Did the Great Flood Cover the Whole Earth?

[Bro-Larry]

In Gen 1:2 waters covered the whole Earth. Then God divided the water above from the waters beneath and put a space (firmament) separating the two waters. The upper water is suspended into the heavens as water vapor. That's where rain comes from. There was and is enough water available to cover the whole Earth.

[mizpeh]

Originally Posted by DividedThigh

i believe it was the whole earth, have no reason not to believe that, dt

Exactly! We take the plain literal reading of the word of God unless there is a clear reason in the word itself to do otherwise.

For instance when we read about the whore in the book of Revelation we first read it literally until later on we find the writer explains what the whore is, a city.

[Tim Wiggins]

Originally Posted by OneAccord

Honestly...I don't know. I try to believe the Bible, but my mind just cannot comprehend every square inch of dry land (including Mt. Everest) being completely submerged by water. I tend to believe the "whole earth" was the earth as it was known in Noahs day. But, I really don't know.

It kind of boggles my mind as well, BUT below is and VERY interesting quote from Arlo Moehlenpah's book on Creation vs Evolution:

"Nearly all of the great mountain areas of the world have been found to have marine fossils near their summits. There is no conclusion possible other than that the mountains were once under water and have all been uplifted, essentially simultaneously, which accords well with the biblical Flood."

The author of this book has a PHD and is apostolic. He knowledge of science, geology and how they intertwine with the Bible is second to none. Reading his book really helped me to come to grips with things like, the flood of Noah, dinosaurs, young earth vs old earth theories.


TRW

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

But my brother, don't you think it could have meant the whole earth that Noah could see?

Why do folks feel they have to limit God? HE can do all things!

[jediwill83]

yeah Tim...we used Bro. M.s material at JCM. Good stuff....also drdino.com and answersingenesis.com