The earth before the flood had a constant, spring-like, tropical climate with no weather, no seasons, and no rain from above; it was watered from beneath.
Les Feldick teaches that a vapor belt suspended above the atmosphere created a greenhouse effect, keeping temperatures uniform from pole to pole. Since there was no weather system, rain had never fallen, and the ground was irrigated by water from beneath. After the flood, God changed the climate so the earth experienced weather and four distinct seasons.
Genesis 2:5-6 — This passage records that before the flood God had not caused it to rain and that a mist watered the ground — a direct scriptural basis for the pre-flood climate.
Genesis 7:11 — This verse reveals the two great sources of the flood — the fountains of the great deep and the windows of heaven — showing it was not simply ordinary rain.
Genesis 8:22 — This verse establishes that after the flood God ordained seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night to continue — language that did not apply before the flood.
The Bible records that before the flood, God had not caused it to rain upon the earth; instead, a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground (Genesis 2:5-6). This indicates the pre-flood world was watered from below, not from rain falling out of the sky. At the flood, the waters came from two divinely appointed sources: all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened (Genesis 7:11). After the flood, God made an explicit promise that while the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease (Genesis 8:22). This is the first scriptural language suggesting a regular cycle of seasons and weather.
Les Feldick describes the pre-flood climate as one constant, tropical temperature maintained by a vapor belt above the atmosphere. This vapor belt acted like a greenhouse, diffusing sunlight evenly around the globe. There were no shifting temperatures, no atmospheric pressure changes, and no weather patterns. It never rained; water came from beneath the surface. He states that this explains the beautiful, calm, constant weather of the pre-flood world. Les also teaches that the flood completely changed the climate. After the flood, the earth came under weather and climatic changes — the four seasons began. He links this to Genesis 8:22, noting that there was no such thing as seasons before the flood. He adds that the tilting of the earth to produce seasonal changes is a scientific speculation. The evidence from the pre-flood civilization, he says, was almost entirely removed by the cataclysmic flood.
According to Les Feldick, it absolutely did not rain before the flood. He explains that a vapor belt above the atmosphere created a greenhouse effect, keeping the world at one temperature. With the sunlight diffused all around the globe, there were no shifts in temperature or atmospheric pressure, so there was no opportunity for weather. Instead, the earth was watered from beneath. The Bible also points this way in Genesis 2:5-6, where it says God had not caused it to rain and that a mist watered the ground.
Les teaches that the flood waters were not just forty days of rain. In Genesis 1, the earth was originally covered with water; God removed a portion of that water, placed it in the atmosphere, and made the rest into seas. At the flood, that water all came back down, covering even the highest points. Scripture confirms the two sources: the fountains of the great deep were broken up and the windows of heaven were opened. Les emphasizes that the result was not gentle rising water but instantaneous, cataclysmic destruction.
Les says that after the flood, the earth became a completely different place. Rather than one spring-like temperature with no weather, the earth came under weather, climatic changes, and the four seasons. He points to Genesis 8:22, where God promised that seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Les notes that such language does not appear before the flood. He speculates, from a scientific viewpoint, that this may be when God instigated the tilting of the earth, but he makes clear that this is only speculation.
The flood's true nature
Les corrects the common idea that the flood was simply forty days of rising rain; it was instantaneous, absolute mayhem and cataclysmic destruction.
Pre-flood greenhouse environment
Les explains that a vapor belt above the atmosphere created a greenhouse effect, giving the whole earth a constant tropical temperature and preventing any weather or rainfall — the ground was watered from beneath.
Post-flood climate change
Les teaches that before the flood there was one spring-like temperature and no weather; after the flood the earth changed completely and began to experience weather and four distinct seasons.
Archaeological evidence of constant climate
Les points to archaeological proof that the world once had a constant climate from pole to pole at the time of Adam, and he notes that today most of the planet is covered by water.
No seasons before the flood
Les contrasts Genesis 8:22 with the pre-flood world, explaining that seasons and weather did not exist until after the flood; the flood changed all that.
Complete removal of pre-flood evidence
Les emphasizes the flood was tumultuous and cataclysmic, removing almost all evidence of the pre-flood civilization except the fossil record.
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But that's exactly the way it was before the flood. I'm sure of it. They were so busy. They were in such intense activity, they had no time to think about the coming wrath of God in the way of the flood, and here we are. Not one bit different.
Water above the atmosphere
Les explains that in Genesis 1, God lifted part of the original water into the atmosphere and made seas; that water returned to cover the planet during the flood.
Genesis 2:5-6: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
This verse shows that in the original creation, the earth was watered by a mist rather than rain — the biblical foundation for the pre-flood climate.
Genesis 7:11: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
This verse identifies the two sources of floodwater: the fountains of the great deep and the windows of heaven, matching Les's teaching about the vapor belt.
Genesis 8:22: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
This is the post-flood promise that seasons and weather cycles would continue, which Les contrasts with the constant climate before the flood.
According to Les Feldick, there was no weather before the flood. A vapor belt above the atmosphere kept everything at one constant temperature, with no shifting temperatures or atmospheric pressure changes. This made the climate calm and constant, unlike the weather systems we know today.
No. Les teaches that the language of seasons — seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter — does not appear before the flood. The flood changed the climate so that the earth began to experience weather and four distinct seasons.
Scripture says a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. Les explains that the earth was watered from beneath, and the vapor belt prevented rainfall from above.
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