AWESOME GOD

1^st DOCUMENTARY
I recently watched a documentary on the hydroplane theory about the Biblical flood, by Dr. Walter Brown.  He talks about 3 stages of the earth (as he sees it), as follows…… 

EARTH, STAGE 1:  Pre-flood 
The earth was founded on water and was one continent only.  Earth chambers below the earth were ¾ mile thick, filled with water.  See Genesis 1:6, 7; II Peter 3:5 

EARTH, STAGE 2:  Ruptured Phase 
Intense pressure resulted in failure in the crust.  It began to crack.  The subterranean rock was under great pressure with 10 miles of rock above.  Eventually, a force of water erupted, equal to 10 billion hydrogen bombs  - Hebrew “geshen”:  “pouring violently” - out of ground, from the beginning of the flood to the end of the flood.  Result:  a worldwide flood.  Genesis 7:11, II Peter 3:6 

EARTH, STAGE 3:  Continental Drift Phase 
The oceanic ridge is pushed upward.  Eventually…newly formed continents slide back.  The continents sink.  Water comes up and divides the continents.  Low–lying areas are flooded.  Original continental edges are now under water, 100’s of feet out into the ocean.  Before the flood, the earth consisted of more land.  Now, the earth is 75% water.
 

2^nd DOCUMENTARY
I watched a 2^nd documentary on recent discoveries of how unbelievably advanced great numbers of ancient civilizations were – much more than we would have ever imagined!  Scientists are beginning to realize how much technology was once known in various civilizations but eventually lost.

THINKING…..
Man, shortly after the flood and at the Tower of Babel, was extremely intelligent.  His genes were close to perfect, since he was not far removed from the perfect Adam.  Sin had not yet had time to do all of its work on the body.  The atmosphere was of a much higher quality with increased oxygen.  Man’s thinking was intensely clearer, with considerably more use of his brain.  There were few or no harmful chemicals, little disease, etc.  Man lived long.

Man had the potential at the time of the Tower of Babel to advance very quickly to the technological age that we are now in, an age where we now have the resources and advancements to wipe out each other and the earth, plus the evil intentions.

God’s plan:  start out by using the Jewish nation to show Himself to the whole world, then send Christ as the Savior of all who would accept Him, then opportunity for many future  millions/billions to accept Christ and fill the future perfect earth one day.    

So….God stopped the technological advancement so man wouldn’t wipe out man – by confounding their language and scattering them to the ends of the earth – and then by dividing the continents to make that division even more so.  101 years after the flood ended, in the line of Seth’s descendents, a man was born called Peleg, named because “during his time the earth divided”.  Genesis 10:25

In essence – He confounded the languages at the Tower of Babel and divided the continents to make sure you and I would be able to be born, learn about Him, accept Him as our Savior, and eventually dwell with Him forever.  What a picture of the awesomeness of God, His unbelievable love for us, His mercy and grace, and His over-the-top wisdom and perfect plans!!!

If He can confound languages of all peoples and divide the continents for me, He can surely handle the problems I (and the world) have today.