--- 11. ARK Stability and Capacity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (sideview) ,------------------------------------------------------, <---`------------------------------------------------------'---> \ |~~~~~~~| / \ |_______| / \________________________________________________________/ <- - - - - - 450 feet - - - - - - -> ,-------|~~~~|-------, From Genesis 6:15 we know <---`----/----------\----'---> that these dimensions expressed \ \ / / in feet would be the size of \ \ / / the ark that Noah did build \________\____/________/ in obedience to God's word. <- - - - 75 feet - - -> (frontview) ,---------------------, < Some have questioned the <---`---------------------'---> | stability of such a design, \ / |45' which is sometimes referred \ / | to as a '6 to 1' ratio \_______________________/ | design. This is because (rearview) < the ARK of Noah was six times as long as it was wide. --.--.--.-.-.--.--.--.---.-.-., . . . . . . . . . . . | /////////////////////////////////////////// ~~__ _--~~__ _--~~__ _--## |/ ARK of Noah: ~~_~~__ _--~~__ _--~~ ## "third" |/ Interior Specs: ~~__ _--~~__ _--~~-~~## |/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~__ _--~~__ _--~~-~##|||||||||||||||||||||/ God instructed Noah ~~__ _--~~__ _--~~-## |/ to build three stories ~~__ _--~~__ _-## "second" |/ (decks) within the Ark. ~~__ _--~~__ _--~## |/ *----------------------* ~~__ _--~~__ _--## |/ | Gen 6:16 |`* ~~__ _--~~__ ##|||||||||||||||||||||/ | A window shalt thou | | ~~__ _--~~__ _## |/ | make to the ark, | | ~~__ _--~~__ ## "lower" |/ | and in a cubit shalt | | ~~__ _--~~__ _--## |/ | thou finish it above;| | _________________##___________/ | and the door of the | | | ark shalt thou set | | 16. WHO EXACTLY ENTERED INTO THE ARK? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.--.--.--.--.--.-.-.--.--.--.---.-.-., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | /////////////////////////////////////////////////// -~~_=_~__=_-~_--~~__ _-~~___~~__-~~__ _-~~___~~__|, _____________ ~~__-~~___ _-__=__ _--~~___=_-__ ___|, | = _,__`___ _-__=__-~~__=_-~~___~~_=_|, ., ~'~ | _=___= _-~~_=_~~__-~~__`___=_-__=___|, ()., ~'~ | _ _--~~___=_-__ __=_---~~__=_-__`__|, _!!() ______| --~~__=___ _-_-~~___~~__=_-__`__= |, == !! ======~_=_--~~__ ~~__~__=_-__=__=_-__`__/'' =========== _ _--~~__`~~__~__=_-__=____`__/'' ====`0'=== _-_--~=__ _-__`___`_--~~__=_-|/ MAN: ====(,)==_____________________________/' Eight people entered `0'l l= the Ark when it was =(,) == 0 <> finally completed. As =l l== /\ \/\, we begin to see it re- ===== o-, <> /\ /\ iterated in Gen. 7:1, ==== ``/\ /\' o <> Noah+wife <> o Almighty GOD calls for === Shem || ~t~/\` '/\`~!~ Noah, "...and all thy == +wife /\ "" "" /\ house," to enter into = Ham+wife Japheth+wife the Ark. | ` | The awesome realization here is that out | of an ENTIRE WORLD, only eight (8) people | were saved! Thinking of this low figure in <-----------' terms of percentage, that is a very SMALL amount! Very small indeed.