The answer to Noah's lost Ark?

Genesis 8:1-4

Many writers, pastors, and theologians have stated, that in each person is a God shaped void, which only God can fill.  After 67 years of life on planet earth, it has become clear that mankind is in a search for something to place hope in, and often it is empty as putting faith in oneself.  Jesus has spoken on how foolish we are to place faith in what we can do; in Matthew’s gospel verse 6:27, “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”  But that does not seem to keep us from looking to fill that void with family, friends, stuff, careers, religion, sports, or anything but the Spirit of the living God.

That brings me to Genesis 8:4, where is the mountain of Ararat? “The Mountain of Ararat is the place named in the Book of Genesis where Noah's ark came to rest after the great flood (Genesis 8:4). Abrahamic tradition associates the mountains of Ararat with Mount Ararat in present-day Turkey. Mount Ararat was, for many centuries, part of the Armenian states, it eventually fell into the hands of the Ottoman Empire and later the Persian Empire (Iran).” Wikipedia encyclopedia 

Why has God given us the general location of the Ark, and yet to this date no one but Noah, his family and the ones that perished in the flood have seen or touched it?  Many have looked, many have reported seeing it, but to my knowledge, no one has proof that can be used in a court of law that it was ever built.  Do you ever ask God questions, like, “God, why not prove to the unbelievers that the Bible’s account of the flood is true by letting us find the Ark?”  I believe that God has answered the question above in Hebrews 11:1-3, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  For by it the people of old received their commendation.  By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.”?  Often we seem to forget that God is the Creator and has the total right to make the rules, and He is not looking for your approval.  Hebrews 11:6, makes this very clear; “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”

It seems to happen often that someone finds the image of Jesus in a tortilla, in the clouds, a piece of wood, in a pool of water, and vast numbers of people go to the site hoping to find Jesus, but like the Ark, He not to be found in that manner.  I’ve seen the picture of the tortilla image of Jesus and I must admit it would have required more faith than I have to believe that was Jesus.  Folks we do not have a clue what Jesus physical body resembled, but man has been trying to make Him fit into the mold of the Jesus they want.  Isaiah 53:2, gives this account; “For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice