Well, welcome back to another episode of Five Minutes in Church History. On this episode, I am at Genesis chapter 6 verse 16.

Now I need to explain that to you.

Genesis chapter 6 verse 16 says,

Make a roof for the ark and finish a cubit above.

I'm actually standing on the roof of the ark, not the ark, the original ark, but the ark encounter.

A reproduction. I'm here in Williamstown in North Kentucky and I am on the roof of what is the world's largest framed timber structure.

It's a reproduction of the ark. We know from Genesis 6 that Noah was instructed to build this big boat, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, 30 cubits high.

And what we have here is a reproduction and it is full of fascinating things.

There's the ground deck, a deck one, a deck two, and a deck three.

On deck one, we've got animals, animals, and animals, lions, tigers, bears, and snakes, and even sloths.

And there is wood everywhere.

Well, up on deck two, more wood, more animals, and all kinds of material on Noah, Noah the man, Noah leading up to the building of the ark.

And then up on deck three, there's just some fascinating exhibits on flood geology, on ancient man.

We have the living quarters for Mr. and Mrs. Noah and their sons and their wives.

As an aside, you will find inside the ark encounter something you probably were not expecting to see.

You will find Hudson Taylor's chair.

This of course is the missionary to China and to use this chair sometime between 1870 to 1890 and here it is and the ark encounter.

Outside of the ark and behind it is a zoo.

I think there's a kangaroo and a few other animals there that are interesting as well.

While the ark takes your breath away, you come off the highway, you see it in the horizon.

It blocks the sun.

It stands as a massive testimony to the Bible.

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