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The following are 14 cold, hard facts about Noah’s Ark that you probably do not know…

#1 The Ark was about 500 feet long. That would make it approximately the size of a World War II aircraft carrier.
#2 It has been estimated that the Ark had an internal volume of more than 1.5 million cubic feet.
#3 According to brand new research conducted by scientists the University of Leicester, Noah’s Ark could have carried at least 70,000 animals without sinking…
Noah’s Ark would have floated even with two of every animal in the world packed inside, scientists have calculated.
Although researchers are unsure if all the creatures could have squeezed into the huge boat, they are confident it would have handled the weight of 70,000 creatures without sinking.
#4 Of course the Ark would not have needed to hold 70,000 animals. One conservative estimate puts the number of animals on the Ark at about 16,000. This would have allowed for more than enough room for food, supplies and lots of empty space.
#5 We have discovered at least 250 different ancient cultures that have a story of a massive, cataclysmic flood. Most of those stories have striking similarities to the Genesis account.
#6 If there really was a global flood, we would expect to find billions of dead things laid down in rock layers all over the globe. And that is precisely what we find.
#7 We know where Noah’s Ark is today. Yes, you read that correctly. As you can see from the YouTube video posted below, the remains of Noah’s Ark have been discovered on “the mountains of Ararat” in Turkey.
#8 The remains of the Ark are just as long and just as wide as the Bible says they should be.
#9 Wood from the Ark has been tested, and the tests show that it does contain organic carbon. That means that the fossilized wood that was discovered was once living matter.
#10 Along with wood, metal was also used in the construction of the Ark. Iron fittings and aluminum have both been discovered at the remains of the Ark.
#11 Petrified animal dung, a petrified antler and an ancient piece of cat hair have also been retrieved from the remains of the Ark.
12 Historical records confirm that people have believed that this is the correct resting place of the Ark for a very, very long time…
The Gilgamesh Epic (650 BC) gives Mt. Nisir as the landing place of the Ark. The local name for the town where the Ark was found is Nasar.
The annals of Ashurnasurpal II of Assyria (833-859 BC) places it south of the Zab river (correct).
Theophilus of Antioch (115-185 AD) said the Ark could be seen in his day in the Arabian mountains. Later Church Fathers also mention the Ark as late as the mid 7th century.
In the 13th century, Willam, a traveler, stated for the first time that Mt. Masis was the Ark location (present-day Mt. Ararat).
Ptolemy’s Geographia (1548) mentions the mountains of Armenia as the place of landing. So does the traveler Nicolas de Nicolay (1558).#13 A village near the remains of the Ark is known as “the Village of Eight”, and a nearby valley is known as “the Valley of the Eight”. There were eight survivors on the Ark.

#14 The site is now known as “the National Park of Noah’s Ark” and it has previously been officially recognized by the Turkish government.

Noah’s Bark

Pastor Steve Lummer
Genesis 6-9

Noah did everything just as God commanded him – Genesis 6:22
Why is the story of Noah and the ark significant?

* Because of its effect on the human race and upon history.
* Because of science and theology. (science doesn’t ELIMINATE God …..It ILLUSTRATES Him.)
* Because of the need to understand Divine Judgement and Divine Mercy.
* Because Hollywood just made a movie with Russell Crowe.
Outline:

1. GOD’S ILLUSTRATED SERMON ON SURVIVAL.

2. HAVING A DIVINE URGE.
Genesis 6:22
3. NOAH, A ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST?

4. THE ARK IS A PLACE OF SAFETY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM.

5. THE ARK WAS NAVIGATED BY THE BREATH OF GOD
John 3:8

6. THE ARK DID NOT LEAK

7. THE ONE AND ONLY DOOR WAS SHUT BY GOD
Genesis 7:23
John 10:9

8. EVERYONE WAS SAVED BECAUSE OF ONE RIGHTEOUS MAN

Matthew 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Gen. 6;5 –every imagination of thoughts ….there was continual evil.
HOW TO HAVE FAVOR IN THE FLOOD
“Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” Gen. 6:8

Metamorphosis
Pastor Steve Lummer
KEEP THE CHANGE

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:2).

