What was the ‘pitch’ used on Noah’s Ark?
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- If Noah did not use petroleum-based pitch before the flood, then where did the pitch for the ark come from?
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I only ever heard of pitch coming from trees. First time I heard of oil being used.
Like a tar...
@@Apollos2.2 I haven't heard the word pitch (for use as a glue or resin) used for anything other then what comes from trees. Oil for tar yes. Oil for pitch no. Haven't heard that till now.
The pitch was:
"You see this ark?" slaps roof "You can fit so many animals in this bad boy!"
There are a lot of good theories about the earth having many more trees before the flood and more consistent temperatures. If that is true it would help explain the abundance of wood related resources and the log mat evidences post flood.
Well, we made pitch/pine tar and we made charcoal. You do not kill the trees that produce good pitch!
Could there not have been any oil/coal pitch or tar around at Noah's time?
Does it only come from oil or coal? I guess I'm asking if are we saying there was zero oil before the flood?
Dead plants decaying in water turn into oil.
Maybe the tree gopher wood came from had lots of pitch?
Why would there be zero oil before the flood? Also Farmers in the past have made there own oil. Why couldn't Noah?
@@TheCamoWolf Farmers made _"there own oil"?_ How? In centuries past, there was a thriving whale oil market. And in the late 19th or early 20th century, someone figured out how to make grease for machinery from cottonseeds, later marketed as Crisco. But what were _you_ referring to?
@@KenJackson_US it was an oil that could be used for fuel. I am going to have a hard time finding it again tho. Seeing as certain people want oil to be a non renewable resource even tho decaying plants in water start turning to oil. Seeing people say no there is no evidence, makes me want to go down to the creek and try to harvest some my self and exsperiment with it.
The ‘Atonement’ of Salvation - Noah
Jehovah declares to Noah: “But I will establish (‘confirm,’ not ‘cut’) My Covenant with you, and you will enter the Ark ...” [Genesis 6:18]. Just like with many ‘OTHs, the Ark can be considered a SIGN, built by Noah, yet by it God declares His salvation.
In a sense, the Ark is incidental: an elaborate and well-built boat without Covenant would not have saved him, but with Covenant, God could have saved Noah with merely a twig. Suppose the Ark is not perfect and leaks profusely - no matter, because what saves Noah is Covenant - GOD PROMISED and Noah believes and acts accordingly (although he may have learned about “bailing out a boat”). Ultimately, the Ark is essential simply because Jehovah’s command makes it necessary.
“... pitch it within and without with pitch” - Genesis 6:14 presents an thought-provoking aspect: Only here is the Hebrew KAPHAR translated as ‘pitch’; everywhere else it is translated as ‘atonement [ransom]’ or something similar (every other ‘pitch’ is a different Hebrew word [for example, Exodus 2:3, Isaiah 34]). KAPHAR apparently originally does describe coal tar, and therefore that is a permissible translation, still, the listener’s vast familiarity with the word is as ‘atonement.’ What then does he hear subliminally - that the Life¬saving Ark is covered with/protected by “atonement” within and without (no leaky boat any more)? Through “atonement” they are saved, paralleling the Passover [Exodus 12:7-13]!
Curiously [GOPHER- “Gopher,” the wood of the Ark] is an unknown word, however, note the similarity between its first letter (Hebrew G) and the (Hebrew K) of [KOPHER “ransom” from KAPHAR - to atone], even in sound - is this perhaps a corrupted “ransom”? or a deliberate play on words? GOPHER is also the root for “brimstone” [GAPHRITH] in Genesis 19:24 and also in Psalm 11:6.
An interesting picture presents itself: the Ark is ‘judgment’ covered inside and out with ‘atonement’ - atonement faces both God and man. Also consider how ‘seven’ (of each of the clean animals) figures into this account [Genesis 7:1-4] - the Hebrew "seven" is the only number which is also a word, the word for oath as used in the oaths of Covenant (cf., Genesis 21:22-31).
Misotheists will always hate The Word.