1. Noah's Flood & The Fossil Record. Had Noah’s Flood (from the Book of Genesis) really happened, one would have expected the fossil-record to display corroborating evidence commensurate with such a Flood. The fossil-record research today shows:
- that animals that lived on the lowest levels were also, during the Biblical Flood, buried in the lowest strata of the sediment.
- that animals from the same ecological community were buried together during the Flood.
- that animals with the simplest forms were buried first during the Flood as hydrological forces would have sorted creatures with corresponding shapes during such a deluge.
- that invertebrate sea creatures are found in the lowest strata as they lived at the bottom of the sea during the Flood.
- that the fishes were found in higher strata as fishes could have escaped through water to higher levels during the Flood.
- that the first land plants were found where the first amphibians were found as a result of the Flood.
- that amphibians and reptiles were found buried higher up than fishes, but lower than or below land animals; and very few land plants and land animals were found in the lower strata as a result of the Flood.
- that animals and birds, in general, were found on higher levels than reptiles and amphibians as a result of the Flood.
- that herd animals that may have escaped together during the Flood were found together in the same strata.
- that very few birds were found in strata as they probably would have escaped to higher levels during the Flood.
- that heavier, stronger animals were sorted separately from weaker, smaller animals during the Flood.
- that very few people (humans) were found in strata as they probably would have been more innovative in trying to escape from the Biblical Flood.
2. Conclusion. It would thus appear as if the Genesis Creation Record i.r.o. the Flood of Noah has been vindicated by these finds about fossils. Bear in mind that the apostles and Jesus Christ (who never lied) have personally affirmed the historicity of the Genesis Creation Record and the actual events i.r.o. Noah's Flood and the Ark:
2.1 Affirmed by the Epistle to the Hebrews. "By faith Noah, having been warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith." [Hebrews11:7].
2.2 Affirmed by the Epistle of the Apostle Peter. "And He did not spare the old world, but saved Noah the eighth one, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly." [2Peter2:5].
2.3 Affirmed by Jesus Christ in the Gospels. "But as the days of Noah were, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark. And they did not know until the flood came and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of Man." [Matthew24:37-39].
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