Why Is Finding Noah’s Ark So Tricky?

Finding Noah’s ark would be an incredible discovery. It was massive in scale, but despite all efforts to locate it, it has still not been found. And locating it after all this time would vindicate the saints and silence the skeptics. Why hasn’t it been found yet?

First, what about all the claims that Noah’s ark has been found? They surface from time to time and generate some buzz, but what has come of these claims? No claim has ever been found to be true. They have all been debunked after investigation as either fraudulent or have been deemed false upon further investigation. They have all been proven false, with many of the claims dismissed as fraudulent upon investigation.

There Are Good Reasons Why Noah’s Ark Has Not Been Found, and Likely Never Will.

Everything on earth was destroyed during the flood. There were no structures left standing, no forests or trees left. When Noah and his family left the ark, they had no shelter and no trees or resources to harvest outside of the ark. The ark would have provided incredible resources for them, so Noah and his sons likely dismantled and repurposed it as they began to rebuild their lives.

Wood also doesn’t hold up well over long periods of time. If Noah had left the ark intact, either fully or partially, it has still been over 4,000 years since the flood. When you think about barns that have been exposed to the elements for even 100 years, you can understand how a wooden structure, even one as large as the ark, would not have survived.

What questions do you have about this global, catastrophic event? Did you know that the ark didn’t land on Mount Ararat, but rather the mountains (plural) of Ararat (Genesis 8:4)? There is so much to learn and discover in God’s Word!

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