Genesis 7:1-8:19
Dear RTB’ers,
Noah, the ark and the flood, continued. Reading the story of Noah and the ark and the flood makes me want to go up north to visit the Ark Encounter in Williamston, KY, where these entrepreneurs have built an ark to the dimensions given by God to Noah – 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high, including rooms in a completely finished interior (Genesis 6:14b). But short of visiting this Ark Encounter, I’m putting myself into the story as one of Noah’s sons. I am not simply cruising like so many of us have done over the past few years. I’m more like one of the mechanics on a cruise ship or any one of the employees on the ship. On the Ark I’m busy every day tending to the animals. We had brought food on board for us and the animals (Genesis 6:21) and the animals need to be fed every day. Then, the fun part, their stalls need to be cleaned. I grew up on a farm with cows, pigs, chickens and other animals. The word “muck” lives in the farm vernacular as both a noun and a verb. I’ll leave it to your imagination to muck the stalls with me and pitch the muck overboard. That will be a full day’s work, every day! And we’re on board this Ark for 375 days! I’ll be looking forward to tomorrow’s reading when we finally get back to our normal pre-flood lives!
Blessings!
Fred, Sue and I did visit the Ark Encounter one time a few years ago. It really is an incredible exhibit. Like you, we have to wonder how so few people managed to feed all those animals and clean up their droppings. The Ark Encounter makes a possible solution to that which is pretty interesting.
That would be an outstanding group trip!
I have been to the Ark Encounter also. It was pretty spectacular!