{"id":57642,"date":"2024-01-31T18:52:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/?p=57642"},"modified":"2024-01-31T18:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:52:32","slug":"the-second-greatest-carpenter-in-the-bible-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/the-second-greatest-carpenter-in-the-bible-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second-Greatest Carpenter in the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, I confess I\u2019m having a little fun with the title of this piece.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, Jesus was the greatest carpenter in the Bible, but any guesses as to who comes in second?<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right: Noah.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we think about it, building a craft the size of an ark is truly amazing. <\/span>The Bible gives us the dimensions for this astounding craft in Genesis 6:15:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its <\/b>breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.”<\/b> ( ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, there’s some debate as to the exact size of “cubit,” but that would most likely result in a craft\u00a0 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s an enormous structure to make entirely of wood!<\/span><\/p>\n

If we do the math, the ark would require about 3.1 million board feet <\/span>of lumber.<\/span> It\u2019s likely the ark, when <\/span>completed, weighed over half a million pounds!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With three stories inside, it would have over 100,000 square feet of <\/span>floor space\u2014that\u2019s equivalent to the square footage of 50 average <\/span>American homes. While trees in Noah\u2019s time were probably much <\/span>larger, the ark today would require cutting down about 700 trees. From a storage-capacity standpoint, the ark could hold the equivalent of 450 semi-trailer loads, which is enough space for 112,500 sheep.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bible says Noah was 480 years old when God told him to build <\/span>the ark and the rain came when Noah was 600 years old. While some <\/span>naturally assume this means it took Noah 120 years to build the ark, the <\/span>Bible doesn\u2019t actually say that.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In more recent times, a man in Holland named Johan Huibers actually built a half-size ark in 2007. <\/span>It cost about $1.2 million and took him two years to build. Of course, <\/span>Huibers simply bought the boards and lumber to make the ark. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then, in 2016, Answers in Genesis opened a theme park called Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky. They had employed a thousand Amish craftsmen working over a period of 18 months to build a life-size ark as described in the Bible.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But there weren’t a thousand Noahs all working together. And, we know for certain he could not have walked into the local lumber yard and bought<\/span>
\n<\/span>3.1 million board feet of lumber. He would have had to cut down the <\/span>trees and turn them into lumber using iron and bronze tools. Then he <\/span>would have had to shape them, fit them, and join them \u2013all without <\/span>using a single power tool.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And then Noah had to coat the entire ark, inside and out, with pitch –that’s a sticky, tar-like goo made by boiling the sap of trees. And that wasn’t a speedy process either.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Truly, the ark has to be the most amazing wood-working project ever <\/span>completed. It saved the human race from destruction and we all owe our earthly lives to <\/span>Noah\u2019s faith, trust, and obedience to God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As astounding as Noah’s ark was, the greatest wooden structure in the Bible were the two simple two wooden beams <\/span>joined together to form the cross. It was the faith, trust, and <\/span>obedience of Jesus that made eternal<\/em><\/strong> life possible for us all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Praise<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genesis 9:12-13<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And God said, \u201cThis is the sign of the covenant that I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.<\/strong>\u00a0 (ESV)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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