Basic ApologeticsPart 1

Session 4

Session BackgroundSession Background

The purpose of this session is to demonstrate the Bible does have answers and that all Christians are mandated to learn and practice apologetics.

Session 4 Topics

How could the first three days of creation be literal days if the sun was not created until day 4?

Who did Cain marry? How could Adam name all the

animals in one day? How could Noah fit all the animals on

the Ark?

The Bible and ApologeticsThe Bible and Apologetics

1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense [apologia] to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

Purposes of Apologetics To evangelize and have answers to

challenges from non-believers

To glorify God

To obey God’s Word

To strengthen and encourage Christians

To bring down strongholds

To equip the next generation to maintain a biblical worldview

ChallengeHow could the first three days of

creation be literal days if the sun was not created until day four?

ChallengeHow could the first three days of

creation be literal days if the sun was not created until day four?

Day 1Day 4

What Was This Light?Genesis 1:3-5

What Was This Light?Genesis 1:3-5

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

Conclusion to ChallengeConclusion to Challenge

We do not need the sun for a day. There are many forms of light. God created light. God is light.

We do not need the sun for a day. There are many forms of light. God created light. God is light.

The first three days of creation were literal 24-hour days.

ChallengeWho did Cain marry?

ChallengeWho did Cain marry?

Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel

Genesis 5:4After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.

Genesis Exodus Leviticus

Adam & Eve

Genesis 1:31“Very Good”

MUTATIONSIncrease with time

Close intermarriage

is normal

Leviticus 18

Law against close

intermarriage

The FallCurse

ChallengeHow Could Adam name all the

animals in one day?

ChallengeHow Could Adam name all the

animals in one day?

Genesis 2:19

God brought the animals to Adam to see what he

would call them

Genesis 2:19

God brought the animals to Adam to see what he

would call them

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Horse kindHorse kind

Adam and the AnimalsAdam and the Animals

Genesis chapter 1 states that the animals were created according to their kinds

Genesis chapter 1 states that the animals were created according to their kinds

Chicken kindChicken kind Dog kindDog kind

A Common Misconception about what the Bible Teaches

A Common Misconception about what the Bible Teaches

Adam was never told to name all the creatures.

Adam did not have to name the sea creatures, the beasts of the earth, or the insects.

Adam was never told to name all the creatures.

Adam did not have to name the sea creatures, the beasts of the earth, or the insects.

There are about 2-million known species. About 48% are invertebrate [not included]. The remaining 2% is about 40,000. About 25,000 of these are marine

creatures [not included]. About 4,000 of these are amphibian [not

included]. Of the remaining 11,000 many would

have descended from an original kind.

There are about 2-million known species. About 48% are invertebrate [not included]. The remaining 2% is about 40,000. About 25,000 of these are marine

creatures [not included]. About 4,000 of these are amphibian [not

included]. Of the remaining 11,000 many would

have descended from an original kind.

Conclusion to ChallengeConclusion to Challenge

This would leave approximately 2,000 creatures for Adam to name.At 5 per minute, Adam could have done this in under six hours.

ChallengeChallengeHow Could Noah Fit All the

Animals on the Ark?

Answering the ChallengeAnswering the Challenge

1. How did the animals get to the Ark?

2. How big was the Ark?

3. How many animals needed to be on the Ark?

1. How did the animals get to the Ark?

2. How big was the Ark?

3. How many animals needed to be on the Ark?

How did animals get to the Ark?

How did animals get to the Ark?

Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

Genesis 6:20

1

How big was the Ark?How big was the Ark?2

Genesis 6:15Genesis 6:15And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

450 long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high

Noah’s Ark SizeNoah’s Ark Size 1 ½ football fields long Length to width ratio: 6 to 1 Not designed to go anywhere Volume of 1.5 million cubic feet 100,000 square feet of floor space Equivalent to 522 railroad cars

1 ½ football fields long Length to width ratio: 6 to 1 Not designed to go anywhere Volume of 1.5 million cubic feet 100,000 square feet of floor space Equivalent to 522 railroad cars

How could Noah fit all the creatures on the Ark?

How could Noah fit all the creatures on the Ark?

Not all living creatures had to go on the Ark.

Only the birds and land dwelling creatures with the breath of life went on the Ark.

Only two of each kind went on the Ark.

Not all living creatures had to go on the Ark.

Only the birds and land dwelling creatures with the breath of life went on the Ark.

Only two of each kind went on the Ark.

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Sea creatures and insects were not on the Ark.

We can assume a maximum of 50,000 creatures had to go on the Ark.

The average size animal on the Ark was about the size of a sheep.

Sea creatures and insects were not on the Ark.

We can assume a maximum of 50,000 creatures had to go on the Ark.

The average size animal on the Ark was about the size of a sheep.

Only young creatures needed to be on the Ark

The average double-deck stock railroad car can accommodate 240 sheep

The average double-deck stock railroad car can accommodate 240 sheep

A train pulling 210 cars could carry 50,400 sheep.

A train pulling 210 cars could carry 50,400 sheep.

210 x 240 = 50,400

210 cars full312 cars for Noah and family, food and luggage

ConclusionPlenty of room for all the animals

Scoffers2 Peter 3:3-6

Scoffers2 Peter 3:3-6

3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,

4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation."

ScoffersScoffers

5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,

6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.

ConclusionHow could the first three days of creation be literal days if the sun was not created until day 4?

Who did Cain marry?

How could Adam name all the animals in one day?

How could Noah fit all the animals on the Ark?

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