A
depiction of the flood and Noah's ark (image reference below).
Today,
reply is on the Creation not displaying divine failure, the
operations of sin, and the grace of GOD revealed at the time of Noah.
One of the fighters in the
“Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who
uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile is shared) posted the
following:
Why
did God flood the earth? Were people acting differently than he
thought they would when he made them? His creations were a failure?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the
word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of
the water and in the water: 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. But,
beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is
with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day
of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in
all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting
unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire
shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved,
seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found
of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. (2nd Peter
3: 5-14, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: From Spirit Not Mud (02/26/2019); Satisfying Creation
and Law (01/22/2019); The Elimination of Sin (11/25/2018); How Did
Noah Know? (10/14/2018); Adam’s
Imperfection and Sin? (08/10/2017); Did GOD Lose Control?
(03/23/2017); Lessons From The Flood (01/21/2016); The Covenant of
Noah? (12/16/2014); Atone, Judge and Replenish (12/17/2014); Animals
Do Not Sin? (09/29/2013); GOD is Acknowledging (09/30/2013)
“Anonymous”,
the great flood to destroy the world was a divine response to
defilement of mankind and the earth through sin. Many developing
Christian believers make the error of thinking that the great flood
to destroy the earth means the Creation of GOD was a failure. As
mature Christians they will realize that the operations of sin are an
enigma: Sin opposes the continued existence of divine law, the
Lawgiver, and the universe that requires divine order; sin has not
been created by divinity; the makeup of sin has no material or spirit
substance; sin may dominate awareness and self-will (i.e., willpower)
within created beings and living creatures; and sin promotes a return
to the conditions of chaos, confusion, and lack of eternal purpose
that was in place before the founding of heaven and earth.
Sin
continues on the earth, and has not been eliminated by the death of
sinners, divine forgiveness, or the sacred promises of GOD. Even so,
in the same way the great flood permitted a re-populating of the
earth, the appearance of divinity in flesh as Jesus Christ has
permitted mankind to receive a fresh endowment of life essence
from the makeup of GOD, and men willingly may exist as a new
creation. Divinity established an everlasting covenant with Noah
and the living creatures that survived the flood ensuring there never
would be another global flood. Other means would be used to deliver
mankind, preserve the earth, and provide salvation.
The
creation of existence, the earth, and all life was by divinity; the
creation of the world as a man-made system for communication,
exchange and survival was by mankind. Through the appearance of
divinity in flesh as Jesus Christ (we say, the Incarnation), mankind
becomes an ark (storage chest), and a vessel containing divine
substance. The living become the offspring of divinity, children of
GOD, and joint heirs with Jesus. Their divine content includes
inseparable aspects of divine fullness: faith, holiness,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, personhood, wisdom, and wrath against
sin. Engaging their own content of sacred substance, believers now
are more completely and correctly able to discern, recognize, reject,
and resist the operations of sin. Consider again the following that
uses language from the Bible:
1.
Genesis 1: 31, King James Version (KJV): 31 And God saw every
thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth day.
2.
Genesis 6: 11-19, KJV: 11 The earth also was corrupt before God,
and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the
earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his
way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh
is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through
them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee
an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt
pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the
fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the
ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty
cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou
make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the
door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with
lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under
heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come
into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’
wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of
every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them
alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
3.
Ezekiel 18: 20-23, KJV: 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die.
The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the
father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the
righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall
be upon him. 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that
he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22 All his
transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned
unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord
GOD: and not that he should return from
his ways, and live?
4.
Genesis 9: 8-16, KJV: 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons
with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you,
and with your seed after you; 10 And with every living creature that
is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of
the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast
of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither
shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither
shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God
said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between
me and you and every living creature that is with you, for
perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall
be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it
shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow
shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you and every living creature of all
flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all
flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon
it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and
every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 5. Isaiah 55: 7-13, KJV: 7 Let the
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let
him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways
my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh
down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word
be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go
out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the
hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of
the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn
shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up
the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for
a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.)
Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you
according to your faith.
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