OK, let us follow the Berean example ...
YOU SAID:
When did the flood begin?
- [Gen 7:10-11 NASB] 10 It came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
- So the 17th day of the second month agrees with scripture.
When did the flood end? Was it 150 days?
- [Gen 7:12 NASB] 12 The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- So the RAIN ended after 40 days
- Is that the end of the Flood?
- [Gen 7:17-19 NASB] 17 Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. 18 The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
- The flood waters covered the mountains on day 40.
- [Gen 7:24 NASB] 24 The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.
- The water covered the Earth for 150 days, but may or may not have covered the mountains. Scripture does not say that water still covered the highest mountain. Scripture does not say that water did not cover the highest mountain. Scripture says that the Earth was still flooded ("water prevailed) on day 150.
- [Gen 8:1-4 NASB] 1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. 2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained; 3 and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. 4 In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
- Scripture says that the rain stopped and the waters "receded steadily from the earth", which we know from Gen 7:12 began on day 40.
- 17th day of the seventh month: "at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased" and "the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat".
- Is that the end of the flood?
- [Gen 8:5 NASB] 5 The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
- The water continued to steadily decrease until the 1st day of the tenth month when other mountain tops became visible. Thus the earth was still flooded on day 284.
- Is the appearance of other mountain tops the end of the flood?
- [Gen 8:13 NASB] 13 Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first [month,] on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up.
- On day 313, Noah was able to look out of the Ark and see dry ground.
- Is day 313 the end of the flood?
- [Gen 8:14-16 NASB] 14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. 15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, 16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
- On day 370, God says the earth was dry and commands Noah to leave the Ark.
- Is day 370 the end of the flood?
Your claim that the flood ended on day 150 is false.
Your claim that I falsely accused you of not agreeing with scripture is also false (as shown above).
This would be splitting hairs except for your very next point which builds upon the false "150th day" narrative (see below) ...
Where to begin ...
"Adam's Earth" is a meaningless phrase, since we live on the same Earth that Adam did. The difference is that Adam knew it before God cursed it and we must endure it in its present condition. By emphasizing "Adam's Earth" you appear to be heading towards a false and contra-biblical conclusion.
- "Adam's Earth" appears nowhere in scripture either verbatim or as a concept. It is certainly not found in Genesis 7 or 8.
"The flood was above the mountains ... on the
150th day after the flood began Gen 7:20-24"
- As detailed above, Genesis 7:20-24 says no such thing. The flood was above the mountains by day 40 and "steadily receded" until the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat.
- Note that anyone that has ever run a boat aground cat tell you that a boat can get stuck on an object still underwater (like a sandbar), so Mount Ararat MAY have been completely covered with water when the Ark came to rest on it.
- Mount Ararat may have been partially visible when the wind (Gen 8:1) blew the Ark ashore. Mount Everest may have been long above the water, but the Ark was nowhere near Mount Everest.
- The point is that the Bible is silent on all of these details, but you are filling it in with a false narrative speculating about the mountain being both covered and not covered.
"Can you tell us HOW this was possible?"
- The only mystery is where you see a mystery. If you would just read what Moses wrote more carefully ...
- it rained for 40 days.
- the boat floated on the rising water.
- the water slowly receded for a LONG time.
- after 150 days, the boat grounded on a mountain.
- after 284 days, more mountains were visible.
- after 370 days, God said the the flood was over and it was time to leave the Ark.
I stand by my statement ...