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Welcome to The Flood & Cosmology study. This workbook examines how the biblical cosmology model—firmament, waters above, foundations—perfectly explains the worldwide Flood.
The Flood was not just rain. It was a cataclysmic restructuring of creation involving:
Understanding biblical cosmology is ESSENTIAL to understanding the Flood. Without the firmament and the waters above it, the Flood account makes no sense.
This workbook uses the 6 Rs Learning Method designed for deep understanding and long-term retention:
Before the Flood, the world had a specific structure described in Genesis 1.
Day 2: Yahuah created the to divide the waters.
The firmament divided:
The firmament was called .
This means there were WATERS ABOVE the firmament—a massive reservoir above the sky.
The waters ABOVE the firmament still existed before the Flood. Where did they go?
Answer: They came DOWN during the Flood.
The heavens were of .
The earth was standing out of the and in the water.
The world that then was, being overflowed with , perished.
Many scholars believe the "waters above" formed a canopy around the earth, creating:
Before the Flood, Yahuah had not caused it to .
A watered the earth.
1. What divided the waters above from the waters below?
○ A) Mountains ○ B) The firmament ○ C) The clouds ○ D) Nothing
2. According to 2 Peter 3:5-6, what happened to the pre-Flood world?
○ A) It evolved ○ B) It was preserved ○ C) It perished by water ○ D) It continued unchanged
3. How was the earth watered before the Flood (Genesis 2:5-6)?
○ A) Rain ○ B) A mist from the earth ○ C) Irrigation ○ D) Rivers only
1. There were waters above the firmament before the Flood.
○ True ○ False
2. It rained regularly before the Flood according to Genesis 2.
○ True ○ False
3. The pre-Flood world structure is essential to understanding the Flood.
○ True ○ False
"And Elohim made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so."
Write from memory:
Close this workbook. Write: The structure of the pre-Flood world. Where the waters above were located. How the earth was watered before the Flood.
Items I need to review:
Explain to someone the pre-Flood world structure and where the Flood waters came from.
Person: Date:
☐ Read Genesis 1:6-8 and 2:5-6 in your Bible
☐ Draw a diagram of the pre-Flood world structure
☐ Research the canopy theory and its implications
☐ Other:
What I did:
The Flood began with the "fountains of the great deep" breaking open.
The fountains of the great were broken up.
The of heaven were opened.
Notice the order:
The word "broken up" is "baqa" (Strong's #1234), meaning:
This was a violent, catastrophic event—not gentle rain.
The "deep" (Hebrew: tehom) existed before Day 1. It refers to the vast waters below the earth.
Yahuah asks Job if he has entered the of the sea.
Or walked in the of the depth.
Yahuah the fountains of the deep.
These fountains were "strengthened" or restrained—until the Flood, when they were released.
The earth's crust BROKE OPEN. Massive amounts of water erupted from underground reservoirs with incredible force. This explains:
1. What does the Hebrew word "baqa" (broken up) mean?
○ A) Gentle opening ○ B) To split, rip open, burst forth ○ C) To close ○ D) To drip slowly
2. What happened FIRST according to Genesis 7:11?
○ A) Windows of heaven opened ○ B) Fountains of the deep broken up ○ C) Rain fell ○ D) Noah entered the ark
3. What are the "fountains of the great deep"?
○ A) Ocean waves ○ B) Subterranean water reservoirs ○ C) Rivers ○ D) Clouds
1. The Flood was a gentle rain, not a violent catastrophe.
○ True ○ False
2. The "great deep" (tehom) existed before Day 1 of creation.
○ True ○ False
3. The fountains of the deep erupted before the windows of heaven opened.
○ True ○ False
"...were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."
Write from memory:
Close this workbook. Write: What "baqa" means. The order of events in Genesis 7:11. What the fountains of the deep were.
Items I need to review:
Explain to someone what "fountains of the great deep" means and how it caused the Flood.
Person: Date:
☐ Look up "baqa" in a Strong's concordance
☐ Research subterranean water reservoirs discovered today
☐ Study how fossils form (rapid burial required)
☐ Other:
What I did:
The second source of Flood waters: the windows of heaven.
From Genesis 7:11: The of were opened.
The word "windows" is "arubbah" (Strong's #699), meaning:
These are literal openings in the firmament through which the waters above poured down.
From Genesis 1:7, we know there are waters the firmament.
When the windows opened, these waters to the earth.
The was upon the earth forty days and nights.
This was the first rain in history—the release of the waters above the firmament.
The fountains of the deep were .
The windows of heaven were .
The rain was .
The term "windows" implies structure—openings in the solid firmament. You cannot "open" or "close" empty space.
This confirms the firmament is a real, solid structure with openings that can be opened and shut.
