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).

Articles About The Flood

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Magazine Department Article
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?
In-Depth Article
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.
News
A Christian Equips Atheists to Debate Christians

April 2, 2018 from Ken Ham Blog
A geologist critiques the idea of a global Flood, claiming the evidence simply doesn’t support such an idea.
Magazine Article
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.
News
An Astonishingly Well-Preserved Dinosaur: Evidence for the Flood?

June 11, 2017 from Ken Ham Blog
Many supporters have asked about an article by National Geographic, featuring breathtaking photos of a fossil of an incredibly life-like armored nodosaur.
Blog
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.
Magazine Article
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.
Magazine Department Article
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?
Magazine Department Article
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.
In-Depth Article
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.
Magazine Article
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?
Magazine Department Article
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!
Magazine Article
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?
Magazine Article
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.
Feedback: “Bill Nye the Straw Man Guy” Rebuttal

Aug. 4, 2015
We do not reject any evidence that is found, whether it is an ancient tool or fossilized bones. What we often reject are the interpretations of this data.
Basic Geology Disproves Creationism?

Aug. 3, 2015
Noah’s Flood is the key to explaining most of the geological record and as such it washes away millions of years.
Book Chapter
What Are Some of the Best Flood Evidences?

March 5, 2015 from The New Answers Book 3
Have you ever been “tongue-tied” when asked to provide geologic evidence that the Genesis Flood really did occur, just as the Bible describes?
More Than One Language Before the Flood?

Sept. 15, 2014 from Thinking Outside the Box
We know mankind had one language after the Flood, before God confused the languages at Babel. Could other languages have formed prior to Noah’s Flood?
Book Chapter
How Could Fish Survive the Genesis Flood?

June 16, 2014 from The New Answers Book 3
God only brought to the Ark representatives of all the created kinds of air-breathing, land-dwelling creatures. How did freshwater and saltwater fish survive?
Magazine Department Article
Chronology Check

Jan. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Are dominant views about Flood chronology true to Scripture?
In-Depth Article
How Did Plants Survive the Flood?

Oct. 10, 2012 from Answers in Depth
Many critics of the Genesis account of history scoff at the idea of plants and seeds lasting for a year in fresh and salt water, therefore discounting the biblical account of the Flood.
Book Chapter
Times of Recession

April 24, 2012 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 2
Critics assert that two different dates are given for when the earth was dry after the global Flood. Michael Belknap, AiG–U.S., explains.
New Technique Reveals Oceanic Evidence For the Flood

Oct. 22, 2011 from News to Know
Abruptness of ancient oceanic alterations fit the Flood.
Magazine Article
Did Mercury Poisoning Create a Toxic Flood?

April 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine
Wouldn’t the destructive forces of Noah’s Flood have released so much mercury into the environment that it would poison everything and make life impossible?