If Noah’s Flood really covered the globe, prevailed for 150 days, and lasted over a year, there ought to be a lot of evidence on earth to support these claims.

There is no way that I can adequately present all the evidence that is available to support a Noah’s global flood. I am neither wise enough nor do we have sufficient time for such a task. However, I hope to present enough evidence to strengthen your faith and motivate you to research further.

Transition

In this overview of evidence for Noah’s Flood, I will divide the information into five categories.

Bible Evidence of a Global Flood

  1. Old Testament evidence
    1. The ark landed on the mountains of Ararat (Gen 8:4). If the ark landed up in the mountains, the flood was more than local in size.
    2. The flood lasted a year and 11 days [371 days] (Gen 7:11 & Gen 8:14). That is far too long for a local flood.
    3. The rainbow was God’s promise never to send another flood like Noah’s Flood (Gen 9:13-15). Many local floods have since occurred (cf. Isa 54:9).
    4. For 150 days the waters prevailed (strong, mighty) on the earth (Gen 7:24). After that they asswaged (decreased, began to retreat) rapidly (Gen 8:1-3). This would cause continental sheet erosion and then massive channel erosion. This is exactly what we find.
    5. Where did all the water go? God tells us in Psalm 104:6-9. The mountains were pushed up and the valleys and oceans went down to store the water. Even evolutionists admit that the oceans seem to have sunk.
  2. New Testament evidence
    1. Jesus spoke about Noah (Luk 17:26-27). He believed the people were real and the event was real. Jesus said that the flood destroyed ALL human life outside the ark.
    2. Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, told us that the flood caused the world to perish (2Pe 3:6).

Legend Evidence of a Global Flood

Ancient civilizations (such as China, Babylonia, Wales, Russia, India, America, Hawaii, Scandinavia, Sumatra, Peru, and Polynesia) all have their own versions of a giant flood. http://creationwiki.org/Flood_legends

There are at least 500 legends of a worldwide deluge. Many of these show remarkable similarities, with many aspects similar to the details about Noah’s Flood in the Bible. http://creation.com/many-flood-legends

Fossil Evidence of a Global Flood

  1. Fossil formation is evidence

    Since fossils form only when a plant or animal dies and is immediately covered with sediment (or is killed by life-choking sediment), the only explanation for the fossil record is a worldwide flood where billions of plants and animals became buried in the soft sediment formed in a worldwide flood. http://www.creationproof.com/id24.html

  2. Fossils graveyards

    Massive fossil graveyards have been found in North America, Europe, and Africa indicating rapid burial.

    In Agate Springs, Nebraska a fossil graveyard of around 9,000 animals was found buried in alluvial deposits. The remains of hundreds of rhinos, three-toed horses, camels, giant wild boars, birds, plants, trees, sea shells and fish are mixed and intermingled in great confusion. http://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/fossils/graveyards/

    Another massive repository of fossils is found in South Africa. We can only speculate how many creatures are contained in this graveyard. One mind-boggling analysis estimates “The Karoo formation in South Africa alone contains fossil remains of about 800 billion animals.” (Milner, Richard, The Encyclopedia of Evolution: Humanity’s Search for Its Origins, 1990, p. 330.) Ibid.

  3. Polystrate fossils
    1. Among the most fascinating types of fossils associated with coal seams are upright tree trunks, which often penetrate tens of feet perpendicular to stratification. These upright trees are frequently encountered in strata associated with coal, and on rare occasions are found in the coal. www.icr.org
    2. It is impossible for vertical fossilised trees to be buried slowly over thousands of years. They would rot first. They were buried during the flood.
  4. Fossils in unusual locations
    1. Camel fossils have been found in the Canadian Arctic.
    2. Evolutionists say that fossils and a forest are evidence of a lush, warm, greenhouse climate in the Canadian High Arctic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW8PQOw3jNg
    3. Evolutionists say, “Axel Heiberg Island, at 82 degrees north and just a stone’s throw from the North Pole, was once a great vacation spot… Lush redwood forests, ferns, flowering plants, and a huge variety of animals, now extinct, once thrived here.” http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0326_020326_TVredwoods.html
    4. Fossilised wood, pollen, spores and exceptionally preserved leaves appear in the BAS fossil collection from a range of plants: from ferns and pines to mosses and ginkgoes. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geography/rock/fossil-collection.php
    5. Fossil ammonites (coiled marine cephalopods) are found in limestone beds high in the Himalayas of Nepal. http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v3/n1/high-dry-sea-creatures
    6. Scientists have found fossils of whales and other marine animals in mountain sediments in the Andes, indicating that the South American mountain chain rose very rapidly from the sea. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/12/us/whale-fossils-high-in-andes-show-how-mountains-rose-from-sea.html

Geology Evidence of a Global Flood

  1. Many strata were laid down quickly

    We find rock layers that can be traced all the way across continents—even between continents—and physical features in those strata indicate they were deposited rapidly.

    We find that the sediments in those widespread, rapidly deposited rock layers had to be eroded from distant sources and carried long distances by fast-moving water.

    Rocks do not normally bend; they break because they are hard and brittle. But in many places we find whole sequences of strata that were bent without fracturing, indicating that all the rock layers were rapidly deposited and folded while still wet and pliable before final hardening. http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n4/geologic-evidences-part-one

  2. Conglomerate stone beds

    Stones that are rolled around by waves or currents become rounded and are called wash rock. Conglomerate beds of washed stones are common all over the world. These are huge layers of washed stones up to 30m thick that cover thousands of square kilometres. This can only be evidence of a massive flood. www.Bibleinfo.com

  3. Sheet and channel erosion
    1. Bluffs and other tall rock formations that stick out of the ground remain after wide sheets of water rapidly left the continents causing this sheet erosion.
    2. Canyons like the Grand Canyon are examples of rapid channel erosion as flood waters tore through soft sediments when the mountains pushed up after the flood.
  4. Coal

    Massive amounts of plant vegetation were buried by sediment and under pressure formed coal. This could not have happened by slow accumulation of plant matter in a swamp.

Conclusion

Today we have only scratched the surface of evidence that about 4,300 years ago God destroyed the world with a global flood. Jesus said that the men before the flood “knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Mat 24:39). In 2 Timothy 3:1-5 God warns … (read). God will again judge sin. As in the days of Noah, a majority of people do not believe, but this does not change the facts. Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” Are you ready for judgment day? John 3:36 “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” To believe on the Son is not just believing about Him, but trusting in Him completely. If you have not believed on Christ to save your lost soul, do it today.

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Noah’s Flood: The Evidence
4 May 2014 AM – Genesis 7:24 – Gen 14 – Scott Childs