Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in
store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly
men. 2 Peter 3:6,7
"...men, beasts, aand trees, many times larger than those now upon the earth, ... should be buried in the earth at the time of the flood, and there be preserved to evidence to man that the inhabitants of the old world perished by a flood. God designed that the discovery of these things in the earth should establish the faith of men in inspired history. but men, with their vain reasoning, make a wrong use of these things which God designed should lead them to exalt Him." Spiritual Gifts vol. III-IV p. 95,96 E.G.W.
"...men, beasts, aand trees, many times larger than those now upon the earth, ... should be buried in the earth at the time of the flood, and there be preserved to evidence to man that the inhabitants of the old world perished by a flood. God designed that the discovery of these things in the earth should establish the faith of men in inspired history. but men, with their vain reasoning, make a wrong use of these things which God designed should lead them to exalt Him." Spiritual Gifts vol. III-IV p. 95,96 E.G.W.