As It Was in the Days of Noah
A life-sized replica of Noah's Ark -- the biblical vessel on which God saved people and animals when the earth was flooded as punishment for mankind's sins -- is coming to the U.S. and is expected to draw more than a million Americans every year.
The story of "Noah" is coming to the big screen, too. Hollywood used models, sets, stages and other tricks of the movie trade to create those stunning images.
But what's being planned by Answers in Genesis ministry chief Ken Ham will not be a model, a set or a stage, and it will not be a trick produced by a camera.
It will be a life-size version of Noah's Ark, at 510 feet long, 85 feet wide and three stories high, and it will be used as an evangelism tool in his outreach to unbelievers.
He announced that funding for the first phase has been put in place, and groundbreaking on the project is expected in only weeks -- sometime in May.
The Ark Encounter will be built on 800 acres adjacent to Interstate 75 at Williamstown, Kentucky, bringing hundreds of jobs to the community.
The first phase will cost an estimated $73 million. The initial costs, including building permits and licenses, property preparation, architectural plans and exhibit designs, already have been p0aid through the sale of memberships to the exhibit as well as donations prior to a bond offering that put in place the rest of the funding for the outreach.
The ministry has raised, and continues to raise, funds for the project. It also is being financed through the bond program, which Ham told WND had faced obstacles from atheists and other opponents of his message.
The first phase includes parking lots with a tram that will carry visitors through a valley to the entrance. There, a pathway will allow visitors to begin their trip back in time, to what the Ark would have looked like, how the animals would have been protected, how Noah and his family would have lived, and more.
It will be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, attraction built by a Christian ministry to draw the attention of people to whom it wishes to share its message: essentially that being man was separated from God and His holiness and Jesus came to earth as both God and man to open a door for humankind to return to Him.
Ken Ham's Creation Museum, only a short drive from the site for the Ark Encounter, has had about two million visitors in its first six years of existence, and professional studies estimated that the Ark Encounter will draw -- in a worst-case scenario -- some 1.2 million people per year. The estimates actually ranged up to two million visitors per year.
Then came Hollywood, with its special effects and the acting of Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe, who gives "Noah" the movie Hollywood's perspective.
An early, draft copy of the film's original screenplay distributed in 2012 reveals a scene in the film where "Noah" explains to his family how all of creation came to pass.
Only instead of backing Nye's theory of random evolution or Ham's insistence on God's six-day creation, director Darren Aronofsky's early "Noah" script pushes for one of the compromise positions that have sprung up as many people have attempted to reconcile the biblical account with Charles Darwin's theories on the origin of the world's species.
In one scene aboard the famous Ark, Noah's monologue gives a day-by-day account of creation, almost right out of the Bibles book of Genesis. But the screenwriter's directions for what appears on screen doesn't reflect six, single "days" of creation, but rather millennia passing in between each "day" and an evolutionary process enfolding long before the arrival of Adam and Eve.
The issue remains controversial, and especially among evangelicals, who movie makers are hoping to encourage to watch. And the movie maker said changes were made after the early script version was developed.
Continued Ham,
To give Americans the real story, right now, about the Ark, author Larry Stone set to work, and came up with Noah: The Real Story.
The old adage that says the book is usually better than the movie is frequently true, writes Larry Stone in the chapter "Noah Goes to Hollywood" in his new book.
Stone told WND the differences between Hollywood's "Noah" and the Bible's Noah are no surprise. Last fall Paramount, which has more than $100 million riding on Noah, decided to hold some test screenings to see if the movie would appeal to Christian viewers. The blog Beginning and End stated the obvious: "It's clear that Noah is not a Christian film."
Stone, who has also has written "The Story of the Bible" and "Women of the Bible," said the story of Noah and the Ark has been filmed many times, and usually the biblical story is a framework on which the writer and director can hang their own story with their own viewpoint, and which usually has little to do with the Bible's Noah and the Ark. One3 of the first talkies -- "Noah's Ark" -- did just that in 1928. The writer mixed up Noah withy Moses, Samson and even the Sermon on the Mount.
Matthew 24:37-39
The story of "Noah" is coming to the big screen, too. Hollywood used models, sets, stages and other tricks of the movie trade to create those stunning images.
But what's being planned by Answers in Genesis ministry chief Ken Ham will not be a model, a set or a stage, and it will not be a trick produced by a camera.
It will be a life-size version of Noah's Ark, at 510 feet long, 85 feet wide and three stories high, and it will be used as an evangelism tool in his outreach to unbelievers.
He announced that funding for the first phase has been put in place, and groundbreaking on the project is expected in only weeks -- sometime in May.
The Ark Encounter will be built on 800 acres adjacent to Interstate 75 at Williamstown, Kentucky, bringing hundreds of jobs to the community.
The first phase will cost an estimated $73 million. The initial costs, including building permits and licenses, property preparation, architectural plans and exhibit designs, already have been p0aid through the sale of memberships to the exhibit as well as donations prior to a bond offering that put in place the rest of the funding for the outreach.
The ministry has raised, and continues to raise, funds for the project. It also is being financed through the bond program, which Ham told WND had faced obstacles from atheists and other opponents of his message.
