In Sunday School most are taught that God caused the great flood by forty days and nights of rain. Yet, in Genesis 7:11 (KJV) it says, after it tells Noah's age...the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Fountains of the great deep broken up - literally means the springs of main sea or subterranean water supply was burst or ripped open and the windows (literally) of the moving clouds opened.
Vs 12 (KJV) And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Before this time, the earth was watered through a dew or mist only. Rain did not exist. So you can imagine the shock of everyone when it rained, not to mention the sea or the springs bursting forth under the ground.
It also says the water was 15 cubits. (vs 20). Roughly speaking in today's terms that would be around 19 feet. If humans were only living in one part of the world, then conceivably, it would have wiped out every living thing.
It took several months for the waters to abate and for there to be dry land again.
Question is, did this flood happen world wide? Or was it isolated to one area only?
Considering the number of stories worldwide about a flood, one would give credence to this event. It would have been easy to pass it down from generation to the next, changing it as happens in folklore and legends.
Fountains of the great deep broken up - literally means the springs of main sea or subterranean water supply was burst or ripped open and the windows (literally) of the moving clouds opened.
Vs 12 (KJV) And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Before this time, the earth was watered through a dew or mist only. Rain did not exist. So you can imagine the shock of everyone when it rained, not to mention the sea or the springs bursting forth under the ground.
It also says the water was 15 cubits. (vs 20). Roughly speaking in today's terms that would be around 19 feet. If humans were only living in one part of the world, then conceivably, it would have wiped out every living thing.
It took several months for the waters to abate and for there to be dry land again.
Question is, did this flood happen world wide? Or was it isolated to one area only?
Considering the number of stories worldwide about a flood, one would give credence to this event. It would have been easy to pass it down from generation to the next, changing it as happens in folklore and legends.
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