Effects of the Flood
From Eco-Bible 1
These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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The focus here: ecological changes caused by the Flood, and what those changes caused.
- Many of these things would describe conditions as they exist in the Third World Ecosystem, in which we now live.
- There are also changes in the moral obligations and permissions given to humans (not listed here).
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- We can anticipate the consequences of:
- The fountains of the deep (underground water sources) bursting open, accompanied by massive tectonic activity - earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.
- The sky's "windows" being opened, so that the rain came plummeting to the earth.
- (note) - Today, we can look at geology and get ideas of what else happened (besides the rain and the fountains of the deep breaking open)!
- (comment related to the waters covering the mountains - The mountains were probably not as high as many mountains are today. (Today's mountains were caused by the types of tectonic activity that occurred during the Flood or as the waters receded - earthquakes, volcanoes, upheavals of the earth's crust, movement caused by water, etc.)
- Animals could now be eaten as food (an option, not an obligation), but the eating of blood was forbidden. (This option may be due to the ecological changes that had taken place because of the Flood.)
- God's promise: There will never again be a worldwide flood. The rainbow is to be looked at as a reminder of the promise.
- (v. 2) There is a presence of fear and dread that is an apparent change in the way the animals tended to interact with humans.
- Lifespans are getting shorter, compared to those before the Flood! This is probably due to both ecological and genetic factors.
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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