1. What does "arubbah" (windows) mean?
○ A) Empty space ○ B) Lattice, window, floodgate ○ C) Clouds ○ D) Mist
2. How long did the rain fall?
○ A) 7 days ○ B) 40 days and nights ○ C) 150 days ○ D) 1 year
3. What happened in Genesis 8:2?
○ A) More rain fell ○ B) The fountains and windows were stopped ○ C) The ark landed ○ D) Noah left the ark
1. The "windows of heaven" implies a physical structure that can be opened.
○ True ○ False
2. It had rained many times before the Flood.
○ True ○ False
3. Yahuah stopped the fountains and windows after 40 days.
○ True ○ False
"The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained."
Close this workbook. Write: What "arubbah" means. Where the windows of heaven are. How long the rain fell.
Items I need to review:
Explain to someone the "windows of heaven" and how they confirm the firmament's structure.
Person: Date:
☐ Look up "arubbah" in a Strong's concordance
☐ Draw a diagram showing the fountains below and windows above
☐ Study other uses of "windows of heaven" in Scripture (Malachi 3:10)
☐ Other:
What I did:
The Flood was global, not local. Scripture makes this abundantly clear.
the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.
The mountains were .
The waters rose at least cubits (22+ feet) above the highest mountains.
flesh died that moved upon the earth.
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life .
Every living substance was from the earth.
Only and those in the ark survived.
The world that then was .
1. How much of the earth did the Flood cover?
○ A) Just a valley ○ B) The Middle East ○ C) All the high hills under the whole heaven ○ D) Half the earth
2. How many people survived outside the ark?
○ A) Thousands ○ B) Hundreds ○ C) A few ○ D) None
3. The waters rose how far above the mountains?
○ A) 5 cubits ○ B) 10 cubits ○ C) 15 cubits ○ D) 100 cubits
1. The Flood was a local event affecting only one region.
○ True ○ False
2. All land animals with the breath of life died except those on the ark.
○ True ○ False
3. Some humans survived the Flood outside the ark.
○ True ○ False
"Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished."
Close this workbook. Write: Evidence the Flood was global. Who survived. Why Yahuah sent the Flood.
Items I need to review:
Explain to someone why the Flood HAD to be global based on Scripture.
Person: Date:
☐ Read Genesis 7:17-24 and count how many times "all" appears
☐ Research local flood theory arguments and their weaknesses
☐ Study why the ark's size was necessary for a global flood
☐ Other:
What I did:
The Flood was not a 40-day event. The earth was covered for over a year.
| Event | Date | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Flood began | 600th year, month, day | — |
| Waters prevailed | — | days |
| Ark rested on Ararat | month, day | 5 months |
| Earth dried | 601st year, month, day | — |
| Total Time | ~ year, days | |
1. How long did the waters prevail on the earth?
○ A) 40 days ○ B) 100 days ○ C) 150 days ○ D) 365 days
2. Approximately how long was Noah on the ark total?
○ A) 40 days ○ B) 5 months ○ C) Over 1 year ○ D) 2 years
3. Where did the ark rest?
○ A) Mount Sinai ○ B) Mount Ararat ○ C) Mount Everest ○ D) Mount Zion
1. The Flood lasted only 40 days total.
○ True ○ False
2. The waters prevailed for 150 days.
○ True ○ False
3. Noah was on the ark for over a year.
○ True ○ False
40 days — Rain fell
150 days — Waters prevailed
~1 year — Total time on ark
Close this workbook. Write: The complete Flood timeline. Key durations (40 days, 150 days, 1 year).
Items I need to review:
Explain the Flood timeline to someone, showing this wasn't a brief event.
Person: Date:
☐ Create a visual timeline of the Flood
☐ Calculate the exact days from Genesis 7-8
☐ Research the size of the ark and what it could hold
☐ Other:
What I did:
The Flood permanently changed the structure of the earth.
Before: Waters above the firmament (Genesis 1:7)
After: Most (or all) of those waters fell to earth, resulting in:
Yahuah set His in the cloud.
This was the first (because there had been no rain before the Flood).
The waters covered the .
At Yahuah's rebuke, they .
The waters went up by the and down by the .
In Peleg's days, the earth was .
(This may refer to language division at Babel or continental separation.)
After the Flood, Yahuah permitted eating .
