
those who are truly His disciples must also believe this. The destructive
effects of the Flood can still be seen today, not only in the biblical record,
but also in the abundant evidences of cataclysmic destruction in the rocks and
fossil graveyards all over the world. To refuse this evidence, as do many
modern intellectuals, can only be because they "willingly are ignorant,"
as Peter said in referring to this testimony (2 Peter 3:5). HMM
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