The Pre-Flood World
Genesis 1:9
Theologians are treading on ticklish ground when they delve into science. By definition most theologians are trained in theology and not in science. This is not to say that theologians are not equipped to comment on scientific matters but that they must exert extreme care when they do so.
That being said I must confess that scientific matters have always had a certain fascination for me. My mind is not particularly scientific. However, I do enjoy reading and exploring things that concern science. We've commented on some of those matters in prior devotions. We shall do so again.
One thing in particular that has always fascinated me is the state of the pre-flood world, and in particular the pre-fall world. I find it a cause for intense speculation and thought. The first before us stimulate just such speculation. As I said, I am not completely abreast of all the scientific information available on the subject. I am not a geologist nor a paleontologist. So bear with me and consider this wonderful time in the world's history.
I have heard often that some time in our past all of the continents were joined together in one land mass. Could it be that this particular statement in Genesis one supports that concept? The text says that had commanded all the water to be gathered one place so that the land could be revealed. That's certainly it is impossible to be dogmatic and any sense from this one verse. But this would seem to fit my conception of what happened at the time of the flood some centuries after creation. Now, hear me out on this.
We're told by secular scientists that the earth is hundreds of millions or billions of years old. This assumption of great age is necessary for them to explain how world got along the way that looks now. They claimed that the same processes we observe now have been occurring in like fashion for millennia. I don't think that's the only explanation possible.
I think it is entirely possible with the earth was created with its land mass all together in one gigantic continent. I think that if that was true, that we can look to the flood as the cataclysm that cause the continents to separate and move to their current positions. This seems to me to be a perfectly reasonable explanation.
It also eliminates the need for hundreds of millions of years to have past. Instead, it could happened in a relatively short time. This would certainly be more consistent with what the Scripture portrays then needing a timeline that is incredibly long. I think sometimes its simplest is best.
At a rate, it's fun to think about. Pondering how God went about making his world is a fascinating and profitable way to spend one's time.
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