Williamstown, Kentucky - Sept 11, 2019

The Ark Encounter 

It is indeed an amazing place.  Build on 800 acres at a cost of $100 million (all privately funded), it took 12 years to build.  The ship (boat) is all wood, contains 1.5 million board feet of wood, with huge trees, and large beams throughout.   Many of the large trees are from Utah forests with  Amish craftsmen to direct the construction.

This is HUGE!

1 1/2 football fields long, 1/2 football field wide, and 5 stories high.

Genesis 6-10

The displays show how complicated the engineering techniques of 4000 years ago had to be to house, feed, and care for all these animals for a year. 

 This process was for snakes and reptiles

The displays of the animals are amazing - the process to create them is painstaking and creates such lifelike models.  Also included are the sounds of the animals as you walk through.

They use actual hair in these models.

Noah developed  possible systems for fresh water, ventilation, fresh air and light.

Since the Bible doesn't state details other than the dimensions of the boat, 

scientists and engineers have taken some "ark-tistic" licensing in their theories of how these things could be accomplished.

How they could keep all 6000 or so animals kept and cared for is something I have never thought about very much.

The living quarters are so lifelike.

 Bedroom

 Kitchen

 Growing what you need - 

I guess it would be the original organic method of farming!

Weaving the clothing

 At the end of the year when the land dried sufficiently, Noah releases the dove.

And God promises to never destroy the earth by water again.

The Rainbow Covenant

Genesis 9:11

"---never again will flood waters kill all living creatures, never again will a flood destroy the earth"

A VERY worthwhile experience!