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    From Creation to the Flood
    From Creation to the Flood
    From Creation to the Flood
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    From Creation to the Flood

    By Robert L. Gielow

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    Discover the Genesis Link that once connected the Birth of the Universe to the Birth of the Ice Age.
    Readers will also discover
    how the universe began and how its galaxies moved into their current positions
    what the Genesis Link was that connected the world of Adam to the world of Noah
    the origin of water and the role it played in the Genesis Link
    evidence that suggests the ocean basins of the world were once empty
    why the Genesis Link affected the formation of Carbon-14 prior to the Flood
    why Eve likely bore other children in the Garden of Eden
    where the Garden may have been located
    why the Genesis Link caused the patriarchs to live ten times longer than we do
    what the Springs of the Great deep were that burst forth at the time of the Flood
    how water covered the world’s tallest mountain to a depth of more than 20 feet
    why the roof of Noah’s Ark stopped 18 inches short of its peak
    where the Ark was built and the duration of its journey to the Mountains of Ararat
    where polar ice came from, leading to the birth of the Ice Age
    how the grand canyon was formed

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert L. Gielow
    Release dateNov 2, 2015
    ISBN9781311949578
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      Book preview

      From Creation to the Flood - Robert L. Gielow

      From CREATION

      to the FLOOD

      Robert L. Gielow

      © 2014 Robert L. Gielow

      Published by Robert L. Gielow

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the author.

      The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work

      EBook formatting by www.ebooksbydesign.co

      INTRODUCTION

      Before it was published I asked a friend of mine, a retired Doctor of Divinity and student of astronomy and science, if he would be kind enough to proof-read my e-book. His written findings began with the following statement: Overall the book is an excellent blending of science and Scripture while keeping and respecting the integrity of both. Obviously the truth from God’s Word stands at the center of the text. I am grateful for his review and kind remarks.

      My ebook is divided into two parts. Part I covers the Creation of the world and the subsequent six days which culminated in the forming of Adam and Eve from the dust of the ground. Part II covers the world-wide Flood of Noah and its aftermath.

      In Part I readers will discover:

      how the universe began and how its galaxies moved into their current positions

      what the Genesis Link was that connected the world of Adam to the world of Noah

      the origin of water and the role it played in the Genesis Link

      evidence that suggests the ocean basins of the world were once empty

      why the Genesis Link affected the formation of Carbon-14 prior to the Flood

      why Eve likely bore other children in the Garden of Eden

      where the Garden may have been located

      In Part II readers will discover:

      why the Genesis Link caused the patriarchs to live ten times longer than we do

      what the Springs of the Great deep were that burst forth at the time of the Flood

      how water covered the world’s tallest mountain to a depth of more than 20 feet

      why the roof of Noah’s Ark stopped 18 inches short of its peak

      where the Ark was built and the duration of its journey to the Mountains of Ararat

      where polar ice came from, leading to the birth of the Ice Age

      how the grand canyon was formed

      This book also contains a spiritual dimension inasmuch as the Bible reports that God created Adam’s soul, his inner being, making him uniquely human. God also created the spirits of Adam, Eve and other animals by breathing into their nostrils the breath of life. It is my hope that readers will be drawn into a deeper understanding of the words of Genesis and the promises that it offers.

      Robert L. Gielow

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Part I . . . CREATION

      Chapter 1 Understanding Today’s Universe

      Chapter 2 How it All Came to Be

      Chapter 3 Hovering Spirit of God

      Chapter 4 Ezekiel’s Whirling Wheels

      Chapter 5 Earth’s Atmosphere & Carbon-14 Dating

      Chapter 6 Earth’s Vegetation

      Chapter 7 Sun, Moon and Wandering Stars

      Chapter 8 Living Creatures

      Chapter 9 Garden of Eden

      Part II . . . NOAH’S FLOOD

      Chapter 10 From Adam to Noah

      Chapter 11 Construction of the Ark

      Chapter 12 Opening of the Floodgates

      Chapter 13 Ararat and Beyond

      Chapter 14 Worldwide Death

      Chapter 15 Melt-water Runoff

      PART I: CREATION

      Every human being is faced with the question, Where did it all begin? Logic tells us that at some point something must have come from nothing, a conclusion that Thomas Aquinas once referred to as an uncaused cause. He argued that nothing is caused by itself, that every effect has a prior cause, leading to a regression that must be terminated by a first cause; namely, God.

