Was Noah’s Flood Just a Local Event?

Whenever we take something from outside Scripture, such as millions of years, and allow that to determine our interpretation of Scripture, we’re elevating man’s wisdom over God’s Word.

I’ve been asking this question for decades now (over 50 years!), and sadly, the answer is often “man’s word”—whether or not the person will actually admit it! Whenever we take something from outside Scripture, such as millions of years, and allow that to determine our interpretation of Scripture, we’re elevating man’s wisdom over God’s Word. It’s compromise with the simple truths of Scripture, and the end result is hermeneutical gymnastics as we attempt to make Scripture say something it simply doesn’t say.

This is true of yet another book that tries to argue biblically and scientifically for a local flood of Noah’s day: Noah’s Flood Revisited by Dr. Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe. Dr. Ross has long been a proponent of millions of years, which necessitates a local Mesopotamia-only flood. This new book is really just a recycling of many of the same old arguments as he reinterprets God’s Word to fit into his millions-of-years belief that came out of naturalism (atheism). But how do his arguments hold up to Scripture?

Our Answers News team, Bryan Osborne and Avery Foley, hosted AiG’s Dr. Terry Mortenson to discuss Noah’s Flood Revisited and why we must reject Ross’ conclusions. I encourage you to watch and share this video:

God’s Word is clear: Noah’s flood was a global (completely covering the entire earth) event. When we start with Scripture and not man’s interpretations of the rock layers, we don’t need to creatively interpret God’s Word. We can simply allow God, the eyewitness to all of history, tell us what happened.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.