My biggest contention with many portrayals and explanations is that the ark was NOT a ship. It did not need a bow, a stern, anchors or any other ship stuff. It did not have to navigate the waters or any such thing; all it had to do was float, that's all, nothing more.

just because you or i don't understand something doesn't automatically make it impossible

I agree with the previous comment from David Rabb. It was not likely that the ark had a pointed bow and rounded stern. It is more reasonable to conclude that it was a rectangular box like structure. As he mentioned, it was meant to float, not navigate or be propelled through the water.

Noah didn’t have to know everything God reviled it all to him

I had ~10 years in Architecture. I built a scale model of the ark according to the biblical proportions & I built it like a 3 story barge, with a keel, It floated very stably, though I stirred the water vigorously. This author did a very good job, thank you & shalom

I can attest to the fact that even in just the past 50 years, mankind has lost intelligence

We started off knowing everything, now we know very little

The dinosaur part… LOL. That’s it. LOL.

noah didnt gather the animals god called most of them in

Every culture on the face of this planet has a story of Noah

This is the kind of study I like to see, an honest attempt at the truth. Thank You and may GOD Bless you.

The issue today isn't that we know too much for Biblical events to be plausible. The issue is we don't know enough to be able to understand what makes Biblical events plausible. A little humility would go a long way in the scientific and historic communities.

Noah's strength and stamina far exceeded the strongest men of today.

Until I went to the Ark in Kentucky it was hard to understand or comprehend. Seeing a full sized replica is awesome. as you walk through it there are explanations of what each part and level was used for . still amazed at how big and all that went in to planning , feeding ect. for the animals. It takes all day to go through. AMAZING!

Where will I find the second episode, and maybe other episodes about Noah's Ark?

I want to go to the Ark Encounter!!! Hopefully one day!! Praise God always!

With God, all things are possible. Never limit God.

Noah didn't have to go out "round up" squat! God sent the animals to Noah!

The practical design limit for a timber ship is 400 feet it is possible to design a wooden ship with a truss work frame, although it would be challenging to construct such a ship. The use of a truss work frame would allow for the construction of a wooden ship that is longer than the typical 400-foot limit for wooden ships. It would how ever leave very little room for cargo A boat is structurally very similar to a bridge (or an airplane wing). At its worst case (e.g. in very heavy seas) it will be supported by the ends, or entirely in the center with one/both ends cantilevered. For a given length, mass, etc, a certain amount of strength is required to meet the structural needs of a boat hull go past that limit you end up with catastrophic failure i.e the ship beaks up. Have a look at what Happen to the MV Arvin as an example of what happens to ship when it is used out it design constraints. I fail to se how the Ark could have survived a 40 day storm given it size.

That Bill Nye vs Ken Ham debate about the ark was very educational. You should watch it.....

Great explanation of possible ways. The Bible says it, so I believe it. If God can create all we see and have in 6 days, He could have surely asked Noah to spend the years to build His ark. Have been to the Ark encounter, it is an amazing creation and engineering feat of man. Explains many possible solutions to the ark..Great vid, just have faith…

KZfaq should be honored to have this quality tv presentation of information on their platform for free. Well done

Immanuel Velikovsky explains the flood perfectly in "Worlds in collision"

Beyond interesting and amazing, I had to listen to it twice , it was just that interesting! Thanks for sharing!

The Creator can do anything.

One thing people forget is the ark was built with 3 stories.

hard of hearing can't hear no more noise putting background noise leaves many hard of hearing not able to watch..

So the animals easily got to the ark because there was only one continent, however, post-flood, once all the continents were separate, how did, say, the tuatara get to New Zealand from the Middle East?

The technology back in Noah's days was a little more sophisticated than you think to be able to build things

I believe human existence and civilisation is much older than 6-10 thousand conventional years ago because In Australia We have 40 thousand year old cave paintings of extinct birds in Arnhem land, made by our Aboriginal first people. Their Dreamtime stories also depict a great flood over the land.

I have trouble believing explanations that include phrases like "could have" instead of " would have". One opens the possibility of any being possible, the other shows what was available at the time.

Love when people quote from the Bible. It’s the only way to really dive in to the many things the Bible teaches

Since they didn't have electric lights, probably the majority of the vessel was always dark. The animals probably slept most of the time, similar to animals today that hibernate in winter, and their metabolism slowed, as did their need for food and water. Leaving fires burning all the time for light would have been dangerous.

This man has made a very complex event seem so easy to understand. Most enjoyable video.

Along with iron and petrified wooden debris littering the mountains of Ararat (Urartu), multiple, consistently-sized and type of drogue stones can be seen today, likely as they were over 5,000 years ago, when they were untied.

