Vernon,
Psalm 104 is about the wonders of God's creation. The psalmist meditates
on them and the fact that the Lord made them all. He mentions ships in
connection with his observation about the great size of the sea.
The Scriptures leave a lot of room for speculation about the details of
the Flood for those who desire to focus on such things. A local flood
could be anthropologically global if it occurred before man had spread
very far. Although I am not necessarily advocating such a position, it
seems to be a possible interpretation of Gen. 6:1.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> Gordon,
>
> I have to be brief on this occasion, but here are my responses to
>your comments:
>
> (1) Clearly, as a YEC and one who accepts the Bible as 'revealed
>truth', I do have a wider
> target, as you rightly suggest.
>
> (2) If Psalm 104 is not post-edenic how, for example, do you
>account for the reference to
> 'ships' in verse 26?
>
> (3) I make no distinction between 'a geographically global flood'
>and 'an anthropologically
> global flood'; for me, they are one and the same. In my
>understanding of the situation then
> prevailing the latter demanded the former.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Vernon
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