#gopherwood

11/4/16

My church went to the Ark Encounter yesterday. It was magnificent! It’s hard to put into works the feel of have big it is. I don’t think anyone realizes how big it was when Noah built it. I believe this is a must see for every Christian. There is so much perspective for how it truly was when Noah built it. This Ark was built by the verses in the bible that God told Noah in Genesis.

Genesis 6:14-16 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above, and set the door of the ark in its side, you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

         A cubit is 18 inches so this verse would translate to 5400 inches long (450 feet), 900 inches wide (75 feet), and 540 inches tall (45 feet). The window mentioned in verse 16 would be 18 inches from the top. If you think about these lengths it’s massive. A football field is 360 feet. So that would be 1 ¼ football field’s make of the length of the Ark.