February 5, 2026 3:00 am
The concept of a global flood is central to the biblical account of creation, with God promising Noah that such a flood would never occur again. However, some Christians who accept geological ages attempt to explain away the Great Deluge as a local flood, but this raises several problems, including the fact that God does not lie and has kept his promise. This has significant implications for those who believe in theistic evolution or progressive creationism.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. The Worldwide Flood. And I will establish my covenant with you neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. Genesis 9, 11. Those Christians who accept the concept of geological ages commonly have to explain away the Great Deluge by assuming it was not really a global flood.
they realized that any flood that would rise until all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered, and in which every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, Would undoubtedly eliminate any evidence of the supposed geological ages. Therefore, they have suggested modifying the Bible record to mean an overflow of the Euphrates River or some such phenomenon that would destroy just the peoples of the known world at that time. There are numerous problems with this local flood notion, however. Appendix VI of the Henry Morse Study Bible, for instance, lists one hundred reasons why the Biblical flood must be understood as worldwide and cataclysmic. But probably the best argument is that such an argument makes God out to be a liar.
God promised Noah that this kind of flood would never be sent on the earth again. There have been innumerable river floods, tsunamis, torrential regional rains, etc. in the more than four millennia since Noah's Day. If God's promise referred only to some such flood as one of these? then he has not kept his word.
But God does not lie, and he has kept his promise. There has never been another such flood. He that believeth not, God hath made him a liar. Theistic evolutionists Progressive creationists, and all others who believe the geological ages instead of God's word should, it would seem, seriously rethink their position. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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