Comments on: Was the flood a form of baptism for the earth? https://askgramps.org/was-the-flood-a-form-of-baptism-for-the-earth/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:16:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kate https://askgramps.org/was-the-flood-a-form-of-baptism-for-the-earth/#comment-35833 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:43:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32150#comment-35833 In reply to Mr.Berry.

Timey-wimey wibbly wobbly stuff. Nothing is quite as old as it seems, or it’s more old than it seems. Rather hard to tell when all things in our universe are eternal. Matter can neither be created or destroyed, it only changes form. What do we know about how old rock really is?

]]> By: Kate https://askgramps.org/was-the-flood-a-form-of-baptism-for-the-earth/#comment-35832 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:39:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32150#comment-35832 Where in the Holy Bible does it mention the Earth being baptized by water, and will later be baptized by fire? I know I’ve read it in the Old Testamemt somewhere, but I can’t remember where. I remember it was worded kind of funny and took some real brain stretching, but I know it’s there. Please help?

]]> By: Mr.Berry https://askgramps.org/was-the-flood-a-form-of-baptism-for-the-earth/#comment-35104 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:05:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32150#comment-35104 It would be a great idea if the flood actually occurred. The flood story, at the time indicated in the bible, is an allegory. It did not physically happen in the time period. If there was a great flood, it happened 1,000’s and 1,000’s of years before the time line in the bible. I can accept this without it destroying my faith.

]]> By: bradley https://askgramps.org/was-the-flood-a-form-of-baptism-for-the-earth/#comment-34046 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:47:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32150#comment-34046 There is a great book called, Earth, In the Beginning, by Skousen. Great read for this question. It discusses the process of earth and its purpolses.

]]> By: AbbeyRoad https://askgramps.org/was-the-flood-a-form-of-baptism-for-the-earth/#comment-34044 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:06:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32150#comment-34044 Joseph Smith said, Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.

]]> By: Robert https://askgramps.org/was-the-flood-a-form-of-baptism-for-the-earth/#comment-34043 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:14:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=32150#comment-34043 I’ve used this principle many times with evangelicals and born-again Christians to help them understand the relevance of Joseph Smith as a prophet of God. For they too, understand that the flood was a baptism of the earth. I tell them, Noah was the prophet who warned the earth a few hundred years before the earth’s baptism by water. Joseph Smith was the prophet who warned the earth a few hundred years before the earth’s baptism by fire. No one has been able to refute the logic.

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