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Why did God destroy the earth in the story of the Great Flood and Noah's ark?
The story of the 'Great Flood' and Noah's Ark is probably one of the most known stories in the bible. However, I believe it is also one of the many stories in the bible that occurred, in which causes great confusion and is the subject of great debate. I have heard arguments on this story to support the theory that God is nothing but a murderer because he destroyed ALL living things on the earth except those that were in the Ark that Noah built. Yes He did destroy all living things, people and animals alike, for one reason. Why? Verse 6 of chapter 6 in the book of Genesis reads;
"And the Lord was sorry He had made man on earth, and He grieved in His Heart"
What could have made God so sorry about His creation? Did He make a mistake? Obviously not! He gave man free will, and that free will was shown to be continuously evil in its existence and intent. So what was it that happened that was so bad that it required the destruction of everything? In the same chapter of Genesis, verses 1 and 2 give the answer;
"Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born of them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose." Gen. 6: 1-2(emphasis added)
Who were these 'sons of God'? This topic is where the debate comes from. Some of the original teachings interpret this to be referring to the 'Fallen angels'. So, in this context, it is believed these spiritual beings were mating with humans, and it became a corrupt and perverse world that God saw. It is also believed that what we know of Giants came from these 'relationships' of sons of God and Man as stated in the later part of verse 4 of this same chapter;
"......Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown."
To understand the more likely interpretation of who these 'Sons of God' were, we need to understand what the words 'Sons of God' mean in the text. Any man that was 'righteous' with God at the time was considered a Son of God. Jesus for example was called the Son of God for obvious reasons, but the title, Sons of God in the context of the Hebrew language means anyone who was right in God's eye, such as Noah. So in this context, the descendants of Cain and Seth, one being good and the other inherently evil were the 'Sons of God' that were intermarrying with each other. This is believed to have caused a whole race of people that God saw as evil;
"Then the Lord saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually. So the Lord said; I will destroy man and whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and the birds of the air, for I am sorry I have made them. But Noah found grace in the Lord." Gen. 6:5-8
Then after this came a promise from God. Click on the 'Return to listing' button on the top of this page, then click on the topic "Ever wonder where the rainbow in the sky came from"?
The story of the 'Great Flood' and Noah's Ark is probably one of the most known stories in the bible. However, I believe it is also one of the many stories in the bible that occurred, in which causes great confusion and is the subject of great debate. I have heard arguments on this story to support the theory that God is nothing but a murderer because he destroyed ALL living things on the earth except those that were in the Ark that Noah built. Yes He did destroy all living things, people and animals alike, for one reason. Why? Verse 6 of chapter 6 in the book of Genesis reads;
"And the Lord was sorry He had made man on earth, and He grieved in His Heart"
What could have made God so sorry about His creation? Did He make a mistake? Obviously not! He gave man free will, and that free will was shown to be continuously evil in its existence and intent. So what was it that happened that was so bad that it required the destruction of everything? In the same chapter of Genesis, verses 1 and 2 give the answer;
"Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born of them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose." Gen. 6: 1-2(emphasis added)
Who were these 'sons of God'? This topic is where the debate comes from. Some of the original teachings interpret this to be referring to the 'Fallen angels'. So, in this context, it is believed these spiritual beings were mating with humans, and it became a corrupt and perverse world that God saw. It is also believed that what we know of Giants came from these 'relationships' of sons of God and Man as stated in the later part of verse 4 of this same chapter;
"......Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown."
To understand the more likely interpretation of who these 'Sons of God' were, we need to understand what the words 'Sons of God' mean in the text. Any man that was 'righteous' with God at the time was considered a Son of God. Jesus for example was called the Son of God for obvious reasons, but the title, Sons of God in the context of the Hebrew language means anyone who was right in God's eye, such as Noah. So in this context, the descendants of Cain and Seth, one being good and the other inherently evil were the 'Sons of God' that were intermarrying with each other. This is believed to have caused a whole race of people that God saw as evil;
"Then the Lord saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually. So the Lord said; I will destroy man and whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and the birds of the air, for I am sorry I have made them. But Noah found grace in the Lord." Gen. 6:5-8
Then after this came a promise from God. Click on the 'Return to listing' button on the top of this page, then click on the topic "Ever wonder where the rainbow in the sky came from"?