The Flood

The Flood of Noah’s day (2348 BC) was a year-long global catastrophe that destroyed the pre-Flood world, reshaped the continents, buried billions of creatures, and laid down the rock layers. It was God’s judgment on man’s wickedness and only eight righteous people, and representatives of every kind of land animal, were spared aboard the Ark.

Noah’s Flood: a Historical, Global Catastrophe

Examining the immense biblical data for Noah’s flood as an actual, year-long, worldwide, and catastrophic flood about 4,500 years ago.

Was Noah’s Flood Global?

Did Noah experience a local flood which left only a few sediment layers, as floods do today? God’s record is clear: the water covered the entire globe and killed all the animals on earth. Such unique conditions are the only way to explain worldwide fossil-bearing layers thousands of feet deep.

Local Floods Help Us Understand Noah’s Flood Geology

Geologists repeatedly discover the catastrophic effects of local flooding on the earth’s surface, resulting in the same conclusion each time: that substantial amounts of water can have the same geological effect in a short period of time (even laying down rock layers) that hypothesized millions of years of slow water flow would have.

Noah Did More than Build an Ark

Like people today, almost certainly the people of Noah’s day were busy enjoying the pleasures of life and did not believe or care that judgment was coming. In 2 Peter 2:5, Noah is described as a “preacher of righteousness.”

Psalm 104 and the Flood

Psalm 104:6–9 sheds important additional light on the geological effects of the Flood. “The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which You established for them” (vs. 8).

The Flood Topics

• How Did the Events of Noah’s Flood Unfold?

  

  May 24, 2025

  Examining the timeline of the global flood according to Scripture

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  How Could Geology Possibly Affect Spiritual Truth?

  

  Nov. 19, 2024 from Answers Magazine

  You can’t separate the truth about God’s work in the physical world from spiritual truths without drastic consequences.

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  A Flood of Evidence

  

  July 30, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  Christians need not be intimidated by “scientific” pronouncements that deny the clear words of Genesis. Evidences for the flood are everywhere if your assumptions don’t blind you to them.

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  Sculpting a New Home

  

  Nov. 13, 2022 from Answers Magazine

  We can only imagine what happened after the Flood! Consider five major examples of catastrophes that reshaped the planet.

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  Life After the Flood

  

  July 1, 2022 from Answers Magazine

  God blessed Noah’s obedience—but that doesn’t mean life after departing the ark was easy.

• Was Genesis Copied from Mesopotamian Flood Myths?

  

  March 1, 2022

  Skeptics suggest the biblical flood was gleaned from the Epic of Gilgamesh etc., but there are critical differences between Genesis and ancient pagan literature.

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  A Superior History

  

  Oct. 1, 2021 from Answers Magazine

  When you look closely at Lake Superior’s landscape, you’ll see evidence of a catastrophic past.

• An Act of Grace

  

  May 29, 2021

  How the catastrophic global flood was also a demonstration of the grace of God

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  Were There Any Volcanoes, High Mountains, and Earthquakes Before the Flood?

  

  April 18, 2020 from The New Answers Book 4

  The Scriptures are silent on the issue of whether there were any volcanoes or earthquakes in the world before the Flood, but we do know there were mountains.

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  Layers of Sedimentary Rock Deposited by Global Flood

  

  Jan. 8, 2020 from The New Answers Book 4

  How could neat uniform sedimentary rock layers be deposited during the Flood cataclysm with all the fast-moving waters?

• Rainbow Meaning: On Colors and Memes

  

  Dec. 13, 2019

  As Christians seek to engage in the rainbow’s meaning, particularly on social platforms, a particular biblical-sounding truth claim has become popular.

• Find a Rainbow Day

  

  April 3, 2019

  April 3 is “Find a Rainbow Day.” People love rainbows. They’re part of legends and fairytales. But there’s more to rainbows than fantasy.

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  Power of Past Super-Floods

  

  Nov. 18, 2018 from Answers Magazine

  What evidence do we see that a global Flood devastated the earth’s surface during Noah’s day—on a scale unlike anything we see today?

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  Very Rare June Ice Storm on Hawaiian Mountains Provides Insight into the Flood

  

  Aug. 2, 2018 from Answers in Depth

  Sometimes nature gives us a glimpse at the possibilities during the flood. Such a glimpse was provided by a recent ice storm on the mountains of Hawaii.

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  Supersized Landslides

  

  March 18, 2018 from Answers Magazine

  According to God’s Word, the great Flood of Noah’s day was the most devastating catastrophe in history. Noah’s Flood ripped apart the earth. We’re not talking about boulders but whole mountains. In some places, slabs the size of cities slid dozens of miles in minutes.

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  The Purpose of the Flood

  Nov. 21, 2016

  As Christians we need to consider the account of the Flood (and other judgement passages) in light of what the Bible states about God and humanity.

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  Water from Rock

  

  Sept. 4, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  People often refer to rock layers as though the earth is made of solid rock, impervious to water. Thankfully, this isn’t true.

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  A Global Flood—Rising Above All Doubt

  

  July 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Some Christians claim Noah’s Flood was local, and it doesn’t really matter what we believe about it. Does this view hold water?

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  Water Doesn’t Always Mix

  

  July 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  We’ve always heard that oil and water don’t mix, but sometimes water and water don’t mix.

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  Monkey Teeth: Proof of God’s Post-Flood Provisions

  

  June 28, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Animals can show up in the oddest places and make evolutionists scratch their heads as is the case with the newly discovered monkey fossils.

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  Ark Tales—10 Popular Misconceptions about the Flood

  

  May 8, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Misunderstandings are on full display when it comes to the biblical account of the Flood. Are you guilty of any of these ten common misconceptions?

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  Ocean Full of Commotion

  Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  The timing could not be better for AiG’s new VBS for 2016—Ocean Commotion!

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  Coconino Sandstone—The Most Powerful Argument Against the Flood?

  

  Nov. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  The Flood is impossible because one of the Grand Canyon’s layers was deposited in a desert. Or so evolutionists claim. Do the facts back them up?

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  Taking Back the Rainbow

  

  Aug. 22, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  These beautiful bows remind me of my parents’ teaching of what the Bible says about God’s purpose in giving us the rainbow.

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