From Creation to the Present Man, his fate, and the repopulation of the world after the flood From creation to the flood • God created our world and the universe • One land mass? • Sin committed by Adam • Violent world • God decided to destroy everything through a great flood • Time frame: 1656 years The earth before the flood http://the-latter-rain.com The Flood • Rain for 40 days and nights • All the springs of the great deep burst forth • Flood level >20 feet above the highest mountain peak • Flood waters on the earth for 150 days • From flood to the earth completely dry = one year • Every living creature died; total destruction The earth after the flood http://the-latter-rain.com From the flood to the present • A different world – several land masses • Man commanded to repopulate the earth • Repopulation started after the Tower of Babel incident • When? 101 years after the flood • Marked by Eber through Peleg’s name which means “division” The Ark rested on mountains of Ararat Genesis 8:4 The Ark rested on mountains of Ararat SHINAR = “Babel” Genesis 11:2, 7-9 Noah’s sons Noah Shem Ham Japheth SHEM Shem → Elam Elam Iran, Yugoslavia Shem → Asshur Asshur Assyria Shem → Arphaxad Arphaxad North Mesopotamia, current Gulf states, Yemen, Ethiopia, Eritrea Shem → Lud Lud North Turkey: Lydians Shem → Aram Aram North Mesopotamia: Arameans Noah’s sons Noah Shem Ham Japheth HAM Ham → Cush Cush Upper Nile, South of Egypt Ham → Mizraim Mizraim Egypt, Phillistines, Crete, Cyprus, Libyans Ham → Put Put Somaliland, Yemen Ham → Canaan Canaan Promised Land Noah’s sons Noah Shem Ham Japheth JAPHETH Japheth → Gomer Ashkenaz Mongoloids of Asia: Tibet, Southern China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Southern Japan Japheth → Gomer Riphath Baltic, Lapps, Volga Finns, Hungarians Japheth → Gomer Togarmah Armenia, Turkish, Mongolia, Siberia, parts of Asia Japheth → Magog Magog “Scythians” Chinese, Mongol Elite, Northern Chinese Han, Mughals of India Japheth → Madai Madai Medes: Sarmatians, Ukrainians Japheth → Javan Ionians (Cyprus, Greece), Africa, Pacific: Maori, Malay peninsula, and archipelago Elishah Japheth → Javan Tarshish Spain (Cadiz), Cilicia (Tarsus), India, Japan Japheth → Javan Kittim Cyprus, Asia Minor (yellow skinned) Hittites, China Japheth → Javan Rodanim Asia Minor (western Turkey), Troy, people of Rhodes, Danube, Black Sea, Thrace Japheth → Tubal Tubal Russia, Bulgaria, Basques Japheth → Meshech Meshech Russia, Tuberani, Black Sea people Japheth → Tiras Tiras Ancient Minoans, Thracians, English Picts, American Indians, Mayans Kingdom/empire timeline YrsAfterFlood Event/Kingdom BC/AD 67 Nimrod 2392 101 Tower of Babel? “Peleg" 2358 467 Egypt 1992 1344 Assyria – Tiglath Pileser 1 1115 1488 Israel – Solomon 971 1852 Nebuchadnezzar-Babylon 607 1922 Cyrus – Persia 537 2136 Greek – Alexander 323 2238 Qin dynasty (China) – start 221 2396 Roman - Augustus Caesar 63 2709 Maya civilization 250 AD 2861 Khmer empire 402 AD 3091 Muhammad (Islam) 632 AD 3659 Inca civilization started 1200 AD 3686 Mongolian-Genghis Khan 1227 AD 3697 Thailand - Sukhothai kingdom 1238 AD 3752 Majapahit empire 1293 AD 3887 Aztec 1428 AD 4097 Japan - Tokugawa shogunate 1633 AD Rise of Kingdoms 2136 101 3686 2396 1922 2709 457 4097 3887 2238 3697 3659 2861 Color Code 3752 < 1k yrs 1k to 2k yrs 2k to 3k yrs 3k to 4k yrs Date reference: years after the flood > 4k yrs Man • Genesis 1: 26-31 why God created man, it was “good” • Ecclesiastes 11:13 the whole duty of man = fear God and keep His commandments • Romans 5:12 man’s problem = SIN • John 3:16 God’s love = Jesus Christ • John 11:25-26 Man’s only correct response to God’s love .