Ian & Jocelyn Barker

I’ve been taking a weekly class at through the Apostolic Mission School at IHOP this semester called “Biblical Theology of Mission”, which is taught by John Harrigan. The purpose of the class is to set out what the mission of the Church is, and to do that, we go through what existence was at the beginning to determine where we are going and what our part is as Christians. The class is immense in its scope, but it is really mind-blowing.

Yesterday, my friend Brandon and I were going over session one, “Earth’s Global Flood”. It is based on a scientific theory called the “hydroplate theory,” which basically shows how the flood happened scientifically and how it explains so much about our earth today. The man who has come up with the theory is a man named Dr. Walt Brown who has written a book called “In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood”. It would be worth your time to watch a short video that explains the theory.

Anyway, as Brandon and I were listening to John’s teaching as he went over Walt’s theory, I was blown away by the reality that the flood actually happened on this earth around 5,000 years ago (or so). It’s easy to read the biblical flood account and miss the fact that it actually happened on our physical earth. In the matter of days, creation was changed in a dramatic and radical way.

Learning the potential science of the flood actually makes it real not just as history, but as our future. When speaking of the end of the age, Jesus referenced the days of the flood as a model of what we could expect (Matt. 24:37-39). Wickedness will be rampant on the earth as in those days, and God will cleanse the earth of wickedness in the same manner as the flood (Gen. 6:5). Peter emphasizes the second point more emphaticly and shows that the future cleansing will not be with water, but with fire (2 Pet. 3:4-7).

Furthermore, Peter shows that a failure to recognize the historicity and authenticity of the biblical flood, has led men to mock any idea or notion that their will be a future cleansing of the earth with fire. This has happened with the theory of evolution which has indoctrinated a generation with the idea that it is scientifically impossible for the flood to have occurred because God is not involved with the affairs of men. Consequently, we believe that He will not cleanse the earth of wickedness.

I urge you to consider the reality of the flood so that you can be confident to know that He will come to cleanse the earth of wickedness again. A great, cleansing fire will come upon this earth to purge it of wickedness and the saints will live with the Father, the Son and the Spirit on earth forever (2 Pet. 3:11-13).