“Opening The Floodgates”

Friday, March 15, 2013

Why did God state “I relent making man”… and then the Flood?

Sincerely,
Waterlogged

Dear Waterlogged,

Mankind broke God’s heart in the days preceding the Flood (Gen 6:6).  Every thought and intention of that generation was on violence and evil (Gen 6:11).  Everyone had become corrupt (except Noah), and God decided to destroy them and start over with Noah (Gen 6:12-13).  God repented (‘repent’ means ‘change your mind’) from blessing mankind because He saw that their wickedness was so great (Gen 6:7).  God promises us He will never destroy the world with water again (Gen 9:13-16).  The next time God destroys the world, it will be burned up in fire at the second coming of Christ (2 Pet 3:10).

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