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從孩子們夏令營結束到新學期開學之間有一個半星期的空檔，於是我和慕南姐妹決定一起帶孩子們去看看傳說中的諾亞方舟。
Noah’s Ark， 開放之際就迅速被朋友圈所刷屏，無論是主內還是主外的朋友們都紛紛表示，一定要去，會去看看，有機會要去，很想去。。。等等等等。
為什麽這麽火？
因為它經曆了太多的批評與非議，最終憑借著堅定的信念，完整呈現給世人，挪亞方舟不僅僅是一座建築，更是一個最有力的見證。
方舟公園離我們算不上太遠，它位於Kentucky的Willamstown，距離芝加哥市區4小時，我們因為在北郊，所以需要5個半小時車程，加上休息，總共單程花了7個多小時。
我們周二中午出發，周三深夜回來。我負責開車，慕南負責禱告。
真的是很感謝神，我從來沒有單獨連續開過這麽遠的路，中途雖然吃飯加油稍作休息，但是接連兩天的遊完和駕駛，我居然沒有感覺到累沒有絲毫的睏乏，感謝神保守和看顧著我們的行程。
初到方舟的時候，我並不覺得震撼，外觀上就是一個船型的建築，除此之外，我看不到什麽更多特別之處，我對這座人工建築的熱情完全來自於對建造者執著精神的感動。
可是，當我們進入到方舟裏麵的時候，我真的驚呆住了！
方舟按照聖經描寫的尺寸來複製打造，長300腕尺，寬30腕尺，高50腕尺，全部主體結構沒有用一根釘子！一根釘子都沒有用！整整4層，全部是木匠活，137米長23米高，從底層貫穿到屋頂的支撐是巨型樹木，所有的接合處都是木楔和木齒嚴絲合縫的結結實實咬合在一起。真是非常震撼，它不僅是世界上最大的木質結構建築，它更是一座用虔誠的心擺上的敬拜。
方舟總耗資近億美元，是AIG（answers in genesis）所興建，創辦人 ken Ham特意選擇在7月7日這天對公眾開放，以此呼應《創世紀》第7章7節所描述的挪亞進入方舟躲避洪水。挪亞方舟所要傳遞的是神的慈愛，憐憫和救恩。
Ken說，他希望看到數以百萬計的遊客參觀方舟之後，能感受到大洪水提醒我們神施行審判，但神也為挪亞一家人預備救恩的計劃，而對我們現代人來說，耶穌基督就是現代版的挪亞方舟 ，在耶穌裏麵有救恩，祂施行拯救。挪亞方舟所傳遞出的信息正是這世界所需要的，尤其在日漸黑暗的屬靈文化中，這信息格外綻放出耀眼的光芒。
2010年當Ken 提出建造挪亞方舟的想法的時候，很多人都認為他瘋了，遇到了很多反對與挫折，正如挪亞曾經麵臨的各種挑戰，各種冷嘲熱諷。有人說他是一個投機分子，也有人說他是打著宗教的名義去牟利。耗時，耗力，飽受爭議和批評，工程也受到影響和滯後，差點就爛了尾，但是Ken從未想過放棄，一直禱告並堅持，他相信神會開道路，並且理性的與反聖經者用科學方法，從考古的角度，人類學和宗教的角度來展開辯論與探討。
方舟裏麵有各種動物，再現了方舟的結構，動物栩栩如生，還有很多的化石展示和標本，生動而科學的回答進化者的質疑.
很多聖經中的經典場景被再現
這座方舟博物館科學和曆史的完美結合，非常有說服力
當我的眼光專注於建築格局的時候，慕南的眼光被工程的浩大所吸引。
慕南說，這麽大的工程！古代，各種機械化設備缺乏的限製，隻有挪亞和他三個兒子建造，不僅要大，質量一定要過關，有一處不合格這船就白造了，全家和所有不會水的動物性命就會全丟。這工程一定是神啟示給人的！
方舟博物館裏有關於換水，排氣，排汙，喂飼係統的動態展示，慕南非常驚歎船上的換氣功能，透光功能，取水喂食功能，處理所有垃圾糞便功能，等等等等。。。這樣的工程，憑一個沒經曆過船上生活的人是無法自己想象出來的！
慕南說，感謝神與我們一路同在，這是一次非常愉快的旅行，孩子們和我們倆都看到和思想到神對人的拯救和能力，難得我們有這麽美好的經曆！
謝謝收看！
Great question! But honestly, I don't know. :)
I found the below online article for you, and hopefully it can answer your questions.
https://biblescienceguy.wordpress.com/2015/09/02/were-mosquitoes-in-the-garden-of-eden/
Were Mosquitoes in the Garden of Eden?
