11/14/2023
"Even today, our planet is a water world. Over 70% of the earthβs surface is covered in water. If the earthβs mountains flattened and the ocean floor uplifted, there would be enough water to cover the globe in an ocean almost two miles deep! The reason the planet is not currently overflooded has to do with its topography. Contrary to its catastrophic, eruptive start, the Flood is described as having a gradual, drawn-out ending. Many months passed before the earth was dry enough for Noah, his family, and the animals to leave the Ark. Psalm 104:6-8 provides us with some clues as to what was going on in the latter half of the Flood:
'You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took flight. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.' (Psalm 104:6-8, ESV)
"The rise of mountains after the Flood seems to refer to mountain building. Similarly, the sinking of valleys seems to be referring to the deepening of ocean basins. According to the catastrophic plate tectonics model, the Floodβs destructive phase ceased when a buoyant oceanic crust replaced all of the original, pre-Flood seafloor. As the oceanic crust cooled, it became less buoyant. The ocean basins sank as a result, and the floodwaters were withdrawn from the landmasses. So, where did the floodwaters go? They are still here, in our ocean basins!"
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If the world was completely covered in water in the days of Noah just like the Bible says, then where did it all go when the Flood ended?
