Creation, The Flood, And The Dispersion

A while back we had several of our church family provide questions to use for small group studies or discussions. Several of the questions that came in had to do with Creation. Right at the top of the list were also many questions about the Flood event, the population of the Earth, and the events surrounding the Tower of Babel. Here are the questions after we boiled them all down.

1.        Were Adam and Eve the only people on the Earth or were they just the only ones in the Garden and met others when they got kicked out?

2.         If they were the only people on Earth, how did humans not die out? They had 2 sons….

3.         If they weren’t, how was it that just Eve brought sin into the world, did God not have rules for anyone else on Earth other than just those 2?

4.         If the world was flooded and there were no other people on Earth other than Noah’s family, how did we end up with so many different races and languages that are specific to separate places?

5.         What was the main purpose of the Great Flood? To rid the world of humans? Animals? Nephilim? Progresses that were made that God didn’t want (IE the tower of babble)?

6.         How many times has God actually “started over”? (IE the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, the great flood, etc.) Were we really the only set of humans?

My answers here will be short and succinct. I will further provide links to videos with people discussing these very topics.

Creation: https://answersingenesis.org/days-of-creation/

We believe in a literal biblical account of Creation. Based on this belief a Biblical timeline of history makes the Earth approximately 6,000 years old.

Flood: https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/

We believe in a literal global flood event found in scripture. This is supported by science as well.

The Tower of Babel: https://answersingenesis.org/tower-of-babel/

We also believe in the biblical account of dispersion among the peoples of the Earth. The genealogies of many nations can be traced back to Noah’s three sons.