Ark Encounter, July 12, 2016, The Voyage Of A Book, Post 8

This is an interesting photograph because it looks from the lowest deck up to the top deck and you can get an idea the size of the trees and timbers that support this massive structure. Also note the bolts that have been used to securely fasten some of the timbers together. 

This posting (8) covers The Voyage of a Book which tell various Personal Stories of Taking The Bible Around The World.

The Voyage of a Book

  

 The Ark Has Landed on Solid Ground, Noah, His Family And The Animals Leave The Ark.  

 Entrance Into The Jerusalem Section 

Following The Landing of The Ark we Find The Jewish Priest Ezra Hundreds of Years Later Living in Captivity in Babylon. He was a Teacher Well Versed in The Law of Moses And he Goes to Jerusalem Where The Temple Has Been Rebuilt. The Accounting of All This Can be Found in The Old testament in The Book of Ezra. This is a Fascinating Account of God Dealing With His People Israel.

 Ezra a Man Without a Home 

 Ezra Returns Home

 Ezra Mourns and Prays for his People

 The Jewish Community is Restored in Jerusalem   

 Again Hundreds of Years later in Jerusalem we Find Saul Also Known As Paul Who Is a Pharisee Whose Job is to Make Sure Everybody Follows the law. 

 Saul Encounters Jesus and he Begins to Urge People to Believe in Jesus of Nazareth as the Promised Messiah. 

 Now Saul Begins His New Journey and Will be Known as Paul. 

 Now we Come to Ethiopia 

 Frumetius and His Brother 

 Now in High Level Positions in The Government The King Dies and They are Free. 

 The Queen Knows Her Son is to Young to Rein. She Begs Frumentius to Stay and Run 
The Country.

 Frumentius Agrees Knowing he Can Further the Cause of Christianity.

 Frumentius Becomes Bishop. Devotes His Life to the People of Ethiopia. Christianity Becomes Official Religion of Ethiopia.

 Christian Ethiopia: The Earliest Reference is Found Acts Chapter 8. 

  The Gospel in Europe

Myles Cloverdale

Myles a Young Minister Devoted to God

His Friends William Tyndale and John Rogers Killed

Myles in Exile Completes and Prints First Bible in English

The Gospel in China

Hudson Taylor in China

Taylor to Fit in Dresses like Chinese and is Criticized by His Friends.

The Chinese Accept Him but Due to Illness He Has to Returns to England and Starts Translating the Bible Into Mandarin.

Australia - The Gospel is Taken to Australia. I Was Unable to Get Any Photographs in
This Display.

The Gospel in Polar Lands

Ernest Shackleton - The Antarctic is Calling.

The Frozen Antarctic 

Ernest Shackleton - The Broad Waters Are Frozen Fast.

The Gospel in South America

Chief Shoefoot Spreads the Gospel in The Amazon/South America

Chief Shoefoot Was a Shaman

Chief Shoefoot Hears The Gospel Message And is Set Free

He Comes to America to Learn More About The Bible And His New Faith And Returns to the Amazon to Teach His People.

The Gospel in North America

John Eliot is a Puritan Minister.

And we Come to The Present Day And Time Where The Gospel is Preached and Taught

Throughout Our Land And we Just Pray That we Are Permitted to Continue to do so.

Coming out of the Voyage of a Book you find the door through which Noah and his family and all the animals entered and left the Ark. Next to this door is a display which depicts event s at the cross where Jesus Christ was crucified. The following  photographs describe this scene.

Mocking Thief. Just like the thief who mocked Christ and people have since that time still mock Christ. We need His forgiveness.

The Centurion by The Cross

The Centurion by The Cross Accurately Identified Jesus

Jesus on The Cross

Jesus on The Cross. Just Before He Died He Uttered These Words Found in The New Testament in the Book of John Chapter  19 Verse 30  . " It Is Finished ".

Repentant Thief

Words of The Repentant Thief.

Empty Tomb

Christ Was Taken Down From The Cross And Placed in a Tomb Carved out of the Rocks. After three days He was Raised From The Dead.

Examine Your Heart

Examine Your Heart

Just as the Door to the Ark was the entrance into safety. security, and salvation for Noah,

his family and all the animals that entered with him so also is Jesus Christ the door to salvation to all who will confess their sins and call upon Him to save them. Don't be like the untold number of people who did not heed Noah's call for people to turn to God and were left to perish when God closed the door of the Ark and flooded the world. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior this moment as you read this.

Door to enter and exit the Ark

Opposite the door to the Ark is the above depiction of Jesus Christ and the two thieves
on their crosses 

 General views throughout the Ark were covered in post # 1. The living quarters were covered in posting 2. Posting  3 covers the display on the third deck and covers just the Flood display.   Post Number 4 covers the display about the Ice Age which obviously happened after the Flood. Post number 5 covers Babel which was built when the people did not obey God following the flood. God told the people to multiply and spread all over the earth  Instead they decided to stay in one place and build a city and a tower.  We see what God did.  Posting number 6 goes back to the entrance and picks up some areas not previously covered.  Posting (7) covers a question we hear asked all the time when there is a big storm, accident, fire or other situation where there is a lot of suffering, starvation and loss of life. That question is " Why Does a Loving God Allow so Much Death And Suffering?"  "Was it Just For God to Judge The Whole World?" "Is God Cruel?" Also included are animals not previously posted that make the trip worthwhile.

You can see my earlier postings on the Ark and my travels by visiting my blog which can be found at Grandpa Bill and Black Beauty Travel Or Grandpa Bill And Lady Blue travel

http://www.wdiven.blogspot.com.  Once there search index ( over 300 ) of older postings.Since May 1912 I have visited numerous National Parks and many Presidential libraries and Museums and many other historic locations.  As always comments are welcome.

Remember as I always say God loves you and so do I.

Grandpa Bill