Not All Meteorites Are Direct Fragments of Rahab

(This discussion introduces a theory developed by Dr. Wright. This will be presented in several installments and will be an ongoing discussion,)

Secondary Ejecta and the Broader Effects of the Fall

In our model, the asteroid belt consists primarily of remnant fragments from the catastrophic destruction of the terrestrial planet we call Rahab during the Flood year. Most stony, iron, and stony-iron meteorites that reach Earth today are therefore direct descendants of that original Day 4-created body. However, not every meteorite is a piece of Rahab itself. Some meteorites are fragments of the Moon, Mars, and possibly other planetary bodies or moons. These were ejected when violent impacts from Rahab-derived debris delivered enough energy to overcome the escape velocity of the target body.

During the intense Flood-era swarm, Rahab fragments struck the Moon and Mars with sufficient force to blast surface and near-surface material into space. Lunar meteorites (often called lunaites) show mineral and isotopic signatures matching Apollo mission samples from the Moon. Martian meteorites (the SNC group, including shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites) display trapped gases and rock chemistry identical to those measured by Mars landers and rovers. In each case, the high-speed collision from a Rahab fragment provided the necessary impulse to launch the material beyond the parent body’s gravitational pull and into Earth-crossing orbits. The same process could have occurred on other smaller bodies such as Vesta (source of the howardite-eucrite-diogenite family) or even Mercury, although fewer examples have been identified.

Lunar Meteorite in The Flood Museum Collection

Some meteorites or meteor streams may also trace back to cometary sources. Comets were created on Day 4 alongside the rest of the solar system. In the Rahab framework, many comets could have been perturbed into new orbits by the same Flood-year gravitational disturbances that scattered Rahab’s debris. Occasional fragments from these comets (or from icy bodies disrupted during the cataclysm) enter Earth’s atmosphere as meteoroids. A very small number of claimed interstellar meteorites have been proposed in secular literature, but within the biblical model these are better understood either as misidentified solar-system material or as rare cases of high-velocity debris from the outer solar system that was influenced by the Rahab events. The solar system remains a closed system created on Day 4; no truly extrasolar origin is required.

Whatever their immediate parent body, all meteorites ultimately trace their existence to the effects of the Fall. When Adam sinned, God subjected the entire creation to futility and bondage to corruption (Romans 8:20-22). This introduced disorder, decay, and chaos into the cosmos. The original “very good” solar system (Genesis 1:31) became unstable under the curse. Rahab’s later destruction at the Flood was the major expression of that chaos, but the same underlying corruption allowed for ongoing collisions, ejections, and orbital perturbations throughout history. Meteorites from the Moon, Mars, comets, or the asteroid belt are therefore not random accidents of deep time. They are continuing reminders that the universe groans under the weight of sin and awaits final redemption (Romans 8:22-23). In our model, even secondary meteorites fit the biblical pattern: one sovereign God who created the heavens on Day 4, who judged through the Flood using Rahab’s remnants, and who continues to uphold all things while the creation bears the scars of the Fall until the day of new creation (Revelation 21:1; Colossians 1:17).

Comets in the Model

Unlike meteorites, which are primarily rocky or metallic fragments, comets are composed largely of dust, ice, and volatile compounds. They were created as part of the original solar system on Day 4 (Genesis 1:14-19) alongside the planets and Rahab. Comets serve as signs in the heavens, and their predictable, repeating orbits allow them to function as natural markers of the passage of time. Because comets lose mass each time they pass close to the Sun through sublimation and outgassing, their existence provides strong evidence that the solar system cannot be billions of years old. If they were that ancient, they would have long ago evaporated or disintegrated completely. Comets are not associated with the destruction of Rahab and represent a separate class of created bodies that have remained relatively stable since creation. Their ability to remain visible in the sky for many days or weeks during each passage has allowed them to mark significant events and signs throughout history, both in biblical accounts and in the broader record of humanity. They continue to serve as potential prophetic signs for events yet to come (Luke 21:25; Revelation 8:10-11).

In our model, this distinction is important. Meteorites carry the direct or indirect scars of the Flood-year cataclysm and the effects of the Fall (Romans 8:20-22), while comets preserve a clearer witness to the original “very good” order established on Day 4. Both classes of objects, however, ultimately point back to the same Creator who formed the heavens with purpose and who continues to uphold the universe moment by moment (Colossians 1:17).