{"id":38456,"date":"2021-10-03T15:46:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T20:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=38456"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:55:29","slug":"noah-and-the-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/noah-and-the-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah and the Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Noah-and-the-Flood.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-38456-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Noah-and-the-Flood.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Noah-and-the-Flood.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Noah-and-the-Flood.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Noah-and-the-Flood.mp3\" download target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload Audio\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>by Ralph Walker<\/p>\n<p>A worldwide flood? Destroying all humans except eight people? Seriously?<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/preaching-the-bloody-bible\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPreaching the Bloody Bible\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Audio by Ralph Walker A worldwide flood? Destroying all humans except eight people? Seriously? Preaching the Bloody Bible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[37,264,189,905,581],"class_list":["post-38456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-apologetics","tag-flood","tag-genesis","tag-noah","tag-patience"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31250,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-long-did-noah-build-the-ark-before-his-sons-were-born\/","url_meta":{"origin":38456,"position":0},"title":"How long did Noah build the ark before his sons were born?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How long did Noah build the ark before his sons were born? Answer: In Genesis 5:32, we are told that Noah was 500 when his sons were born. In Genesis 6:3, God said He would destroy mankind in 120 years. Since this was in Noah's records, Genesis 6:9 being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25452,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-the-earth-populated-by-noahs-sons-and-daughters-and-their-children-married-each-other\/","url_meta":{"origin":38456,"position":1},"title":"Was the earth populated by Noah&#8217;s sons and daughters and their children married each other?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi! My question is: Was the earth populated by Noah's sons and daughters and their children married each other? Answer: Only eight people were saved during the Flood (II Peter 3:20). \"So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42537,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-did-the-animals-eat-after-leaving-the-ark\/","url_meta":{"origin":38456,"position":2},"title":"What did the animals eat after leaving the ark?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How did plants survive in the flood? Where did animals, like cattle, get their food after being released from the ark? Answer: Plant seeds can float and survive a flood, as evidenced by plants sprouting after the flood. \"Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":89620,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/our-common-ancestor\/","url_meta":{"origin":38456,"position":3},"title":"Our Common Ancestor","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by David Gibson Ark-aeological? From time to time, we hear that Noah's ark has been sighted. Whether it has or hasn't, we should have no doubts about the historicity of the biblical account. Jesus accepted the biblical account of the Flood (Matthew 24:37-39). Three times Peter referred to the Flood\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25028,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-the-flood-kill-sea-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":38456,"position":4},"title":"Did the flood kill sea life?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How did the flood kill animals from the sea? And if it killed them, how did Noah fit animals from the sea in a dry ark? Answer: \"And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41060,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/noah-you-have-got-to-be-kidding\/","url_meta":{"origin":38456,"position":5},"title":"Noah, You Have Got to be Kidding!","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Most are familiar with the story of Noah, the great flood, and the ark Noah had to build \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0However, Noah was also a preacher of righteousness - II Peter 2:5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The world Noah lived in was a moral cesspool. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Some scholars estimate that the world\u2019s population\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}