1. What was the sign of Yahuah's covenant after the Flood?
○ A) The sun ○ B) The moon ○ C) The rainbow ○ D) Stars
2. What happened to the mountains according to Psalm 104?
○ A) They stayed the same ○ B) They rose up ○ C) They disappeared ○ D) They became volcanoes
3. What new permission did Yahuah give Noah?
○ A) To build cities ○ B) To eat meat ○ C) To worship idols ○ D) To live forever
1. The rainbow existed before the Flood.
○ True ○ False
2. The post-Flood world was different from the pre-Flood world.
○ True ○ False
3. Mankind ate meat before the Flood.
○ True ○ False
Close this workbook. Write: 4 major changes after the Flood. Why there was no rainbow before. What happened to mountains and valleys.
Items I need to review:
Explain to someone how the post-Flood world differed from the pre-Flood world.
Person: Date:
☐ The next time you see a rainbow, remember Yahuah's covenant
☐ Research pre-Flood vs. post-Flood lifespans
☐ Study Psalm 104 and its description of the Flood
☐ Other:
What I did:
The Flood left unmistakable evidence across the earth.
Sedimentary rock covers over 75% of the earth's surface. These layers extend across continents, contain billions of fossils, and show rapid burial.
This matches a Flood, not millions of years.
Fossils require rapid burial. The Flood explains:
Coal and oil form from buried organic matter. The Flood buried vast forests and organisms.
These deposits are found , consistent with a global catastrophe.
Polystrate fossils extend through multiple rock layers. If each layer took thousands of years, the tree would decay.
Instead, the layers formed during the Flood.
The Grand Canyon shows rapid water erosion. Similar formations have formed in or years—not millions of years.
Over 200 cultures worldwide have flood legends involving a global flood, a family saved in a boat, and animals brought aboard.
Why? Because they all descended from Noah's family.
1. How much of the earth's surface is covered by sedimentary rock?
○ A) 25% ○ B) 50% ○ C) Over 75% ○ D) 10%
2. What do polystrate fossils prove?
○ A) Slow formation ○ B) Rapid burial ○ C) Evolution ○ D) No flood
3. How many cultures have flood legends?
○ A) 3 ○ B) 20 ○ C) Over 200 ○ D) Only 1
1. Marine fossils on mountaintops are evidence of a global flood.
○ True ○ False
2. Fossils form slowly over millions of years.
○ True ○ False
3. Only the Bible has a flood account; no other culture has flood legends.
○ True ○ False
Close this workbook. Write: 6 evidences for the global Flood and what each proves.
Items I need to review:
Explain at least 3 evidences for the global Flood to someone.
Person: Date:
☐ Research polystrate fossils online
☐ Study flood legends from other cultures
☐ Visit a museum and look for Flood evidence
☐ Other:
What I did:
One major (and often overlooked) reason for the Flood: the Nephilim.
The sons of took wives of the daughters of men.
They produced (Nephilim).
These became mighty men, men of .
The word "giants" is "Nephilim" (Strong's #5303), meaning:
The Nephilim were the offspring of fallen angels and human women. This corrupted the human bloodline.
The wickedness of man was .
Every imagination was only continually.
Noah was in his generations.
The word "perfect" (Hebrew: tamim) can mean "without blemish" or "genetically pure."
To preserve the human race and the promised seed (Messiah), Yahuah had to destroy the Nephilim and reset creation. Noah's family was the only genetically pure line remaining.
1. Who were the "sons of Elohim" who took human wives?
○ A) Godly men ○ B) Fallen angels ○ C) Kings ○ D) Priests
2. What does "Nephilim" mean?
○ A) Righteous ones ○ B) Fallen ones / Giants ○ C) Prophets ○ D) Angels
3. Why was Noah chosen to survive?
○ A) He was rich ○ B) He was perfect/pure in his generations ○ C) He was a king ○ D) Random choice
1. The Nephilim were hybrid offspring of fallen angels and human women.
○ True ○ False
2. Wickedness was only present in some areas before the Flood.
○ True ○ False
3. Noah's bloodline was corrupted by the Nephilim.
○ True ○ False
"Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with Elohim."
Close this workbook. Write: Who the Nephilim were. Why the Flood was necessary. What "perfect in his generations" means.
Items I need to review:
Explain to someone the Nephilim connection to the Flood.
Person: Date:
☐ Study Genesis 6:1-4 in depth
☐ Research the Book of Enoch's account of the Watchers
☐ Study "sons of Elohim" in Job 1:6 and 2:1
☐ Other:
What I did:
After the Flood, Yahuah made a covenant with Noah.
Yahuah promised not to the ground again.
He will not every living thing again.
While the earth remains, the seasons will not .
Yahuah promises there will never be another to destroy the earth.
The sign of the covenant is the in the cloud.
This covenant is for generations.