The first phase includes parking lots with a tram that will carry visitors through a valley to the entrance. There, a pathway will allow visitors to begin their trip back in time, to what the Ark would have looked like, how the animals would have been protected, how Noah and his family would have lived, and more.
It will be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, attraction built by a Christian ministry to draw the attention of people to whom it wishes to share its message: essentially that being man was separated from God and His holiness and Jesus came to earth as both God and man to open a door for humankind to return to Him.
Ken Ham's Creation Museum, only a short drive from the site for the Ark Encounter, has had about two million visitors in its first six years of existence, and professional studies estimated that the Ark Encounter will draw -- in a worst-case scenario -- some 1.2 million people per year. The estimates actually ranged up to two million visitors per year.
"It's not meant as only a tourist attraction or job generator, although it undoubtedly will play those roles. Answers in Genesis is a ministry. We make no apology about the fact we proclaim the authority of the Word of God. I believe the Ark of Noah is the greatest reminder of the message of salvation of God. Noah and his family had to go through a doorway to be saved. We [now] need to go through a doorway to be saved. Jesus said, 'I am the doorway.'"Revelation 3:20
Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal as friends.John 14:6
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."Ham said of the project,
"We praise our Creator God for His blessings and for the incredible support we just witnessed from our generous supporters around the country. Yes, there have been days of nervous anticipation. Many challenges and road blocks came up as we worked through the stages of the bond offering leading up to the final bond delivery From atheists registering for the bond offering and attempting to disrupt it, to secular bloggers and some reporters writing misleading and inaccurate articles about the bonds -- the obstacles were numerous and disruptive. It was a challenging time, one that on a human level required a miracle to overcome. And God in His providence supplied our needs."The Ark seems to have hit the headlines repeatedly in recent weeks. It was addressed during Ham's own recent debate, watched by millions, with Bill Nye "The Science Guy" that focused on creationism and evolution.
Then came Hollywood, with its special effects and the acting of Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe, who gives "Noah" the movie Hollywood's perspective.
An early, draft copy of the film's original screenplay distributed in 2012 reveals a scene in the film where "Noah" explains to his family how all of creation came to pass.
Only instead of backing Nye's theory of random evolution or Ham's insistence on God's six-day creation, director Darren Aronofsky's early "Noah" script pushes for one of the compromise positions that have sprung up as many people have attempted to reconcile the biblical account with Charles Darwin's theories on the origin of the world's species.
In one scene aboard the famous Ark, Noah's monologue gives a day-by-day account of creation, almost right out of the Bibles book of Genesis. But the screenwriter's directions for what appears on screen doesn't reflect six, single "days" of creation, but rather millennia passing in between each "day" and an evolutionary process enfolding long before the arrival of Adam and Eve.
The issue remains controversial, and especially among evangelicals, who movie makers are hoping to encourage to watch. And the movie maker said changes were made after the early script version was developed.
Continued Ham,
"Even in a difficult economy, tens of thousands of supporters have made donations, purchased bonds, or bought Ark boarding passes in the past three years. With the funding in place to build the Ark, it is now our goal to raise an additional $15 million in donations to pr9ovide additional attractions like the special high-tech and interactive exhibits that guests have come to appreciate at our museum."Ham emphasized that no government funding has been used for the project.
To give Americans the real story, right now, about the Ark, author Larry Stone set to work, and came up with Noah: The Real Story.
The old adage that says the book is usually better than the movie is frequently true, writes Larry Stone in the chapter "Noah Goes to Hollywood" in his new book.
Stone told WND the differences between Hollywood's "Noah" and the Bible's Noah are no surprise. Last fall Paramount, which has more than $100 million riding on Noah, decided to hold some test screenings to see if the movie would appeal to Christian viewers. The blog Beginning and End stated the obvious: "It's clear that Noah is not a Christian film."
Stone, who has also has written "The Story of the Bible" and "Women of the Bible," said the story of Noah and the Ark has been filmed many times, and usually the biblical story is a framework on which the writer and director can hang their own story with their own viewpoint, and which usually has little to do with the Bible's Noah and the Ark. One3 of the first talkies -- "Noah's Ark" -- did just that in 1928. The writer mixed up Noah withy Moses, Samson and even the Sermon on the Mount.
Matthew 24:37-39
When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day. In those days before the Flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn't realize what was going to happen until the Flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.THINKING IT OVER
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Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness.
I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.
You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.
Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.
Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.
Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.
Amen.
I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.
You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.
Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.
Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.
Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.
Amen.
If you just said this prayer and you meant it with all your heart and you have repented for your sins, I believe that you just got saved and are born again. You may ask, "Now that I am saved, what's next?" First of all you need to get into a bible-based church, and study God's Word. Once you have found a church home, you will want to become water-baptized. By accepting Christ you are baptized in the spirit, but it is through water-baptism that you show your obedience to the Lord. Water baptism is a symbol of your salvation from the dead. You were dead but now you live, for the Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed you for a price! The price was His death on the cross.
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all scripture taken from the Holy Bible (NLT), International Bible Society, Tyndale House Pub., Inc.
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