


The recurring seasons had come in their order.

“The world before the Flood reasoned that for centuries the laws of nature had been fixed. In Patriarch and Prophets, Ellen White talked about how, prior to the deluge, “the men of renown-the wise, the prudent” argued that the laws of nature were fixed, consistent, steady, and therefore nothing so extraordinary could happen. This isn’t the first time the world’s wise have denied the flood, however. Who knows how many, perhaps millions, of Christians reject the universality of Noah’s flood for one reason: science (the self-proclaimed final arbiter of truth) says no evidence for it exists. His argument was, essentially, “no flood model” could be scientifically construed, therefore no flood occurred. I recently had a heated e-mail exchange with a professed Adventist (a minister!) who had been publicly mocking Noah’s flood.
