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Short Answer: In a way, He did. The question is a bit like asking why God didn't just send Jesus instead of the Passover Lamb. Jesus actually is the true Passover Lamb. But we only understand that because God first gave us a natural illustration to help us understand it when it happened. Much of what we have in the Old Testament is God teaching His people ...

I will tell you. The earth was once one land-mass, from Adam to Noah during the flood, all the way to Peleg. Gen 10:25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan. According to my calculations (you can do it yourself, read Genesis), Peleg was born ~100 years after the flood ...

David did an excellent job explaining the "how" as viewed by major biblical literalists. I also being a biblical literalist would like to point out that in Genesis 2:19 God brought animals before Adam, and in Genesis 7:9 we see that the animals came to Noah. Obviously it was something God did, so it was a miracle. I'm not aware of any denomination that ...

The Old Earth Creationist view of Hugh Ross believes the flood was limited to the whole ERETS (country) and limited to animals who were NEPHESH (emotional). The NEPHESH means that those animals with emotions could be corrupted by hanging around with evil men. Think about it, a bad guy can make a pit bull evil, but he probably cannot corrupt a pet fish or ...

Usual preface that seems necessary to head off debate on such questions and answers - this isn't endorsing or denying the YEC view, just answering how various YEC groups would answer the question. Whether the YEC'ers are right or wrong is completely off-topic, as has the long-standing policy been. While we can't answer this definitively, several ...