“And Now, The Rest Of The Story:” The Story of Noah and the Ark Portrayed in Movies and TV Shows Is Not Entirely the Same as It Is Told in The Book of Genesis
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Noah's Ark on the Mount
Ararat wood print by Simon de Myle. |
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Since I was a child, whenever I saw a film or television
program about Noah and the Ark,[1]
I always believed that there were only two of every creature when the
animals boarded the ark. Well….
“And Now, The Rest Of The Story….”[2]
Well.…, the story of Noah and the Ark portrayed in
movies and TV shows is not entirely the same as it is told in the Book of Genesis, chapters 6-9.
There was indeed a grouping of creatures that came in two, but they were “animals
that are unclean, a male and his female.”[3]
If you read the complete verses in Genesis 7:2-3, it actually says –
“2 You shall take with you seven
each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each
of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 also seven
each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the
face of all the earth.”
So, you see, what we have been led to believe about Noah and
the Ark by the media and some pastors is an example of why it is essential to
study your Bible. Furthermore, this supports why we need to do as the
Apostle Paul told Timothy in 2
Timothy 2:15 (KJV) – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Why must we as Christians need to “study to shew thyself
approved unto God?”[4] Because….
“My People Are Destroyed For
Lack Of Knowledge”[5]
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The Evangelist Matthew.
Artist Unknown. 9th century. |
Because…., as Hosea wrote in Hosea 4:6 (NKJV) –
“My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I
also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten
the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”
This verse is filled with much more information I will not
write about now. For brevity, I will only concentrate on the two sentences I
have underlined. The reason why we must study the Bible and challenge what people,
such as myself, tell us and what we see in popular media is that we are
representatives of Christ Jesus, like a priest. If we are ignorant about God’s
Word, how can we tell others about the truth of the Bible? Or plant the seed of
the Gospel, which the Holy Spirit uses to lead people to salvation?
To answer these two questions, I will use the words the Holy
Spirit inspired Solomon in Proverbs
9:9, Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 25:2-3, and the
Apostle Peter wrote in 2 Peter
3:18:
Proverbs 9:9:
“Give instruction to a wise man,
and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.”
Proverbs 18:15:
“An intelligent heart acquires
knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”
Proverbs 25:2-3:
2 It is the glory of God to
conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. 3 As
the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is
unsearchable.
2 Peter 3:18:
“But grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and
to the day of eternity. Amen.”
The Reason Why God Had
Noah Board 7 Clean Creatures On The Ark
Genesis 8:20-22
explains that after The Great Flood subsided, and Noah, his family, and all the
creatures left the ark, Noah sacrificed one clean animal to praise and respect
God’s judgment.
20 Then Noah built an altar
to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and
offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled a soothing
aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground
for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth;
nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. 22 “While
the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And
day and night Shall not cease.”
If there were only two of every creature on the ark when
Noah made his offering to God, that would have meant none of the remaining clean
animals could have procreated to repopulate the Earth.
What Does This Have To Do
With Prophecy And Eschatology?
To truly understand what Jesus, the prophets, and apostles have told us to be aware of and beware of, we must be students of God’s Word! The analogy I like to use is what I wrote in my master’s thesis titled Eschaton Transition: The Multiverse and Non-Terrestrial Entities in Popular Media, Science, and Biblical Eschatological Prophecy:
“Before you can solve your first math equation, you must learn numbers. After you have mastered numbers, the next step is to learn simple mathematics – addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Once you have grasped that, you can advance to solving more complicated math like algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, etc. And after that comes complex math. Depending on how far you want to be competent in math, it is up to you, and the same is true with God’s word.”[6]If you truly want to understand and
know the signs to look out for regarding prophecy and eschatology, The End
Times, like what Jesus told us in Matthew 24:1-8 (NKJV) –
Jesus Predicted the
Destruction of the Temple
“1 Then
Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show
Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not
see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here
upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
Destruction of the Second
Temple in 70 CE:
Siege of Jerusalem 70 AD - Great Jewish Revolt DOCUMENTARY
The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age (The Olivet Discourse: Matthew 24:3-13):
3 Now as
He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying,
“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming,
and of the end of the age?” 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take
heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying,
‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars
and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must
come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,
and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of
sorrows. 9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you,
and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then
many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11
Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because
lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who
endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the
end will come.
The Great Tribulation
15 “Therefore
when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then
let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on
the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let
him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to
those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20
And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For
then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning
of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those
days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those
days will be shortened. 23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is
the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and
false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if
possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 “Therefore
if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is
in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes
from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of
Man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be
gathered together.”[8]
I want to request that you think
about this: if church leaders and the media are telling half-truths about the
Bible or what they believe you want to hear to encourage you to continue coming
to their church and fill their pockets, like the story of Noah and the Ark; how
can you be prepared for the things to come, like Noah?
Jude, in his letter to friends in Jude 1:3-4 (NKJV), wrote about
this:
Contend for the Faith:
“3 Beloved, while I was very
diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary
to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once
for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in
unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who
turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord
Jesus Christ.”[9]
Jesus even warned us in Matthew 24:23-25 –
“23 Then if anyone says to
you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24 For
false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to
deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you
beforehand.”
Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom (Ephesians 1:17-18):
“17 that the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your [f]understanding
being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are
the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.”
Please challenge everything I have written in this blog by
studying your Bible and pray that the Holy Spirit will open your eyes and
heart to His message and warnings regarding the End of Days.
[1]
Genesis 6-9 (NKJV).
[2]
Harvey, Paul. May 10, 1976.
[3]
Genesis 7:2b (NKJV).
[4]
2 Timothy 2:15a (KJV).
[5]
Hosea 4:6a (NKJV).
[6]
Anderson, Leni D. “Chapter 4: Biblical Account of the Multiverse and
Non-Terrestrial Entities,” Eschaton Transition: The Multiverse and
Non-Terrestrial Entities in Popular Media, Science, and Biblical Eschatological
Prophecy (Virginia Beach, Va, Regent University, December 2022), p.63.
[7]
Harvard Divinity School. Accessed January 26, 2024. “Destruction of the
Second Temple in 70 CE,” Religion and Public Life. https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/faq/destruction-second-temple-70-ce#:~:text=The%20Jews%20led%20a%20revolt,the%20wall%20to%20later%20periods).
[8]
Blue Letter Bible. “Matthew 24:1-28 (NKJV)”. https://biblehub.com/nkjv/matthew/24.htm.
[9] Ibid. “Jude 1:3-4 (NKJV).” https://biblehub.com/nkjv/jude/1.htm.
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Here is the sinner’s prayer if you are moved to give your life to Christ, and please send me an email if you would like me to say a prayer for you –
“Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner and ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins, rose from the dead, and are now sitting at the right hand of God the Father. I turn from my sins and invite You into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name. Amen.”
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Leni D. Anderson, MLIS, MA.AC, BA ArtH, AA
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