Noah's flood notes

Question 1

Hebrew word for flood (OT)

Answer 1

mabbul

Question 2

Greek word for flood (NT)

Answer 2

cataclysmos

Question 3

Genesis 6:17

Answer 3

flood affected “all life” and “every creature”

Question 4

Genesis 7:18-20

Answer 4

flood covered “high mountains under the whole heavens”

Question 5

1 Peter 3:20

Answer 5

8 people “saved through water”

Question 6

2 Peter 3:5-7

Answer 6

world was “deluged and destroyed” for “judgement”

Question 7

who argues that all people (except Noah and his family) were killed during the flood?

Answer 7

both OT and NT authors

Question 8

The Flood is directly compared with

Answer 8

Christ’s return and his judgement of all people

Question 9

The Flood’s destruction was ____ for humanity and ____ in scope.

Answer 9

universal, global

Question 10

The geologic record (including fossils) is a record of either

Answer 10

-recent creation and the Flood OR -Billions of years of life on Earth

Question 11

2 questions for any model of the flood

Answer 11

-Where did the water come from? and -Where did it go?

Question 12

The flood is essentially a

Answer 12

geologic/tectonic event

Question 13

lithosphere

Answer 13

a group of mobile units (plates) composed of crust and upper mantle

Question 14

Features that say continents have not always been in present location

Answer 14

-“fit” of continents -matching mountain chains across the Atlantic Ocean -similar fossils across Atlantic -matching geologic units across oceans -locations of earthquakes and volcanoes

Question 15

evidence that ocean floor has moved over time

Answer 15

-ocean ridges -magnetic reversals recorded in ocean crust

Question 16

ocean floor is ____ near the ridges and ___ near the continents

Answer 16

younger, older

Question 17

Prior to Flood, existing continents were in ____ _____

Answer 17

different locations

Question 18

Prior to flood, little tectonic activity

Answer 18

-no ocean ridges -no plate movements -no massive mountain chains -little or no earthquakes or volcanoes

Question 19

Catastrophic Plate Tectonics (CPT) was first proposed by

Answer 19

creationist geologists in Austin (1994)

Question 20

CPT envisions

Answer 20

rapid continental “sprint” during the Flood

Question 21

CPT says Flood began with

Answer 21

subduction which created ocean ridges and cause continents to move at several MPH

Question 22

2 sources of flood water in Genesis 7

Answer 22

-fountains of the great deep -windows of heaven

Question 23

both sources in Genesis 7 were caused by

Answer 23

ocean ridges

Question 24

4 ways water spread over the continent

Answer 24

-Geysers at ocean ridges vaporize water, then condense to form massive rains -Subduction drags continents downward (lets ocean water cover more of the continents) -Elevation of ocean floor b/c new crust is warmer than older crust (more water forced on continents) -Ocean water is warmed and expands (same amount of water takes up more space)

Question 25

Stopping the Catastrophe

Answer 25

• after 150 days, “God remembered Noah”
• warm ocean crust replaced subduction
• cooling of ocean water and new ocean crust pulls Flood waters back into the oceans off of the continents

Question 26

less subduction means

Answer 26

-less volcanoes at ocean ridges, slowing geysers -

Question 27

Where did the water for the Flood come from AND go back to?

Answer 27

the oceans

Question 28

2 predictions confirmed

Answer 28

• extremely rapid magnetic reversals
• existence of cold material (pre-Flood ocean crust) in the deep mantle

Question 29

Because of the Flood

Answer 29

• no continents are in the same place
• new mountain ranges (like Rockies and Himalayas) now exist
• geological disasters common
• we are constantly reminded of God’s judgement on humanity and our own responsibility for even “natural disasters”

Question 30

Judgement is Finished verses

Answer 30

Genesis 9:11, 13, 15

2 Peter 3:5-7

Question 31

4 Experiments an Measurements that brought forth theory of plate tectonics

Answer 31

1-mapping topography of seafloor

2-measuring magnetic field above seafloor

3-“timing” of reversals of magnetic field

4-accurately determining location of earthquakes

Question 32

Is catastrophic plate tectonics Biblical?

Answer 32

It’s not specifically stated in the Bible but is reasonable and consistent with the Bible