4
¶ And the ark rested in the seventh
month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually
until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were
the tops of the mountains seen.
The mountains of
Ararat is an enormous mountain system or massif rising 17,000 feet from a
base of plains that are already 2-3,000 feet high. It is crowned by Mount
Ararat consisting of two volcanic cones, long dormant, called Greater Ararat
and Little Ararat. The ice cap that covers Mount Ararat is 17 square miles and
350 feet deep while the massif itself, the
mountains of Ararat, is 25 miles in diameter. It would have been, if I am
understanding the information correctly, in ancient Armenia.
Jeremiah
51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land,
blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call
together against her the kingdoms of
Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the
horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Mount Ararat is located in extreme Eastern Turkey.
Some have claimed to have seen the remains of the ark on that mountain but
travel has been difficult there partly due to the geopolitical situation in
that area with Armenia, formerly of the USSR, and Iran so near. Still, a number
of expeditions have failed to produce conclusive remains of Noah’s Ark,
although supposed eyewitness accounts are very interesting.(32)
Still, whether or not Noah’s Ark has been seen should
not impress a Bible-believer who has faith in the written word of God and needs
no relic to confirm or bolster that faith in an argument. Relics like the
Shroud of Turin and the possible remains of Noah’s Ark tickle the fancy of
people who do not believe the Bible explicitly and are always searching for the
place where the Hebrews landed after crossing the Red Sea or claiming to have
found, during the Crusades, a piece of the spear that pierced Christ’s side and
on and on. Stick with the Bible as all of the archaeologists’ spades and
shovels in the world will never dig up most of history which is lost in the
dust as long as this earth lasts. Do not hinge your faith on the finding of an
object that you think verifies your belief. If you need relics to confirm your
faith you have a weak faith indeed.
John
20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not
seen, and yet have believed.
Still, it is a fascinating thought to imagine where
mankind issued from after the Flood.
(32) Mount Ararat – Noah’s Ark Search, http://www.noahsarksearch.com/ararat.htm.
(accessed 8.4.2016).
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