After wiping dripping blood away, I thought more carefully about the question,
“Were mosquitoes in the Garden of Eden before Adam sinned?”
I concluded that they were in Eden, because Yahweh created mosquitoes just like everything else, and He finished His work of creation in six days.
And maybe Adam did not even name them, because insects are not in the category of creatures that the Bible says Adam named:
Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. (Genesis? ?2:19-20)??
But I think that in Eden mosquitoes were not the annoying pests that they are today, because when Yahweh finished His work of creation, He pronounced everything “Very good.”
God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. (Genesis? ?1:31)
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Mosquitoes — Adam’s Fault
So why are mosquitoes pests today? It is Adam’s fault.
After Adam sinned, Yahweh cursed all of creation. This curse physically changed many things. The ground no longer brought forth only good crops, but now weeds, thorns, and thistles proliferated. Childbirth for women became much more painful. Snakes no longer traveled upright but were condemned to go on their belly. (Genesis 3:14-19)
Yahweh also put enmity between men and snakes. Later after the Flood He changed the brains of animals so that they would fear humans (Genesis 3:15; 9:2).
Another change is that man and animals did not eat meat before the Fall; all were vegetarian. Only after Noah’s Flood did Yahweh authorize man to eat meat (Genesis 9:3).
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food;” and it was so. (Genesis 1:29-30).
We know very little about what animals were like before Adam’s Fall. One thing we do know is that Creation has been severely distorted by God’s Curse as a result of Adam’s sin. (Romans 8:20-22) But nobody knows how much things changed compared to before the Fall. The full extent of the effects of the Fall and Yahweh’s subsequent curse is unknown.
Thus we have no certain information about what mosquitoes were like before the fall, but I suspect mosquitoes were changed from a benign insect into a pest when Yahweh cursed all of creation because of Adam’s sin. Before the Fall, mosquitoes were a beneficial part of Yahweh’s very good ecosystem. Since then they have become the World’s Most Dangerous Creature through transmitting deadly diseases such as malaria, encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue fever.
Even today many mosquito species do not suck blood. They feed on plant nectar and are active in pollinating plants. Pollination was probably the function of the very good mosquitoes that Yahweh originally created.
Before the Fall, female mosquitoes probably got protein for their egg production from certain plants instead of from blood, just as vegetarians today get protein from a plant-based diet. For example, leghemoglobin is a protein similar to hemoglobin that’s found in plants such as soybean and alfalfa.
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Were Mosquitoes on the Ark?
Some people criticize Noah for letting the pair of mosquitoes off the Ark. If only Noah had smacked them, it would have saved untold agony for millions of Noah’s descendants.
But we don’t know whether mosquitoes were on the Ark. The Bible does not specifically say that mosquitoes were on the Ark. It says Noah took “animals and birds and everything that creeps on the ground.” (Genesis? ?7:8)
Mosquitoes could have survived the Flood in egg, larva, or pupa form either on the Ark or on floating vegetation mats outside the Ark.
I think it’s likely that mosquitoes plagued Noah and his sons and their work crews as they labored building the Ark. The increase in exhaled carbon dioxide, body heat, and perspiration due to their physical exertion would be key attractive factors for mosquitoes (see Mosquito: World’s Deadliest Creature). So I don’t think Noah would have been favorably disposed to voluntarily board mosquitoes on the Ark.
Thus we can’t really blame Noah for mosquito bites. We have to blame Adam.
One insect that probably was on the ark is the bee. But where did Noah keep the bees? In the archive of course. How could Noah see to take care of them? He used flood lights!