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Is the Great Flood of the Bible literal or symbolic.
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<blockquote data-quote="LightBearer" data-source="post: 357575" data-attributes="member: 3849"><p><strong>Genesis 7:11-12</strong> In the six hundredth year of Noahs life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all the springs of the vast watery deep were broken open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And the downpour upon the earth went on for forty days and forty nights. </p><p></p><p>There is no mention of rain here. </p><p></p><p>There was an incessant torrential downpour for forty days and forty nights. </p><p></p><p>According to the Genesis account, God said to Noah: <strong>Here I am bringing the deluge [or, heavenly ocean; Heb., mab·bul'] of waters upon the earth. (Ge 6:17, ftn)</strong> Describing what happened, the next chapter says: <strong>All the springs of the vast watery deep were broken open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. (Ge 7:11) </strong>So overwhelming was the Deluge that all the tall mountains that were under the whole heavens came to be covered.Ge 7:19. </p><p></p><p>In Genesis 7:11 the expressions vast watery deep and floodgates of the heavens are both used to refer to the great water canopy that was around the earth in suspension and that is described at Genesis 1:6, 7 as the waters . . . above the expanse. When it says that the springs were broken and the floodgates were opened it means that God caused the forces that held the great water canopy in suspension to be overcome and thus permitted the waters to pour down upon the earth, not in any global splash but as through floodgates into certain channels, particularly at the poles, but also by means of rainfall for forty days. </p><p></p><p>Just as the beginning of the Flood is spoken of as the breaking open of the springs of the watery deep and the opening of the floodgates of the heavens, at Genesis 7:11, so the cessation of the deluge, mentioned at Genesis 8:2, is referred to as the stopping up of those springs of the watery deep and the floodgates of the heavens. In other words, the contents of the watery canopy were exhausted. Of course, this did not mean that there would be no more rain on the earth. Rather, as clouds formed by the evaporation of water, rain would continue to fall to that extent. But there was no more a great watery reservoir, a watery deep or vast vapor canopy held in suspension above the earth. </p><p></p><p>Imagine that cataclysm! An entire heavens of waters crashing down on the earth, overwhelming every living thing, and covering all the mountains! The tremendous pressures involved would bring about great changes on the surface of the earth, pushing up mountain ranges and forming depressions to receive the waters. </p><p></p><p>This immense weight of water apparently caused a shifting and buckling of earths relatively thin crust Thus, new mountains were thrust upward, old mountains rose to new heights, shallow sea basins were deepened and new shorelines were established. </p><p></p><p>And, too, the sudden fall of this canopy and the tremendous upheavals of earth would create great waves of rushing wateraccomplishing in a matter of days what many scientists believe took millenniums of time to occur by slow processes of erosion. Mighty torrents of water carved out deep valleys and huge canyons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LightBearer, post: 357575, member: 3849"] [B]Genesis 7:11-12[/B] In the six hundredth year of Noahs life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all the springs of the vast watery deep were broken open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And the downpour upon the earth went on for forty days and forty nights. There is no mention of rain here. There was an incessant torrential downpour for forty days and forty nights. According to the Genesis account, God said to Noah: [B]Here I am bringing the deluge [or, heavenly ocean; Heb., mab·bul'] of waters upon the earth. (Ge 6:17, ftn)[/B] Describing what happened, the next chapter says: [B]All the springs of the vast watery deep were broken open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. (Ge 7:11) [/B]So overwhelming was the Deluge that all the tall mountains that were under the whole heavens came to be covered.Ge 7:19. In Genesis 7:11 the expressions vast watery deep and floodgates of the heavens are both used to refer to the great water canopy that was around the earth in suspension and that is described at Genesis 1:6, 7 as the waters . . . above the expanse. When it says that the springs were broken and the floodgates were opened it means that God caused the forces that held the great water canopy in suspension to be overcome and thus permitted the waters to pour down upon the earth, not in any global splash but as through floodgates into certain channels, particularly at the poles, but also by means of rainfall for forty days. Just as the beginning of the Flood is spoken of as the breaking open of the springs of the watery deep and the opening of the floodgates of the heavens, at Genesis 7:11, so the cessation of the deluge, mentioned at Genesis 8:2, is referred to as the stopping up of those springs of the watery deep and the floodgates of the heavens. In other words, the contents of the watery canopy were exhausted. Of course, this did not mean that there would be no more rain on the earth. Rather, as clouds formed by the evaporation of water, rain would continue to fall to that extent. But there was no more a great watery reservoir, a watery deep or vast vapor canopy held in suspension above the earth. Imagine that cataclysm! An entire heavens of waters crashing down on the earth, overwhelming every living thing, and covering all the mountains! The tremendous pressures involved would bring about great changes on the surface of the earth, pushing up mountain ranges and forming depressions to receive the waters. This immense weight of water apparently caused a shifting and buckling of earths relatively thin crust Thus, new mountains were thrust upward, old mountains rose to new heights, shallow sea basins were deepened and new shorelines were established. And, too, the sudden fall of this canopy and the tremendous upheavals of earth would create great waves of rushing wateraccomplishing in a matter of days what many scientists believe took millenniums of time to occur by slow processes of erosion. Mighty torrents of water carved out deep valleys and huge canyons. [/QUOTE]
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