Assuming that the flood lasted nearly a year, and therefore ark occupancy would have been required for that length of time. Where did all the food required come from ? Also, structurally a 500 foot length wooden boat supporting all the weight necessary would be difficult if not impossible.

This has to be the most intelligent video/commentary about the ark and flood I have watched. Kudos to perfectly marrying Biblical understanding and faith with science. It's very refreshing to know there are those who aren't afraid to think or even challenge what they were taught. That's how we learn and grow. Thank you!

We went to The Arc the Spring of 2022 & it will be at the top of my incredible experiences list! If you can, go see this & take a couple of days to experience this, phenomenal display. The size was overwhelming! I’m grateful I’m born again so to see this with eyes to see. Incredible!!

I can't believe I made it six plus minutes into this. I'm always fascinated by all the reading between the lines done when explaining the bible.

It's amazing how he gathered all that timber and cut it/assembled it all by hand. They had mallets to pound the pieces together. Amazing. I love how great our God is. He made all that happen to save believers so that the human race would continue on. We're so blessed. Happy New Year 2023. Jesus is Lord!

Did anyone questioned why there are prints of giant ships in ancient times. When I was young, there were other people pointed out that they found the print of a big boat on the ground and they insist that they found Noah's Ark. But these ship print are found all over the world.

I was expecting to see the inside and the layout of the ark. The joinery, the stacking of stalls, how they dealt with feeding, the manure etc…

I think I missed the reference to Gilgamesh? Great description, though.

When that guy starts discussing the precise length of a cubit, he's trying to generate the appearance of accuracy. It wouldn't matter if the cubit was 18 inches or 20, the Ark would still be too big to build and survive, and still too small to hold every animal. He has a good point, though, in saying that Noah didn't necessarily do the building with his own hands. Noah could have emptied his bank account, sold his land, and taken all kinds of loans to buy materials and tools, and promised to pay the contractors when the job was done, all knowing the Flood was coming and he'd never have to cough up. But the Bible doesn't say that Noah had any hired helpers. The vid guy's just making an assumption. He should read the Bible literally. He sets up a straw man by pretending that scoffers think Noah had to go to Australia to get animals. Nobody thinks that. Everybody knows that the animals just showed up - they may be wrong, but that's the prevailing belief. He's just scoring an imaginary point. But he explains that Australia wasn't that far away, then. He subscribes to Flood Geology, the belief that all the land was altered and the continents moved. The Bible doesn't say that happened - it's all false belief. In fact, the Bible gives the location of the Garden of Eden by referencing rivers that exist today, and it uses the present tense. The rest of the Bible hardly refers to the Flood at all. It certainly isn't the center of the Christian faith. If Christians would call the story a metaphor, they would be a lot better off. Basing their religion on a short account of something so bizarre is really bad for them.

We visited the Ark. I LOVED IT! My hubs calculated that 2,600 houses of 2,000 square feet each would fit inside The Ark

Good job gathering information to patterns, Sir A+

What if the rise of the water from the approaching storms drove the animals to the ark. If it was on higher ground? It would seem as if they were being called when they were being guided.

I love the Ark Encounter. I did believe the Biblical account, but I can't hear and see enough of it.

Some things I have trouble understanding are 1) The ark was built on three levels, Gen 6:16: "A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it" so that, one would imagine, all the food for the animals and people would have been stored on the lowest and part of the mid level, unless the top deck is included as a level. If that "window" did not run around the full upper level of the ark, everything would have died of asphyxiation in a very short while. We have to consider that, under the circumstances, humidity levels would have been very high indeed, so that all the feed would become damp and would have started fermenting. Verse 21: "And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them." Noah could obviously not have taken freshly cut green feed into the ark, because that would have rotted within a very short while, so it would all have had to be desiccated. However, this would have caused it to absorb moisture from the atmosphere, adding extra weight and causing it to deteriorate rather rapidly. Notice the phrase "ALL the food". Does this mean that the grazers would have had enough food to keep them all occupied all day long, as they spend most of their time eating? What about the carnivores? With only two of every kind of animal, how would Noah and his family have been able to cater to their nutritional needs? 2) Some sort of limit must have been placed upon the reproductive capacity of the rodents and other smaller creatures which can reproduce up to six times a year. Unless they were fed to the carnivores and eaten by Noah, they would have spread and soiled everything by the end of that year. The problem here is that none of these creatures are of a reasonable size to be eaten until they are about six months old, so that they would not have provided any food for the first six months, but being so small, they would not have made a decent meal for any of the middling to larger carnivores. 3) With all that food around, Noah and his family would have been fully occupied 24/7 just trying to keep all the creatures fed. Who would have done the mucking out? 4) With the amount of methane produced by the animals' "exhaust gases", Noah did not dare to light any lanterns lest he blow the ark clean out of the water, so how did they manage to see on the lower levels and how did they remove the gas, which would have killed the animals, so going back to point 1), that window would have been pretty useless, even if it DID run around the entire top deck of the ship. Methane is heavier than air, so it would have tended to migrate to the lower levels, the bottom-most being where the food was kept. Nobody and nothing would have survived more than a few minutes down there, so the food was untouchable. All the animals on the ark would have starved to death as a result. I wonder if Calvin Smith, or anyone else for that matter, would be able to answer my questions concerning Genesis 1 and 2, because nobody else has been able to do so since I began asking them more than 60 years ago.

