Ken Ham - A Flood of Evidence: 40 Reasons Noah and the Ark Still Matter

First printing: September 2016

Eighth printing: August 2022

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Contents

Preface

Bodie Hodge and Ken Ham

Why Another Book on the Flood and the Ark?

There are hosts of books, videos, film, and Internet information about Noah's ark. Some of it is quite good. Much of it is miserable! Some are blatantly inaccurate and unbiblical (consider the Noah film with Russell Crowe and directed by Darren Aronofsky, which was primarily an attack on the Bible). Some ark and Flood information is too technical for many readers. Some ark and Flood resources are so basic that readers lose interest.

What this book was designed to do was filter through the massive amounts of information and give you what you need to know . We tried to do it in a way that keeps you from getting caught up in too much technical data and debates, and yet gives you some "meat to chew on" without being too basic. If you wanted to move on to a deeper level of technical debate after this book (which builds on some of the chapters), then at least you would have a foundation to dive into the subjects further.

Also, we wanted this to be a book that stands on the authority of the Bible as our absolute and final standard on issues. We didn't want a book to rest on the opinions of men like so many resources do, but to treat the Bible for what it is the truth. We are unashamed of this and up-front about this as you can see.

In doing so, we hope this book also points you to the Lord Jesus Christ of which the Flood (the first part of the book) and Noah's ark (the second part of the book) is a picture. The Flood was a judgment on sin and the ark was a means of salvation from that catastrophe. All you had to do was enter the door of the ark to be saved.

In the same way, Jesus Christ ultimately judges sin for all eternity. Yet Jesus Christ describes Himself as the door by which all must enter to be saved from their sin. The shed blood of Jesus Christ, who took the punishment for sin upon Himself, is the only means of salvation.

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

Introduction

The Flood and Noah's Ark: An
Introduction Getting Down to the Basics

Ken Ham AND Bodie Hodge

Introduction

That there was a flood 4,000 years ago is not provable. In fact, the evidence, for me at least, as a reasonable man, is overwhelming that it couldn't possibly have happened; there's no evidence for it. Bill Nye

Evolutionist Bill Nye repeatedly attacked the global Flood recorded in the Bible at the historic debate with Ken Ham over creation-evolution at the Creation Museum on February 4, 2014. Did you ever wonder why he did this? The reason was simple. He had to. In fact, anyone who believes in an old earth, Christian or secular, cannot believe in a global Flood.

In any scenario that involved millions and billions of years of earth history, a catastrophe like the Flood of Noah's day would be devastating! Thinking clearly, the secular idea of millions of years is used in an attempt to explain rock layers (that contain fossils). The fossil layers were supposedly laid down slowly over long periods of time without any major catastrophes.

Yet the global Flood of Noah's day would account for the majority of those rock layers quickly. So millions of years would vanish in light of a catastrophe like that! This is why Bill Nye (and anyone else) arguing for an old earth must fight against the famous Flood of biblical proportions!

Importance of the Flood

Is the issue of Noah's Flood important? Absolutely. It may be one of the key battles in the authority of Scripture in our day and age. Sadly, even certain Christians join with non-Christians to attack the truth of a global Flood. For example, popular old-earth Christian Dr. Hugh Ross attacks the ark and the global Flood by saying:

Not even an ark of steel armor plate could survive the rigors of a Flood gone global in Forty Days nor of the devastating effects of tens of thousands of feet of erosion in forty days and similar uplift within a year's time.

No viable scientific evidence has ever been found for a recent, global Flood.

Surprising to many, the attacks on the ark and Noah's worldwide Flood are coming from both outside the Church and inside the Church. So the Flood is an important issue. Join with us on this adventure to investigate issues and questions surrounding the Flood and ark of Noah to help lay to rest these erroneous claims.

The CHURCH and a Global Flood

It is not enough to merely teach a global Flood we need to teach the next generation how to defend it (this dives into the field of apologetics defending the faith). The Flood is documented and discussed in the Bible in Genesis 68 as well as other portions of Scripture (that refer back to the Flood event) quoting Jesus Christ or Paul the Apostle or a Psalmist. The universal Flood really occurred, and Scripture clearly teaches this truth.

The secular culture has been taught to deny the global Flood of Noah, however, many people in our churches (and culture) now struggle with the fact of the world-covering Flood! To put it bluntly, the churchgoer has been influenced by the secular belief system evolutionism that opposes the reality of the biblical Flood. Many in the Church succumb to this secular peer pressure and deny the global Flood.

Therefore, in the churches across the Western world, there is a significant problem. Consider the original study of the general public by America's Research Group led by Britt Beemer in 2015 to help estimate and prepare for the number of people who would visit the Ark Encounter in Kentucky.

For instance, when asked "Do you believe Noah's ark was actually built or only a legend?" the results for those who said, "Yes , it was actually built" were as follows (by age group):