These three
verses demonstrate God's wisdom when it comes to construction. In the last
century or so, it has been discovered that the ratio of length to width to
depth is perfect and just the right ratio for ship building. God, of course,
knew this 4500 years ago. He knows all science, all technology, how everything
works in the world. When we dedicate ourselves to following him, he blesses the
discoveries and inventions of those who love him.
This does not
mean that Noah knew these facts about shipbuilding of course.
Some will
contend that technology was as far advanced by Noah's day as it is today. This
may be true; we considered earlier the possibility of an Edison or another
great inventor living as long as Adam did. They could indeed create great
things and discover wonderful facts about our world. We know from some sources
about ooparts, artifacts that appear out of place given where they were
discovered. we also know that the pyramids have some shafts which could not
have been created except with the precision tools we had in the late 20th
century.
Either way,
Noah doesn’t need to have had the requisite knowledge to build an ark apart
from what God told him. Ship building requires specific skills which not
everyone would know even now. Add to that the fact that it might not have
rained upon the earth at that point, and you see that Noah could have been
building the ark as a pure amateur.
This is
certainly in keeping with God's practice of using people who don't measure up
to human standards of greatness. David, for instance, was called from his
position as a shepherd to slay the giant Goliath and then become king of
Israel. Elsewhere in Scripture we are told that God uses the foolish things of
this world to confound the wise.
There is, of
course, another possibility, which is that all these shipbuilders were busy
creating massive ships of war and were not following the Lord at a time when
the world was rapidly moving towards destruction.
Either way it's
also worth noting that God had plans for anyone to be saved if they chose.
There was room on the ark for many people, and in fact only 30% of the
available space was occupied when the flood came. God always makes provision
for his mercy to be shown, if only people will receive it. The rooms were
almost certainly for the animals, but those three floors were clearly for more
than just Noah, his three sons, and their wives.
