What does the scientific and historical evidence say about the Great Flood in Genesis? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether there was a worldwide Flood, whether Noah was a historical person, and how we should understand the biblical passage on Noah, the Ark, and the Great Flood.AI-powered
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The Great Flood & Science (Noah’s Ark, Rainbows, Genesis)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Were There Rainbows Before the Flood?
The laws of optics were the same, whatever local flood or floods inspired the biblical narrative. The effects of sunlight and water vapor in the sky would have produced rainbows. What the text is really doing is using the rainbow as a sign to mankind that god will not wipe us out with a flood.
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