Most people didn't believe Noah because rain had never fallen, so a flood judgment from the sky was outside all human experience.
Les Feldick emphasizes that the pre-flood earth was watered from beneath and had a constant, perfect climate with no weather. Noah, however, believed God's warning of things not yet seen (Hebrews 11:7) and built the ark. When the flood came, the fountains of the great deep broke open on the same day the windows of heaven opened, leaving no time for anyone to respond.
Hebrews 11:7 — Shows Noah was warned of things not seen as yet, implying rain and the flood had never happened before.
Genesis 7:11 — Records the exact moment the flood arrived—the fountains of the deep and windows of heaven opened together.
The Bible records that in the beginning God made a firmament to divide the waters 'which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament' (Genesis 1:7). At the flood, 'the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened' (Genesis 7:11). The writer of Hebrews says 'by faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world' (Hebrews 11:7). The record itself does not describe rain before the flood; it only describes the separation of waters above and below.
Les Feldick repeatedly stresses that 'it's never rained before.' The earth before the flood was watered from beneath; it had a perfect environment and a constant climate from pole to pole, with no weather patterns and no rain. When God told Noah to build an ark because a flood was coming, Noah believed by faith even though he had never seen rain. The people around him, however, had no such faith and could not conceive of water falling from the sky. Les also points out that the flood did not begin with quiet rainfall. On the same day, the fountains of the great deep were broken up and the windows of heaven were opened. The entire planet erupted in volcanic and earthquake activity so violent that nearly all evidence of the pre-flood civilization was removed. Therefore, when people finally realized the warning was true, it was too late—God had already shut the door after seven days of grace. Les further notes that this same unbelief continues today, with textbooks and the scientific community largely denying Noah's flood, even though flood legends are found in virtually every major culture on earth.
No. Les Feldick teaches that Genesis 1 describes an earth that was watered from beneath rather than by rain. There was no weather as we know it, and the climate was a perfect, constant environment from pole to pole. Rain had never fallen, so Noah's warning of a flood from the windows of heaven was completely outside the people's experience.
After the ark was ready, God gave seven days before the flood began. Les Feldick says the door was open and the gangplank was down, and anyone could have entered the ark. But no one came, and then God shut the door. When the flood came, it was too late.
No. Les explains that on the same day the windows of heaven were opened, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up. This involved tremendous volcanic and earthquake activity all over the planet. The flood was a cataclysmic eruption of the whole globe, not a gentle rise of rainwater.
Les Feldick points to Hebrews 11:7—'by faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark.' Noah had something the others lacked: faith in what God said. Without faith it is impossible to please God. The rest of the world walked by sight, and they had never seen rain.
Les observes that high school and college textbooks will never maintain the fact of Noah's flood. If forced, they deny it. Yet the flood story appears in the legends and myths of nearly every major culture—Babylonian, Polynesian, Incan, and others. He concludes that the intellectual community is willingly ignorant of the flood.
The Flood's Sudden Beginning
Les shows that after seven days of grace with the door still open, no one entered; God shut the door, and the fountains of the great deep and windows of heaven opened the same day.
Noah Told to Do Something Never Seen
Les emphasizes it had never rained before, which is why Noah's faith was remarkable and why people did not believe a flood was possible.
The Pre-Flood Climate and Noah's Faith
Les explains the earth was watered from beneath, had no weather, and a constant climate; people had never seen rain, so they could not believe Noah's warning, while Noah believed God by faith.
Textbooks Deny the Flood
Les points out that modern educational materials never affirm Noah's flood and either ignore or deny it, showing a persistent unwillingness to believe.
Flood Legends in Every Culture
Les traces flood accounts in Babylonian, Polynesian, and other cultures, showing the event left a universal memory despite modern denial.
Water Source and Global Cataclysm
Les explains that the waters God placed above the atmosphere came down along with the breaking up of the fountains of the deep, accompanied by volcanic and earthquake activity.
Scientists' Willful Ignorance
Les says most scientists reject the flood even though every major culture has a flood legend; they are willingly ignorant of what actually happened.
The Cataclysmic Flood
Les describes the flood as tumultuous and cataclysmic, with the whole planet erupting so violently that almost all evidence of the pre-flood civilization was removed.
Genesis 1:6-7: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Shows the original division of waters above and below, the basis for the floodwaters.
Genesis 7:10: And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Marks the end of the seven-day grace period God gave before judgment.
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.
Names the two sources of floodwaters—the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven.
Hebrews 11:7: By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Explains that Noah acted in faith on a warning about something he had never seen.
When the rain finally came, it was not a gentle rain. The fountains of the great deep broke open and the windows of heaven were opened on the same day, accompanied by volcanic and earthquake activity. The planet convulsed so violently that there was no time to seek safety, and God had already shut the door after the seven days of grace.
Les Feldick teaches that it had never rained before the flood. The earth was watered from beneath and had a perfect, constant climate from pole to pole with no weather. Rain was a completely unfamiliar event to Noah's generation.
No. The flood came from two sources: the breaking open of the fountains of the great deep and the opening of the windows of heaven. Les describes it as a cataclysmic eruption of the whole planet, not just a rising of rainwater.
Hebrews 11:7 says Noah was warned by God of things not seen as yet and moved with fear prepared the ark. Les Feldick uses this to show that Noah had the faith that others lacked—faith to believe God's word even without any prior experience of rain.
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