There exist quite a several people who believe that the world will come to an end. Although this may happen during our lifetime or maybe in our child’s lifetime, there exist theories out there. One among these theories is that the world may end due to an uncontrollable flood. A few years back, this Dutch billionaire man named Johan Huibers had a sight that the country of Holland would supposedly be flooded again, exactly similar to the tale of ‘Noah and the Ark’ from the Bible.
His dream motivated him to construct the exact reflection of the Bible’s recitation of the Ark. The measurements rely on off the ancient measurement of the cubit which is the length of a man’s arm from the elbow to the fingertips. The Bible illustrates the dimensions as about 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high which is the reason why it took him alongwith his team about 4 years to complete.
Ranging at 450 feet long, he desired to design the Ark more ‘touchable’ by filling the huge Ark with real live birds and plastic animals.
The Ark is about 20,000 sq. meters in size, and it has altogether another outlook on Noah’s history, and background information, together with his other attractions inside, taking into account a restaurant. The restaurant gives a beautiful view of the Merwede River and also the city of Dordrecht.
The Ark is a shelter for two amphitheatres which can be applied to organise events such as concerts, musicals, and much more.
A few of the live animals that inhabited the Ark are rabbits, squirrels, horses, and kangaroos. They did this all to take you back in history to the extent it’s possible.
Because Biblical scholars have different opinions and don’t agree with the Bible’s definition of ‘gopher wood’ which is what the Bible informs Noah constructs the Ark out of, the boat was built by welding metal hulls off of many old barges and applying Scandinavian pine for the skin of the Ark. The building of the Ark has attracted its fair share of worried people as per the Huibers. She replied by informing them that this Ark was constructed as a museum and not a rescue boat.
This Dutch carpenter now desires to sail the massive vessel to Israel.
He says, “This is a copy of God’s ship. It only makes sense to take it to God’s land.”
