Ok, I'm sure the non-believers will have fun with this, but for the believers in God, I'd like to hear what you think is the most miraculous thing about Noah building the ark. I have one I will share after I hear Believers of God answers, there is no one right answer here. Have fun.
2007-09-09 01:24:15 · 23 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That he believed God and built something as huge as the arc without ever having seen rain or floods or anything like that.
2007-09-09 01:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by William D 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The most miraculous thing is that God waited until only one good man was left. That tells me God is long-suffering, patient, and loving. Those who scoff at Noah's arc should read what some creationists have written. Answers In Genesis goes into great detail on this and so does Creation Science Evangelism. Those who really want an answer should check these sites out. Those who don't want an answer should not waste other peoples' time.
2007-09-09 01:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by kdanley 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're quite correct that the flood story is impossible from a scientific and historical viewpoint. You're also correct that nearly all of the basic material for the biblical flood story came from older Mesopotamian flood myths. It is not accurate to say, however, that the two flood stories in Gilgamesh and Genesis are identical. Firstly, a major part of the Gilgamesh story and a key plot element concerns the conflict between the gods. This is completely absent from the monotheistic story in Genesis. If you do a line by line analysis you will find that this subject makes up almost one third of the Gilgamesh flood story, including the initial decision to send a flood, the gods fearful reaction to it, Ishtar's lament, and the conflict at the end of the story. If you add the explanation that Utnapishtim was meant to give the people of Shuruppak about the reason for building a boat (this involves a description of conflict between Enlil and Ea), it is even greater than a third. Additionally, the stories have different endings. In Gilgamesh, the flood hero and his wife are given immortality and taken away to live with the gods. This does not happen in Genesis. More important, however, are the theological differences. In Genesis the flood is sent because of wickedness and 'violence'. At the end of the story, God makes laws about murder and bloodshed in an endeavor to reduce violence. In Gilgamesh we are not told the reason for the flood. However, the Gilgamesh story is based on the flood myth in the epic of Atrahasis. There we find that Enlil sends the flood because the human slave race created to ease the burden of the gods was becoming too populous and noisy. Another key difference is in the perception of the flood itself - in Gilgamesh it is viewed as tragic and immoral to try to kill of humanity with a flood, whereas in Genesis it is described as a just punishment. Yet another contrast is God's instruction after the flood in Genesis to be "fruitful and multiply". In Atrahasis, the gods devise ways to limit population through still births, orders of celibate female priestesses and so on. Another new element inserted into the Genesis story is the theme of a covenant between God and humanity that anticipates the later covenants with Israel's patriarchs and the nation as a whole. The reason for the above changes is easy to explain if we allow, as most scholars agree, that Genesis achieved its final form around the time of the Babylonian exile. Jerusalem and its temple had been destroyed and many of its leading families and citizens had been taken captive and transported to Babylonia. If the story of Adam and Eve is a parable about why Israel's God would allow this to happen, then the flood story is a thinly disguised parable of Babylon's punishment and the Jew's return to their homeland. This explains why the biblical flood is portrayed as the destruction of a wicked and violent civilization. This becomes even more likely when we recognize that both stories have been cleverly constructed out of well know Babylonian myths. In summary, those why try to defend the flood story in Genesis as literal history are misguided, failing to appreciate the genre and purpose of the story in the larger context of Israel's history. On the other hand, those who insist that it is worthless plagiarism are also missing out on the bigger picture. Much of the value of the Bible is that it recounts history from the perspective of a third world country. If you want to know how a Palestinian, an Iraqi, a Tibetan or a Georgian feels about the superpowers of today, the flood story is a good place to start.
2016-03-18 02:41:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most miraculous thing to me was, that the word ark itself is translated treasure chest. So the Lord considered Noah, his family, and the animal creatures as precious and valuable. And when you put that in context with the Ark of the covenant which contained Aaron's rod that budded, and the broken pieces of the ten commandments, that is alot to think about.
2007-09-09 01:30:03 · answer #4 · answered by Lover of God 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The most miraculous thing about Noah is that he was the first who made a lot of wine, and consumed too much of it, which caused a flood and an arc with 2 billion animals in it.
but 40 days, that's a record time for a binge.
2007-09-09 01:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Would you believes , "RAIN" ?
Before the Ark was completed and before Noah and his family and all the animals went into the Ark; and, God shut the door- no one have seen rain until the door was shut ! Now, that takes great faith to believe God's Word when He said He will sent the rain and destroyed the corrupted and defiled people of Noah's days.
Yes , Rain!
The next time it will be FIRE!
Just remember God will destroyed with FIRE!
You better be ready for it ! You can laughed now, but when it hit you, it'll be too late!
2007-09-09 01:42:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That all the animals just came to him...thats really cool! I'm glad they didn't eat Noah, lol!
Not only did Noah build it, but he also had to fit 2 of every single animal in the world! It must have been HUGE!
The funny thing is that I saw Evan almighty last night
2007-09-09 08:52:27 · answer #7 · answered by Kat 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The fact that "HE" was told to build the Ark because the world was going to flood is miraculous. The fact that he thought to himself, hmm, I wonder if I should take this flood thing serious, and how in the world am I going to build an Ark that's going to house us and all these animals? Well I don't know but I had better get to work. It's all miraculous to me.
2007-09-09 01:36:24 · answer #8 · answered by Allan C 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Collecting the million + insect species. Getting the polar bears and penguins. Heala monsters and tazmanian devils. Himalayan
plants. Flowers from the south american rain forest.
2007-09-09 01:42:25 · answer #9 · answered by capekicks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His Faith! Here is Noah, living in the middle of nowhere, no lakes or oceans for hundreds of miles, building this huuuuge ship, in a land that has never seen rain, enduring the ridicule of friends and neighbors for years about the impending doom that is coming (sounds just like today), and never backing down.
2007-09-09 01:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by michael m 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