From Creation to the Present

Man, his fate, and the repopulation of the world after the flood

From creation to the flood

• God created our world and the universe• One land mass?• Sin committed by Adam• Violent world• God decided to destroy everything through a

great flood• Time frame: 1656 years

The earth before the flood

http://the-latter-rain.com

The Flood

• Rain for 40 days and nights• All the springs of the great deep burst forth• Flood level >20 feet above the highest

mountain peak• Flood waters on the earth for 150 days• From flood to the earth completely dry = one

year• Every living creature died; total destruction

The earth after the flood

http://the-latter-rain.com

From the flood to the present

• A different world – several land masses• Man commanded to repopulate the earth• Repopulation started after the Tower of Babel

incident• When? 101 years after the flood• Marked by Eber through Peleg’s name which

means “division”

The Ark rested on mountains of Ararat

Genesis 8:4

The Ark rested on mountains of Ararat

Genesis 11:2, 7-9

SHINAR = “Babel”

Noah’s sons

Noah

Shem Ham Japheth

SHEM

Shem → Elam

Elam

Iran, Yugoslavia

Shem → Asshur

Asshur

Assyria

Shem → Arphaxad

Arphaxad

North Mesopotamia, current Gulf states, Yemen, Ethiopia, Eritrea

Shem → Lud

Lud

North Turkey: Lydians

Shem → Aram

Aram

North Mesopotamia: Arameans

Noah’s sons

Noah

Shem Ham Japheth

HAM

Ham → Cush

Cush

Upper Nile, South of Egypt

Ham → Mizraim

Mizraim

Egypt, Phillistines, Crete, Cyprus, Libyans

Ham → Put

Put

Somaliland, Yemen

Ham → Canaan

Canaan

Promised Land

Noah’s sons

Noah

Shem Ham Japheth

JAPHETH

Japheth → Gomer

Ashkenaz

Mongoloids of Asia: Tibet, Southern China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Southern Japan

Japheth → Gomer

Riphath

Baltic, Lapps, Volga Finns, Hungarians

Japheth → Gomer

Togarmah

Armenia, Turkish, Mongolia, Siberia, parts of Asia

Japheth → Magog

Magog“Scythians”

Chinese, Mongol Elite, Northern Chinese Han, Mughals of India

Japheth → Madai

Madai

Medes: Sarmatians, Ukrainians

Japheth → Javan

Elishah

Ionians (Cyprus, Greece), Africa, Pacific: Maori, Malay peninsula, and archipelago

Japheth → Javan

Tarshish

Spain (Cadiz), Cilicia (Tarsus), India, Japan

Japheth → Javan

Kittim

Cyprus, Asia Minor (yellow skinned) Hittites, China

Japheth → Javan

Rodanim

Asia Minor (western Turkey), Troy, people of Rhodes, Danube, Black Sea, Thrace

Japheth → Tubal

Tubal

Russia, Bulgaria, Basques

Japheth → Meshech

Meshech

Russia, Tuberani, Black Sea people

Japheth → Tiras

Tiras

Ancient Minoans, Thracians, English Picts, American Indians, Mayans

Kingdom/empire timelineYrsAfterFlood Event/Kingdom BC/AD

67 Nimrod 2392101 Tower of Babel? “Peleg" 2358467 Egypt 1992

1344 Assyria – Tiglath Pileser 1 11151488 Israel – Solomon 9711852 Nebuchadnezzar-Babylon 6071922 Cyrus – Persia 5372136 Greek – Alexander 3232238 Qin dynasty (China) – start 2212396 Roman - Augustus Caesar 632709 Maya civilization 250 AD2861 Khmer empire 402 AD3091 Muhammad (Islam) 632 AD3659 Inca civilization started 1200 AD3686 Mongolian-Genghis Khan 1227 AD3697 Thailand - Sukhothai kingdom 1238 AD3752 Majapahit empire 1293 AD3887 Aztec 1428 AD4097 Japan - Tokugawa shogunate 1633 AD

Rise of Kingdoms

101

4571922

2136

2238

23962709

28613659

3686

3752

38874097

3697

Date reference: years after the flood

Color Code

< 1k yrs

1k to 2k yrs

2k to 3k yrs

3k to 4k yrs

> 4k yrs

Man

• Genesis 1: 26-31 why God created man, it was “good”

• Ecclesiastes 11:13 the whole duty of man = fear God and keep His commandments

• Romans 5:12 man’s problem = SIN• John 3:16 God’s love = Jesus Christ• John 11:25-26 Man’s only correct response to

God’s love