8:4
¶ 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.[1]
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.
[1]
Mount Ararat – Noah’s Ark Search, http://www.noahsarksearch.com/ararat.htm.
(accessed 8.4.2016).
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