Back then, there was nothing but time, stars and and fresh air... I'm sure they accomplished more than anyone could imagine.

The music is so loud I can't hear the narrator!

I just started listening to this, and the thing that gets me the most is how people think that God, for some reason, has to obey the laws of physics. God can do what he wants when he wants no matter if we think it's possible or not.

LOL the nephilim ridiculed Noah while he was building it, until the rains came, and the waters rose

A 510 feet long, 86 feet wide, and 51 feet high wood and metal ship the size of a petroleum tanker needed the constant instructions from God to Noah and his family for more than 70 Lunar years. The logistics needed to take the animals and feed them safely was amazing. Thanks for this video. Honor and Glory to the Amazing Grace of God.

John 13:7 ❣️❣️❣️🙌🙌🙌 Great program! Thank you

What happened to all the 52 ton dinosaurs on the arc? How many tons of plants were they fed each day? Worse : Who scooped the tons of poop? and..oh, forget it

The only way a wooden boat that big can survive in a churning hurricane ocean is by supernatural intervention.

I suggest you make a study of the logistics of storing food and water for one year. At least the food required.

Have enjoyed this series and presentations. Thank you!

What an amazing orator this gentleman is. Such clear and concise speech with no filler words, pauses, or stammers. Very well laid out point of view. 👍👍

Love your teachings. It's very clear how you explain the Bible

I love the effort placed into sizing dinosaurs on the ark; would it not be simpler to stack dinosaur, reptile, and avian eggs on a shelf for 150 days?

Everyone needs to visit this AMAZING SHIP built in Kentucky!!! TRULY breath taking!!! Seeing this brought me to tears!!!💖💖💖👏☝️😉

Its like ... if I write hundreds of books about a real Santa Claus and use these same books as proof of real Santa Claus'.

Your explanation, especially about the animals and post-flood land/continental changes, makes logical sense. Thank you.

Question I've never found an answer to Is, who financed the ark?. How much did it cost to build and where did all that money come from?.

does the part about Noah being 500 years old when he built the ark bother anyone?

One major issue with this fable is what happened to all the fish and marine mammals . If the water remained salty, then all of the freshwater life would die. If the waters became fresh, then all of the ocean life would die. Very few fish or marine animals can live in either environments.

Our Heavenly Father can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could EVER ask or think. Our GOD rules over all.🙏🏾❤️

He posted some flyers for a party and everybody showed up and I'm still trying to figure out what I was looking at in the picture cuz I don't see any reference in that video at all 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

So apparently Noah and “whoever helped him” were able to build a 500ft long ship and were able to float said ship for a whole year. While a real historical wooden ship, the Indiana, which was made by professionals and was only 450ft long managed to have severe problems with bending in even the least of turbulent waters. It is physically impossible to float a 500ft long wooden ship for a whole year in turbulent flood waters.

Just like Picasso's statues, he was the director. He told his team where everything goes because he designed it. So "he built it."

Finally someone says what I've been thinking.. People were smarter back then..

You have rebuilt the ark. Take 8 volunteers, the appropriate number of animals and food and lock them up on the ark to prove that it works. That would be creation science.

He argues that the earth was one supercontinent at the time of Noah and separated into the continents that we know today. There are some issues with this. In order for the continents to move to their current locations in such a short period of time, a tremendous amount of heat would have been generated; enough to make earth inhospitable. The physics and math show this. Also, we should expect to see overlapping of current flora and fauna fossils from different continents where they were once connected. Meaning, we should find Australian marsupial fossils in Africa, South America, Australia and vise versa. If non-avian dinosaurs existed during Noah’s time, then we should expect to find Triassic, Jurassic and modem species buried together.

Though I don't agree with your conclusions, let me just say that you have an amazingly good oration voice with very clear dictation. It's a pleasure to listen to.

The Ark was only meant to float and not go somewhere.

I have always wondered about there being servicers besides Noahs family for them to be able to re populate .

When people say Noah couldn't have built the ark, they're not taking into consideration that most biblical scholars agree that it took Noah about 150 yrs to build it. They forget lifespans were much longer then. Methuselah was Noah's grandfather, after all.

