I have had the question come up, so I will anticipate it for you since we are limited in our time factor here in the taping studio. The question came up that if there was such amazing technology equal to what we have today, there must have shipyards. Why didn't Noah just go to a shipyard? Well, I will tell you why Noah couldn't go to a shipyard. Because that isn't the way God wanted it done! God wanted this Ark to be built clear out on dry land, somewhere far removed from water so that it would seem all the more absurd to the unbelieving masses.


Again, I would just like you to picture this, if you will. I am sure others have brought this to your mind, your preachers or teachers. Can you imagine the response of the people of Noah's day when this old gentleman is out there and no doubt he had to hire a lot of people. There were big timbers to be handled.


But, don't you suppose that the people of that day just ridiculed this crazy old man, building something that he says is going to float in water, when there isn't water for miles and miles. And, he talks about a flood when it hasn't even rained an inch or two let alone enough to cover everything.


So, God had His purpose. On top of that, I think God wanted this to carry on for 120 years so that generation would have ample time to wake up and realize that judgment was coming. So there were a lot of reasons.


The technology? Yes, I think Noah could have gone to a shipyard and I think he could have made it from steel or whatever he wanted to but that wasn't the way God intended it to be done. So He said, make it of gopher wood.


Secondly, remember God is going to have Noah build this thing so that it can withstand tremendous forces. Sitting out there with no destination. All it is going to have to do is survive. Just so it doesn't sink. And, it will be there for over a year in the water. Let's go on. Genesis chapter 6 verse 15:


Genesis 6:15

"And this is the fashion (or the pattern) which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits,..."

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