The Earth had quite a different climate before and after the great flood in the days of Noah. The Book of Genesis provides the description of the beginning of creation and the basis for the water canopy theory. There is actually much information given to the environment of the time before and after the flood. And science and nature confirm the environment spoken of in the Word of God. Your faith in the Holy Scriptures as the inerrant, infallible, and inspired Word of the Living God will be substantiated!

Genesis 1:6, “And God said, let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water. So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And God called the expanse ‘sky.’”  According to God’s Word, he created the earth with water upon it, and a layer he called the expanse which is the atmosphere we breathe today.

With heaven hovering over it; and above the expanse, another layer of water. This layer of water could have been in any of the three physical states that water exists in. The state that this water canopy probably existed was a layer of ice. When scientists put together a theoretical model designed in the way just described, they come up with some astounding scenarios for this water canopy theory. Here is some of the findings:

1. If a water canopy encompassed  the whole earth, it would create a virtual greenhouse, regulating a perfect temperature around the globe in which there would be no storm of any kind. The sky would have been picturesque and clear everyday. It would have created a perfect tropical climate, worldwide! A place God called Paradise!

Prior to Noah’s flood about 4400 years ago according to the Holy Scriptures, this water canopy would have rested above the sky. Ancient people called it a “celestial ocean.” Before the flood of Noah we have no record of clouds or rain, as recorded in Genesis 2:5-6,

“And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”

This cloudless sky that would have existed under this water canopy would then have not allowed a rainbow to have formed PRIOR to the biblical flood.

Genesis 9:12-15,

“And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant. I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.”

This explains the unfamiliarity of the rainbow in the sky during Noah’s time and also, provides its significance. Today, we take it for granted.

2. Another thing that is of consequence, is that it did rain upon the whole earth for 40 days and 40 nights at God’s request. That would be a lot of water in the sky, or better yet above the sky! Giving even more credence to enormous amounts of water in the water canopy that must have fallen in a great catastrophe.

In Genesis 7, God opened the windows of heaven and poured the protective water canopy down upon the earth. This destroyed every creature that had the breath of life in its nostrils; with the exception of the residents of Noah’s Ark. Things would never be the same again.

The destruction of this water canopy has produced devastating results. There are billions of buried fossils from living creatures that were destroyed by water action. ALL fossils including dinosaur bones are found in sandstone or permafrost, which means they were buried by water action. This is simply not discussed when evolutionists and non-believers speak about fossils and dinosaur bones.

There are also countless fish fossils and clams found in the closed position on the world’s mountain peaks. The ONLY way that clams can be fossilized in the closed position is in a FLOOD! Then, the next question is; how can marine fossils be on top of mountain peaks? All the mountains all over the world must have been under water during a flood at the same time. No one outside the biblical doctrine can explain this phenomenon.

Interesting enough, the Word of God has the explanation. In Psalm 104, it speaks about the last part of the flood where the mountains arose, the valleys sank down, and the waters rushed off.

3. Another result of a water canopy above the expanse or sky would be the action of the canopy as a filter, blocking deadly UV rays from the sun which arguably participate in every disease known to man. It would have only taken a layer of ice about 18 inches thick to completely block the harmful rays of the sun such as ultraviolet rays, X-rays, microwaves, etc.. This result of this filter of the sun rays is that life spans of the inhabitants under this canopy would be much longer.

Students of the scriptures know that the average life span before the flood, in the days of Noah, was 911 years. Today, this would seem fantastic and unbelievable were it not for the Holy Scriptures. Once you understand the water canopy theory that is spawned from the scriptures themselves, you find that the science and nature actually provide the proof.

With the water canopy destroyed and replaced by a one-and-one-half inch thick (approximately) ozone layer, the UV rays bombard the earth continually, contributing in a major way to man’s abbreviated 70-year life span.

Immediately after the flood, man's age span drops sharply from an average 911 years to 120 years in Genesis 6:3, and still further down to 70 similar to what the more medically advanced nations know today. The Holy Scriptures stated in Psalms 90:10,

“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”

Something dramatic happened that shortened man's life span so profoundly and it happened during the worldwide flood of Noah. In the beginning of creation God placed a blanket of water above our sky and in the days of Noah he rained it down upon the earth. Surrounding the globe, it would have shielded the world from over 60 major life shortening diseases as well as create a mild tropical paradise, offer perfect air, perfect food, etc., plus protect creation from harmful mutations caused by the sun's radiation. Keep in mind that nearly all mutations are a product of ultraviolet rays from the sun.

Let’s speak briefly about other animals in creation like dinosaurs. We know dinosaurs were reptiles and that reptiles NEVER stop growing. They only thing that limits the size of reptiles is the age limitations. Remember the harmful sun rays that bombard ALL inhabitants of the earth now affect reptiles as well. With pre-flood conditions under a water canopy, these reptiles would live to be much, much older and grow to be much, much LARGER! This would explain the enormous amounts of physical evidence that show all animals including man to be much larger in size than today’s version.

There is so much hard evidence that support the biblical world view. Yet, the evolutionists and willingly ignorant non-believers refuse to accept the truth. Remember, these people are the people who date the age of the strata in which a fossil is found by the age of the index fossil found in it; and then in turn, date the fossil by the age of the strata in which it’s found. They call this, “circular reasoning”! This is irrational train of thought, yet they cannot come to the truth because it goes against their religion that is evolution.

Remember Sir Arthur Keith, a renowned supporter of evolution who wrote the Forward to the 100^th anniversary edition of Darwin’s book, Origin of Species in 1959. His words echo in the cavern that is man’s arrogance,

“Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it ONLY because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.”

Don’t be bamboozled by the proponents of evolution. Their words of “wisdom” are just rhetoric cloaking their faith in a house of cards that is evolutionary religion. The scriptures are clear:

The earth was created just over 6,000 years ago

The earth was deluged by a worldwide flood about 4400 years ago

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, lived, died, and rose from the dead to pay for our transgressions about 2000 years ago

And, stacks of empirical evidence support the Word of God

Romans 1:20-22, “For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”

Don’t be a fool!