      CHAPTER 1

      UNDERSTANDING TODAY’S UNIVERSE

      The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.* Psalm 19:1-3

      References are at the end of the chapters

      Anyone who has ever viewed the stars in the sky on a cold, clear night from a high and desolate mountaintop cannot help but hear their voice. The Bible describes their creation in one short sentence as follows:

      In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1

      Over the centuries the above words have remained beyond human understanding. Although the initial creation of star-containing galaxies at the center of the universe is not and may never be understood, their outward movement to their current positions in the sky can be explained based on the pioneering work of scientists such as Edwin Hubble, Albert Einstein and Karl Schwarzschild. This chapter summarizes the foundation on which that explanation is based.

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      Galaxies, Stars and Planets

      Stars are the basic building blocks of the universe. They are grouped together into clusters known as galaxies. A galaxy typically consists of hundreds of billions of stars, with some numbering over one trillion. The universe consists of approximately 100 billion galaxies.

      One example of a galaxy is shown in Figure 1 below, our own Milky Way galaxy. A bright, rotating bar at its center is seen in the NASA-generated rendering. The bar appears to have grown outward from a centralized bulge, spilling out stars from both ends and forming star-studded spirals. Approximately 60% of all galaxies exhibit spirals. All others have either poorly-formed spirals or no spirals at all. An explanation of how the bars and spirals were formed is given in Chapter 2.

      Figure 1. A NASA-generated Rendering of The Milky Way Galaxy

      According to NASA the stars of the Milky Way galaxy number approximately 300 billion. The Sun is one of those stars whose position is shown in Figure 1. It lies 27,200 light years away from the center of the galaxy (a light year is equal to the distance light travels in a vacuum during one year).

      The Pioneering Work of Edwin Hubble

      Edwin Hubble

      Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer who has greatly increased our understanding of the universe. In 1920 he began developing a method for measuring the speeds and distances of galaxies using the Hooker Telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Pasadena, California. Hubble hypothesized that the brightness of starlight coming from a galaxy is a measure of its distance from the earth at the time the starlight began to shine back toward him. He also hypothesized that the color spectrum of the galaxy’s starlight can be used to determine the speed at which it was moving at the time, either toward or away from the earth. In 1929 Hubble concluded that the galaxies of the universe all appear to be moving away from us at speeds that are proportional to their distance from the earth. His conclusion is formally known as Hubble’s Law.

      Hubble’s constant of proportionality (outward speed per unit distance) is known as the Hubble Constant. It has been refined over the years. Based on its latest value, the most distant galaxies lie nearly 13.85 billion light years away and appear to be travelling at near the speed of light. In contrast, near-earth galaxies appear to be travelling at near-zero speed. In what follows, the importance of Hubble’s findings will soon become evident.

      The Pioneering Work of Albert Einstein

      Albert Einstein

      Albert Einstein is another scientist who has greatly increased our understanding of the universe. His Theory of General Relativity provides scientists with a mathematical tool that can be used to develop a computer simulation of the outwardly-moving galaxies. The theory teaches that a universal clock exists, one that displays the true timing of all events. His theory also teaches that other clocks run at slower speeds if they are moving relative to the center of the universe and/or drawn by the gravitational attraction of a nearby galaxy.

      Unfortunately there is no way of knowing when the Creation event began. If there were, one could simply set Einstein’s universal clock to zero. To compensate for not knowing when the Creation event began, universal time is set to zero at the dawn of what the Bible refers to as the first day. Thus, universal times prior to the first day appear as negative values. It is noted that the first day is hereinafter referred to as Day One.

      A hypothetical clock embedded in a star that appears to be moving away from us is useful in determining the age of the star. Embedded clocks display what Einstein referred to as proper time.

      Einstein is perhaps best known for his famous equation which expresses equivalence between mass and energy; namely, E = mc² (the only one of two equations that appears in this book). The interchangeability of mass and energy is later referred to in Chapter 2. The term mass may be unfamiliar to some readers. Mass is what gravity attracts. For example, although an astronaut’s mass remains unchanged whether on the earth or on the Moon, his weight changes because gravitational attraction differs.

      The Pioneering Work of Karl Schwarzschild

      Karl Schwarzschild

      Only months after Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity in 1916, a German physicist by the name of Karl Schwarzschild published a more limited solution to Einstein’s complex equation. He became famous for predicting the existence of black holes in outer space. He predicted that when the mass of a galaxy is sufficiently large, its gravitational attraction prevents light from shining beyond a certain distance away from the center of the galaxy. A spherical boundary surrounding the

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