The Flood

[rainbowinthesky]

In the report of the flood God has given us sufficient evidence in various parts of the Bible to establish the way in which the flood did come. The study of this great cataclysm will be taken up from this angle.

When it is seen what caused the flood and how it came, powerful confirmation will be given to the truth that this judgment upon the antediluvian did not come directly out from the Lord upon them but that they had placed themselves beyond His protection. Far from actually sending the flood, God held it back as long as He could. It finally came because He could no longer prevent it without forcing His presence where it was no longer desired.

Conditions before the flood were radically different from what they have been since. The key to that difference lies in the state of the sun and moon, the former having been seven times as hot as it now is and the latter having been equal to our present sun. This meant that eight times today's heat and light was being beamed upon the earth before the flood.

The scriptural evidence is found in Isaiah 30:26.

"Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound."

This is both a prophecy of the future and a description of the past. God is telling what He will do when He will bind up "the breach of His people," and will heal "the stroke of their wound." This is restoration, the bringing back of that which was already there. If this involves increasing the sun to seven times its present intensity and the moon to equal the present sun, then this is how it was before the flood.

It will be when the Creator makes a new heaven and earth, that this restoration will be achieved. At that time, the sun and moon combined will be transmitting eight times the heat and light now being produced.
With these two orbs of fire jointly serving the new heavens and new earth, a vastly changed condition of things will prevail from what they are now. This would appear so drastic as to cause many to think that the scripture predicting this has to be understood only figuratively. The words are to be understood literally however, as the following statement verifies:

"All will be a happy, united family, clothed with the garments of praise and thanksgiving--the robe of Christ's righteousness. All nature in its surpassing loveliness will offer to God a constant tribute of praise and adoration. The world will be bathed in the light of Heaven. The years will move on in gladness. THE LIGHT OF THE MOON WILL BE AS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, AND THE LIGHT OF THE SUN WILL BE SEVENFOLD GREATER THAN IT IS NOW. Over the scene the morning stars will sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy, while God and Christ will unite in proclaiming,'There shall be no more sin, neither shall there be any more death.'" E.G. White, My Life Today,348. See also Ministry of Healing,506 or Testimonies, Vol.8, 42 or The Review and Herald, Nov.6,1903.

This statement does verify that Isaiah 30:26 is truly a prophecy of the future and a description of the past.

to be continued

 

[rainbowinthesky]

Part 2

"And God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were UNDER the firmament from the waters which were ABOVE the firmament and it was so. And God called the firmament heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day." Genesis 1:6-8.

Thus in God's creative organization, He left some water upon the earth, but the remainder, He stationed high above and completely around the world. In between there was an atmospheric heaven. Thus a deep, protective, insulating mantle of water vapor cocooned the earth. The height and thickness of this was precisely calculated by the Creator to produce the perfect climate upon earth.

Having positioned the water vapor, the Lord then commissioned the sun and moon to hold it there, as well as to give light to the earth.

"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night."

The sun and the moon were not established in their appointed orbits to give only light to the earth. The scripture clearly testifies that they were to "give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness."

The purpose of giving light to the earth is easily understood, but more study needs to be given to the meaning of the phrase, "to rule over the day and over the night." "To rule," is to govern, to exercise a controlling influence of some nature on the other. In the light of scripture evidences revealing the physical conditions existing at the time of creation, something of the nature of this rulership becomes apparent.

The sun and moon shared a responsibility beyond that of lighting the earth. An enormous amount of water had been elevated above the globe where it rode in suspension to form a complete mantle. To hold it there required a considerable supply of heat without which the pull of gravity would draw it down again.

The sun and moon were placed in command of this situation. They were to rule over the moisture mantle, wrapped like swaddling clothes around the planet, preventing it from returning to the surface again and causing complete flooding. In order to have sufficient heat energy to accomplish this important task, the moon had to be as hot as the sun now is and the sun seven times moreso.

The arrangement was a masterpiece of balanced technology. The amount of heat produced from the TWO SUNS was calculated to keep just the correct volume of water vapor at the optimum altitude. The percentage of heat energy absorbed in this process left sufficient over to filter through, providing the needed heat to warm the earth.

But, effective as the water mantle was in absorbing the greatest part of the sun's energy, and thus protecting the world below from its searing blast, God's purpose for it did not end there. It served to conserve, distribute, and equalize the warmth reaching the surface.

to be continued

 

[reddogs]

In the report of the flood God has given us sufficient evidence in various parts of the Bible to establish the way in which the flood did come. The study of this great cataclysm will be taken up from this angle.

When it is seen what caused the flood and how it came, powerful confirmation will be given to the truth that this judgment upon the antediluvian did not come directly out from the Lord upon them but that they had placed themselves beyond His protection. Far from actually sending the flood, God held it back as long as He could. It finally came because He could no longer prevent it without forcing His presence where it was no longer desired.

Conditions before the flood were radically different from what they have been since. The key to that difference lies in the state of the sun and moon, the former having been seven times as hot as it now is and the latter having been equal to our present sun. This meant that eight times today's heat and light was being beamed upon the earth before the flood.

The scriptural evidence is found in Isaiah 30:26.

"Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound."

This is both a prophecy of the future and a description of the past. God is telling what He will do when He will bind up "the breach of His people," and will heal "the stroke of their wound." This is restoration, the bringing back of that which was already there. If this involves increasing the sun to seven times its present intensity and the moon to equal the present sun, then this is how it was before the flood.

It will be when the Creator makes a new heaven and earth, that this restoration will be achieved. At that time, the sun and moon combined will be transmitting eight times the heat and light now being produced.
With these two orbs of fire jointly serving the new heavens and new earth, a vastly changed condition of things will prevail from what they are now. This would appear so drastic as to cause many to think that the scripture predicting this has to be understood only figuratively. The words are to be understood literally however, as the following statement verifies:

"All will be a happy, united family, clothed with the garments of praise and thanksgiving--the robe of Christ's righteousness. All nature in its surpassing loveliness will offer to God a constant tribute of praise and adoration. The world will be bathed in the light of Heaven. The years will move on in gladness. THE LIGHT OF THE MOON WILL BE AS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, AND THE LIGHT OF THE SUN WILL BE SEVENFOLD GREATER THAN IT IS NOW. Over the scene the morning stars will sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy, while God and Christ will unite in proclaiming,'There shall be no more sin, neither shall there be any more death.'" E.G. White, My Life Today,348. See also Ministry of Healing,506 or Testimonies, Vol.8, 42 or The Review and Herald, Nov.6,1903.

This statement does verify that Isaiah 30:26 is truly a prophecy of the future and a description of the past.

to be continued

Well it would follow also if there was in the Pre-Flood Earth the existence of a canopy of water in the stratosphere.

In the Genesis Account of Creation, we read:

Genesis 1:6-8, 'Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.'

The use of "firmament" in Genesis 1:20 it becomes perfectly clear: "Let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens."
So the sky appeared between the water above the sky, and the water below the sky. So after Creation there were three separate layers:

Water in the stratosphere.
The sky, where the birds fly.
Water below the sky, now known as the sea

After Noah's Flood this water canopy in the stratosphere was removed, and the water became part of the waters of the Flood of Noah.The water canopy originally provided protection against cosmic radiation and would screen the suns rays as well as the reflection from the moon.