1. What is the sign of Yahuah's covenant with Noah?
○ A) Circumcision ○ B) Sabbath ○ C) Rainbow ○ D) Dove
2. What did Yahuah promise would NOT cease?
○ A) Sin ○ B) Seedtime, harvest, seasons, day/night ○ C) Rain ○ D) Earthquakes
3. For how long is this covenant valid?
○ A) 1000 years ○ B) Until Yahusha returns ○ C) Perpetual generations ○ D) Already ended
1. Yahuah promised to never destroy the earth by flood again.
○ True ○ False
2. The rainbow is just a natural phenomenon with no spiritual meaning.
○ True ○ False
3. The covenant with Noah was only for Noah's generation.
○ True ○ False
"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth."
Close this workbook. Write: What Yahuah promised. What the rainbow signifies. How long the covenant lasts.
Items I need to review:
Explain Yahuah's covenant with Noah to someone, including the rainbow's meaning.
Person: Date:
☐ The next time you see a rainbow, thank Yahuah for His faithfulness
☐ Share the meaning of the rainbow with someone
☐ Memorize Genesis 9:13
☐ Other:
What I did:
The Flood was the first global judgment. The next will be by fire.
The world that was, perished by .
The heavens and earth which are now are reserved unto .
This fire is for the day of and perdition of ungodly men.
The heavens shall away with a great noise.
The elements shall with fervent heat.
The earth and everything in it shall be up.
Just as the Flood came suddenly and destroyed the unprepared, so will the final judgment.
Will you be found in the ark (Yahusha HaMashiach)?
1. What is the next global judgment reserved for?
○ A) Water again ○ B) Fire ○ C) Wind ○ D) Earthquake
2. When will the day of Yahuah come?
○ A) Predictably ○ B) Never ○ C) As a thief in the night ○ D) After a warning period
3. Who is our "ark" of salvation today?
○ A) Our good works ○ B) Yahusha HaMashiach ○ C) The church building ○ D) Nothing
1. There will never be another global judgment.
○ True ○ False
2. The next judgment will be by fire.
○ True ○ False
3. We will have plenty of warning before the final judgment.
○ True ○ False
"But the day of Yahuah will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise..."
Close this workbook. Write: The parallel between the Flood judgment and the final judgment. What the next judgment will be. How to be prepared.
Items I need to review:
Share with someone the connection between the Flood and the coming judgment by fire.
Person: Date:
☐ Share the Gospel with someone this week
☐ Examine your own standing with Yahuah
☐ Study 2 Peter 3 completely
☐ Other:
What I did:
After completing this study, answer the following:
How does biblical cosmology explain the Flood?
What were the two sources of Flood waters?
Was the Flood local or global? What does Scripture say?
What changes occurred in the post-Flood world?
What evidence do we see today of the global Flood?
How does the Flood point to the final judgment?
Instructions: After completing each lesson, return to review at these intervals.
| Lesson | Completed | Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | Day 21 | Day 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pre-Flood Structure | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 2. Fountains of the Deep | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 3. Windows of Heaven | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 4. Extent of the Flood | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 5. Duration of the Flood | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 6. Post-Flood Changes | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 7. Flood Evidence | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 8. Nephilim & the Flood | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 9. Yahuah's Covenant | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
| 10. Judgment by Fire | ___/___/___ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ |
"Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished." — 2 Peter 3:6
firmament, below, above, Heaven, old, water, water, rain, rain, mist
MC: 1-B, 2-C, 3-B | T/F: 1-T, 2-F, 3-T
deep, windows, springs, search, strengthened
MC: 1-B, 2-B, 3-B | T/F: 1-F, 2-T, 3-T
windows, heaven, above, fell, rain, stopped, stopped, restrained
MC: 1-B, 2-B, 3-B | T/F: 1-T, 2-F, 3-T
All, covered, fifteen, All, died, destroyed, Noah, perished
MC: 1-C, 2-D, 3-C | T/F: 1-F, 2-T, 3-F
second, seventeenth, 150, seventh, seventeenth, second, twenty-seventh, 1, 10
MC: 1-C, 2-C, 3-B | T/F: 1-F, 2-T, 3-T
bow, rainbow, mountains, fled, mountains, valleys, divided, meat
MC: 1-C, 2-B, 3-B | T/F: 1-F, 2-T, 3-F
global, worldwide, rapidly, days
MC: 1-C, 2-B, 3-C | T/F: 1-T, 2-F, 3-F
Elohim, giants, renown, great, evil, perfect
MC: 1-B, 2-B, 3-B | T/F: 1-T, 2-F, 3-F
curse, smite, cease, flood, rainbow, perpetual
MC: 1-C, 2-B, 3-C | T/F: 1-T, 2-F, 3-F
water, fire, judgment, pass, melt, burned
MC: 1-B, 2-C, 3-B | T/F: 1-F, 2-T, 3-F
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"The world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished." — 2 Peter 3:6