A life-size replica of Noah’s Ark is being built near Williamstown, Kentucky. The project, called Ark Encounter, is headed by Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis.
CBN News reports that the massive replica of the ark is 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high.
"One of the things people say when they come here, they stand and look
at it and they say, 'Wow, we never realized this was so big,’” shared
Ham in an interview with CBN News.
Ham and his team, which includes Amish carpenters who are lending their
expertise to the project, hope to show visitors that Noah’s Ark is more
than just a children’s Bible story.
"People are used to those bathtub arks with straws sticking out the
chimney, about to sink at any moment," Ham said with a smile. "And when
they see the size of this, then they start saying, 'Well maybe Noah
could fit the land animal kinds on board.'"
"That's really what we're doing here,” Ham continued, “showing the
feasibility of this: how could Noah feed them? How could they get rid
of the waste?"
Ark Encounter is set to open to the public on July 7, 2016, a day
chosen specifically since in Genesis 7:7 Noah and his family entered the
ark.
"What we want people to take away from this is 'I didn't realize Noah's
Ark was so big and wow, they answered a lot of questions,'" said Ham.
"And we're not forcing the Christian message on them, but it's going to
be there for them. And if people just go away saying 'hmm, maybe I need
to look into this. Maybe I need to consider what the Bible says,' then
to me, we've accomplished a lot.”
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