Hi Rick and Byblos. Rick you asked: how do you explain the Noahic flood story?
Was it a local flood with only the Adamic race being destroyed, as the other races were already dispersed throughout the globe? Or, was it a local flood, that destroyed all races, that lived in a local area? Or, was it a global flood that destroyed all races, including the Adamic race?
Yes, I believe it was a local flood. To be more specific the sole purpose of God sending the flood was to destroy the offspring of the Sons of God (Fallen angels) and the daughters of Adam, which were called giants or Geber in the Hebrew. The word "men" in Gen 6:1 is the same word used in Gen 2:7, (eth ha 'adam) meaning "the man Adam". It is not speaking about humanity in general. Much of the lineage of Adam had been corrupted by the giants. Noah and his family however, God considered perfect in their generation. I happen to believe they were the only ones of the Adamic line that had not interbred with the Sons of God. God's command to Noah was that he bring every 'flesh' aboard the ark. Humans are made of flesh, so it could be surmised that the only other humans were those in the local area of the flood because I believe as you asked, that the other races (ethnos) were already dispersed throughout the globe. I know in 1Pet 3:20 it says only 8 souls were saved but this is specifically referring to only Adam's lineage. There could have been more humans aboard the ark, just not Adamic. I believe only the remainder of the Adamic bloodline was destroyed. And I believe that this attack on Adam's lineage was purposely directed by Satan because if the lineage was destroyed, Christ then could not be born though that lineage.
You also asked: Are you saying the Adamic line was created on or after the 7th day?
After. God certainly did complete the work during the six days and rested on the seventh but I don't believe God quit working, forming and creating altogether. God still sustains and upholds the universe. We know from the miracles of Jesus that He created loaves and fish from nothing (if you believe the feeding of the multitudes were examples of creation ex nihilo). We know the Holy Spirit works among people even today. Plus scripture says that God will create a new heaven and earth in Isa 65:17 and Jesus claims in John 5:17 (NIV), In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” I guess I'll move the ball to your court. Do you believe that God stopped working after the sixth day and hasn't created anything since then Rick?
And you asked: 3) What is the Adamic race you refer to?
That would be all the descendents from Adam to Noah and then from Noah there would be a branching out of many descendents which formed specific ethnic groups. For example, I believe that the father of all the Greeks is Javan, son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, in Gen 10:2. Here is Javan's name defined from Strong's concordance:
http://www.sacrednamebible.com/kjvstrongs/index2.htm
3120 Yavan
yaw-vawn'
probably from the same as 'yayin' (3196); effervescing (i.e. hot and active); Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia:--Javan.
As you know, Adam's lineage moves down the generations to Noah, to Abraham, to Jacob from which the twelve tribes of Israel appear, to Judah the fourth born of Jacob, to David and then to Christ. I don't believe the descendents of Adam are any better or worse than any other ethnic group, even though there have been ethnic slurs and self-righteous hypocricy from those who thought they were better than others simply by bloodline.
And Byblos you asked: how do you explain Adam's fall propagating to all if they are not from his lineage?
Well correct me if I'm wrong but were the Gentiles (non Israelite peoples), even held accountable for sin until the book of Acts with the emergence of the Church, when Gentiles were engrafted into the family of Abraham through the sacrifice of Christ as in the example of Corneilius? I believe Christ preached the Gospel to those that were dead including Gentiles in 1Pet 4:6, during the time He was in the tomb so that the dead would be accountable but I thought it was up to the the believers in the Church to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, for how were the Gentiles to know what a sin was? Granted, they would have known elements of what is right or wrong because the same God created the Gentiles as created Adam's line but Paul the apostle claims he wouldn't know what a sin was except for the law, Rom 7:7.
