Yo ho! Look alive mateys! Arrrrgh… Raise the sails on the mizzen mast! Trim the sails on the fore deck! Let’s hop to it Mateys, I’ve got a blog to write! Wait! Arrrrgh! By Popeye’s corn cob pipe! You there! Yes you! Why in the name of Sea World ain’t we moving yet?! What?! What do you mean I forgot to log in? You obviously don’t know who you’re talking to swaby! I’m Captain Ever Blogger! Forget indeed! Ha! Now if you’d be so kind as to tell me again what you think I’m forgetting, then you’ll see for yourself that I never forget!
Helloooo reader! How are things going for you? Very very well I hope. I use to get a thrill out of the old classic pirate movies that Hollywood made way back in the 1940’s and 1950’s. A guy named Errol Flynn was my favorite pirate actor. …And before this turns into a documentary about old out of date movies, let’s hoist anchor and get Writeteller.com underway.
Suppose. Just suppose you believed that there was such a ship built called an Ark. You might have heard of an Ark. You know? -The big floating marine container that eight people, and most of the world’s land creatures, used to shelter in place from the flood to end all floods. (Thank goodness for the internet. Cause I had to look up some things about Noah’s Ark.)
Imagine an ocean going ship, about as long as a full football field and a half, (including the endzones), and about as wide as an NHL hockey rink. The ark was built on dry land, with no way possible of moving it over to a large body of water. It was too big and heavy.
Though not an accurate picture, the picture below gives an idea of what the ark might have looked like.
It had 3 decks, one accessible window, that could be opened or closed, one door, and no steering system.
It wasn’t built for comfort or for beauty. But it was built and designed for saving lives from destruction.
Now just give me a minute to rest my fingers a bit, and we’ll take a look at that. But before that, let’s imagine somebody gave you the blueprint specifications for building the construction in the picture above, via a chat line from God. Just look at the thing! It looks like an oil tanker barge made out of solid wood! Picture it at its actual size. The thing would probably take decades to make. -Especially if all you had was only hand tools and human and animal muscle to build it with!
Now wait! Let me add just a little more weight of strain to building Project Noah’s Ark. Right after you are informed on how to build this thing, via God’s chat line, you are told that the end of the world is why you are building it! No pressure.
Afterall, why else would God send you word that He wanted this colossal floating construction to be built???
Hoo boy! Glad we got the outside of the Ark talked about. Let’s go inside and see what else we can find.
The Ark had three decks. I did an internet search. It was suggested that the lowest level was where food and water, and so on, were stored. Keeping in mind that Noah and his family needed enough storage room for food and water supplies, enough to last for at least 365 days or more.
At the middle and upper levels, it is suggested that this was where stalls and pens, for the animals, and people living spaces were situated.
Let’s do a little detective work here. The Ark had to have living spaces for every kind of land creature and bird creature there was, that roamed the Earth. -People living spaces included. Would you agree that that would have taken up most of all the available space in Noah’s Ark?
My question is… Was there enough available space for any stow-a-ways? And if so… Was there any provision in God’s Ark building blueprints for accommodating a thousand, or a hundred, or even a couple dozen more human passengers?? Makes you think, huh? Do you think He was expecting a crowd or what?
As far as the information I take on faith goes, only one man-made ark was ever built back in those days. For people back then, Noah’s Ark would have been the only safe place to be in the middle of a world flood catastrophe. That is, if you had an invitation to be there.
Can I get just one more question in right quick? Please??? Okay, thanks! Who will make the next ark if we need one? One that is not made out of wood I hope. I’m thinking that the new Ark is going to have to be made out of something that is completely indestructible, and easy to get to from anywhere in the world! …With soul saving ability.
Thank you for giving the old blog a read today! Just typing that I care. May God bless you so well that there’s no doubt about it.