Did the Flood Cover Mountains?

(Copyright) by Ernest L. Martin (Portland, Oregon)  Did the Flood of Noah produce so much water that all the mountains of the earth were submerged? What is the real meaning of Noah’s Flood? Recognizing that the river system that was known in the time of Adam was still in evidence in Moses’ day, goes a long way in showing that the topographical features of the earth in and around Mesopotamia were essentially the same at both periods of time. This gives reasonable proof that nothing in a geographical sense was drastically altered when the flood came on the earth in the […]

Did Noah Have a Rain Gauge?

(Copyright) by Ernest L. Martin (Portland, Oregon)  What were the waters in the firmament that finally came down to earth? In what form were they before they came to earth? An interesting question now presents itself for our attention. If 15 cubits of water (276 inches of rainfall) descended upon earth, from where did that water have its origin? That is what we want to determine if possible, and it may be shown in the Bible itself. Since the results of the flood, according to Moses, were worldwide in extent, it can reasonably be believed that there was a uniform (or […]

Are UFO’s Real?

by Ernest L. Martin (Portland, Oregon)  The letters UFO stand for ‘unidentified flying object.’ Technically, any flying object that remains unidentified by humans can be called a UFO. This means that if you are walking down a gravel road and a car comes that causes a small stone to hit you and you are unable to later identify it (because of the mass of small stones on the roadway), that would be a UFO. However, that is not what we are referring to in this Doctrinal Report We are also not speaking about weather balloons, lenticular clouds, new research aircraft, or unusual […]