“metamorphosis” derives from Greek μεταμόρφωσις, “transformation, transforming”, from μετα- (meta-), “change” + μορφή (morphe), “form”.

KEEP THE CHANGE

1. THE BIG MO.
“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

Talk about the SIZE OF THE TASK.
Vs. 2 a great crowd
Talk about the LITTLE YOU HAVE.
Vs. 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
Leave JESUS out of the picture.
Vs. 11 Jesus then took the loaves
2. RUN THE RISK
Matthew 9:29 “According to your faith will it be done to you”
Psalm 78:40-42 , 69 -72 Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel.

3. GETTING SOME TRACTION IN YOUR ACTION
For what is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. James 4;14 (nkjv)
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:6 (nkjv)
4 NAVIGATE THE NEW YOU
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5,6 (nkjv)

5. SERVING OTHERS CHANGES YOU.
Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Matthew 28 (message)

Metamorphosis
Pastor Steve Lummer

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:2).

“metamorphosis” derives from Greek μεταμόρφωσις, “transformation, transforming”, from μετα- (meta-), “change” + μορφή (morphe), “form”.
DO YOU NEED A CHANGE?
It takes change to produce growth!
Uncontrolled change = CHAOS. Managed change = LEADERSHIP

HOW TO COOPERATE WITH GOD’S PROCESS OF CHANGE

Phase 1: Be Alert TO GOD’S VOICE
Job 33:1319 (NIV) says, “For God does speak  now one way, now another  though man may not perceive it. In a dream . . . as they slumber . . . (or) he may speak in their ears . . . with warnings . . . Or a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress . . . .”

Phase 2: Accept GOD’S COMFORT.
When the crisis comes. Don’t run from Him, but run to Him. Isa. 42:3, “God will encourage the fainthearted, those tempted to despair.”
Ps. 31:7 (LB), “You (God) have listened to my troubles and have seen the crisis in my soul.”
Jonah 2:7 (LB), “When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the Lord.”
Phase 3: Ask God FOR COURAGE.
Isa. 43:2, “When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I (God) will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up . . . .”

Phase 4: Anticipate GOD’S HELP.Ps. 37:5 (LB), “Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him to help you do it, and he will.” change is not a matter of will power, it’s a matter of God’s power. He’ll help you.

in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:52 (niv)

Just quoting 2AMAZING thinkers

“More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people,
enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball, throw water, and be known as
someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practice
this simple ministry of presence. Still, it is not as simple as it seems.
My own desire to be useful, to do something significant, or to be part of some
impressive project is so strong that soon my time is taken up by meetings,
conferences, study groups, and workshops that prevent me from walking the
streets. It is difficult not to have plans, not to organize people around an urgent
cause, and not to feel that you are working directly for social progress. But I
wonder more and more if the first thing shouldn’t be to know people by name, to
eat and drink with them, to listen to their stories and tell your own, and to let them
know with words, handshakes, and hugs that you do not simply like them, but
truly love them.”
– Henri Nouwen

The Church is God’s Plan

In an essay he wrote fourteen years after his conversion, C.S. Lewis communicates the realization many of us go through:

I thought that I could do it on my own, by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and I wouldn’t go to the churches. . . But as I went on I saw the great merit of it. I came up against different people of quite different outlooks and different education, and then gradually my conceit just began peeling off. I realized that the hymns (which were just sixth-rate music) were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion and benefit by an old saint in elastic-side boots in the opposite pew, and then you realize that you aren’t fit to clean those boots. It gets you out of your solitary conceit.

Those dirty booted individuals often help remind us of how far we have to go. And maybe we can help them as well.

The church wasn’t an optional idea for a portion of Christians—it’s part of God’s plan for all believers.

I/we/Don need this community called church, even when we don’t know it.

ineedcommUNITY.

Steve

Thanks to all who have supported and celebrated with us over the past year.

Many amazing people who had given up on “church” have joined in to become the church we have been looking for.

Thank you Jesse Quiroz for making our special day very special.

Pastor Steve and Brenda