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for your Love for me. Forgive me of my short comings. Lift me up to be a tool for your purpose Dear Lord. Instill wisdom in are elected leaders to serve with a Godly mind knowing you are the Almighty. Remember those who mourn and suffer great pain. Watch over are children and protect them from perverts that wish to still their innocents. May those that know thee not come to their senses before its to late. In Jesus Name I Pray AMEN.

Very nicely and quite clearly explained in light of the Bible. A blessing.

Ok...I will get two of everything. Hey God.... Cockroaches ? King Cobra ? Spiders? YES Noah!!! I hate my job.

Hi from Australia , that was very good i can't wait to listen to the next one and I have subscribed :)

An Aesop story features talking animals. Reasonable people (but not small children) understand that animals do not really talk and the animals represent "people", types of people. The story has meaning, but not if you take it literally.

Another thing to ponder, if land existed before the flood (including the mountains), and land existed after the flood, where did all the water that covered the land come from to begin with and where did it go after the flood?

Great video and this man has the voice to draw u in . Great job

You depict the arc in the video showing a displacement hull. A displacement hull is designed to push water around the hull easier so under propulsion it makes it easier to move forward. According to scripture the arc had no propulsion. In Genesis chapter 6:14-16, it gives the dimensions "14Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make [g]rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 15And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred [h]cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks." So from these dimensions, the arc was a RECTANGLE. It was to be designed to float only. It wasn't designed to push through the water. So this video from the beginning teaches something contrary to what the actual bible says quite clearly. So what is portrayed is the teachings of men being employed and not the teachings of God. This happens so often.

Noah like Solomon had help, otherworldy help, he probably installed a few doors, laid some floor, but the Ark was built by angels, Solomons temple was built be demons. Noah was a humble and meek man, he knew not of ship building, and to say he had help from Methusula is just crazy, Methusula was about 900 years old by then.

This is phenomenal so glad I stopped and took time to watch it! Thank you!

There have been 4 rebuilt in the last 20Y…. And surprisingly not one of the major players for the one in KY(USA) well his last name is Ham(coincidence, I think not)

THANK YOU SIR , FOR "REMINDING HUMANITY , WHO "THEY, WE, US, WHOEVER" CLEARLY ARE! GOD BLESS YOU!

People try to use earth bound 21st century logic to this. What most people forget is that God could have told Noah to make a big boat from paper and it would have floated and been fine. God's divinity knows no bounds.

I really appreciate this video! Very intriguing! My family enjoyed visiting the Ark when it first opened, and wow!; what an experience! It really helped put things into perspective. The only issue I came across was the dinosaurs onboard, but this video gives an explanation that I can accept.

What a wonderful program filled with logic, science and faith! Thank you. Blessings in the new year.

Pray tell Why is the music so loud? Bye!

The cubit was a common measure in the days of Moses, the writer of Genesis. Many scholars forget that the flood account was written thousands of years later. When we look into measurements, think about the cubit common to Moses.

I didn't think about how all to mega fauna disappeared. After all that time on the ark and at some point they started hunting these animals. Nimrod the mighty hunter comes to mind and the rest of humankind chased these animals across the world.

The world has changed so much since people built arks to save their cultures, it is difficult for us to imagine what their perspective of the world was in their time.

Methuselah (who lived 969 years before being "taken up" ...before the flood, no doubt) Noah was his grandson. That leaves only 5,000 years for these "kinds" of animals to "speciate" into the near 2 million species of mammals ..alone. We have just over 5,000 years of written history ...and writing ever since. Guess what? No written record of these "kinds" having formed all these different species ...at all (we actually do have SOME observed animals having evolved into other species ..but only a couple or three) Either nearly 2 million species of mammals developed over no more than 5,000 years ...and went totally unnoticed ...or there was a tually nearly 2 million species of mammals ..alone ...on the Ark. (Plus all the other "species" that developed ..unnoticed ...from the other "kinds" that were kept alive on the Ark. Not to mention all the plants. Millions of species that had to develop from whatever handful of "kinds" these creationist contend that Noah gathered. They too developed ...unnoticed ..by mankind (or did Noah gather millions & millions of the present day plant species?) These creationist break down these millions & millions of existing species into enough "kinds" so they could possibly fit into the Ark, but there is no historical accounting (and we actually have the 5,000 year written record) of these kinds splitting back off into the existing species ...again ...unnoticed by mankind. Hogwash.

I have a theory that Noah’s ark may actually be bigger than we think. Because in the story Noah was tasked to save to of every animal along with his family so they had to make it big enough to fit all of cargo plus their measurements were not very accurate despite that everyone in the world has a different sized lower arm. So that means that Noah may have had a really big and decent lower arm. So that’s how I made my theory. Plus my theory is actually pretty accurate to be honest.