What protection did God offer Noah? What was Noah’s responsibility?Ģ. The covenant (promise) God made with Noah before the Flood apparently became the standard for ancient governments and contracts after the Flood between a king and his subjects in which sovereign protection is offered in exchange for faithful obedience.ġ.

(Adapted from The Beginning of the World, by Dr. Consider some of the implied physical changes to the world after the Flood:ġ) The oceans were much more extensive, since they now contained all the Flood waters Ģ) The possible thermal vapor blanket had been dissipated, so that strong temperature differentials were inaugurated ģ) Mountain ranges uplifted after the Flood emphasized the more rugged topography of the post-Flood continents Ĥ) Winds and storms were possible for the first time, as well as rain and snow ĥ) The environment was much more hostile to man, especially because of the harmful radiations from space no longer being filtered out by the possible vapor canopy, resulting in gradual reduction in human longevity Ħ) Tremendous glaciers, rivers and lakes existed, with the world only gradually approaching its present semi-arid state ħ) The lands were barren, until plant life could be re-established through the sprouting of seeds and cuttings buried near the surface. Noah and the other occupants of the Ark stepped out into a very different world from the one they had previously known.

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