The word “Mabbul” is Hebrew for “flood”. But it means so much more than “flood”. It is a disaster beyond our comprehension.
When I first read Dr. Walter T Brown’s Hydroplate Theory, I imagined what the world might look like before the flood. Then I turned the crank of science and was surprised at the result.
I imagined standing at different places in the world and I turned the crank again. Then again. Then I wondered, ‘How could I tell the story of Noah’s Flood when all my heroes end up dead’?
Eventually, I came up with an idea: perhaps angels can tell the story; a news team of angels watching Earth from an observatory located on the moon…
This is more than the story of Noah. This is the story of three news teams watching as Noah builds his box. This is the story of Earth as she hemorrhages a destruction never before seen. This is the sad story of a broken hearted God watching His special creation reject His goodness and compete in evil; a story where good is forced to destroy rebellion in a most horrific manor. This is the story of salvation clinging to a paltry piece of wood…
Mabbul and the Emerald Planet can be read on several different levels. I encourage everyone to read it for fun the first time. Afterword, apply your disciplines to it and study it in depth. You will find it meets everyone at every level. Read it for fun. Read it for the examples of literary devices. Read it for its theology and life lessons. Observe the detail for the farmer, the architect, and many other Disciplines.
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