why didnt god send jesus ...?

Question

before noah, instead of drowning all those people?

Answer 1

Or to stop that horrible wretch Eve. Good point Chipster

Answer 2

Oh yeah...

He made a whole new earth with Noah and the flood. A new beginning, if you will. Jesus just brought salvation to it, and a new beginning to us as individuals. If Jesus came back then, none of them would've believed; Jesus says "The end times will be like the days of Noah." Today, no one is convinced, much like it was back then. In fact, I'm pretty certain it had never rained until the flood. Picture Noah saying, "I'm building an ark before the rain and floods". They would have mocked him like crazy, let alone a savior.

Jesus came at God's time--the time that God had promised. The time to create the new covenant between man and God. Jesus came at a time when people were hungry for his love, and those who had faith got it.

Jesus also said that we'd live in an evil and adulterous generation in the end times... See the news lately? Murder, rape, wars, natural disasters, larceny...evil is everywhere.

Do you have a messenger chip?

I'd like to have an actual conversation with you.

Answer 3

I know I am going to get an arguement from fellow believers but I honestly don't think that God knew that Adam and Eve would sin and I don't believe that God knew that his creations would turn out to be such a bunch of evil people. In the story of Noah, it was only the fact that one good man was found that saved even Noah and his family. God wanted to destroy them all because they were filled with sin. God Himself admits that he is a vengeful God and will not tolerate disobedience. Just like parents everywhere, we still love our kids and still get angry with what they do sometimes.

My reason for believing that God is not all knowing about the future is this:

1. If He knew everything ahead of time, Satan would not have been allowed to rise up against Him.

2. Adam and Eve would not have been tempted.

3. He would have simply made the decision to save everyone that believed in Him and not bother to send Jesus to teach and preach. I don't think that Jesus even knew what would happen or he would not have prayed that the cup be taken from him just prior to his capture.

I do think however that God has learned a great deal about his creations since that beginning and He has set prophecies in place based on that knowledge. If you look back at the prophecies that were made thousands of years ago, they have all proved to be true. He is able to figure out how we are going to behave and what the likely outcome will be.

Because God has the ultimate power over life and death (the Bible makes it clear that Satan does not have that power), the final outcome is the only thing that God knows for sure is going to happen because He will cause it to happen and He will judge us.

In my eyes, this does not lessen God's power. In fact, it makes me realize that when he said we are made in his image he meant it.

Answer 4

That's a good question. I don't suppose there is a logical answer. Most Jews/Christians would say it wasn't part of His plan.

The people who were drowned may have ignored Jesus anyway. If they were so sinful that God concluded they needed to be cleansed from the earth then they probably wouldn't have listened to anything Jesus had to say.

Answer 5

Wow, that's a really good question. I never thought of that before. After contemplating it I only have one possible answer. Except for Noah and his family, the people were so corrupt and evil that they were beyond redemption. It is also useful to note that the story of the bible is that God picked a people to create a bloodline to produce Jesus Christ. It is likely that if the only righteous people on earth were one family, they probably would not have survived much longer. I'm no theologian, but this is the only thing that makes sense to me. I'm going to ask my pastor this question and see what his answer is.

Answer 6

Like with any plan, hindsight is 20/20. Besides, who wouldn't want to drown innocent infants with such a lame excuse?

And because Jesus was written as the messiah although he did nothing that the messiah was prophesied to do. He was little more than an ancient version of David Koresh. They had to find some way to make others believe. What better way than with "the greatest story ever told?"

Answer 7

God sent many prophets who gave His Word and Will to The People.... the majority have always rejected God... when it came down to just Noah that was it for the rejectors... There are those who think God will wait this last time untill there is only one left and then that will be the final end... I do not believe that but some do.

Answer 8

You have to look into the story...

*In the old testament, God spoke directly to those people. They choice to deliberately disobey him and to focus on themselves. It got to the point that Noah was the only man (in the world) that listened to God. For that God chose to save humanity through this one man and his family. Everyone else hardened their hearts to God.

When Jesus came, there wasn't a opened channel between Man and God, except through the Holy Men (pharisees) at that time. Jesus came, and there were individuals would listened and believed him.

If Jesus had come around the time of Noah, it would've been for nothing. If 99.99% of men weren't listening from God directly, chances are they wouldn't have listened to Jesus. So his death would have been for nothing.

Answer 9

there was a set time for Jesus to come. so God used noah as the means of salvation.

those people watched him, and he took the opportunity to preach to them when they asked what he was doing. but they'd never seen rain before. up until then, the ground was regularly watered by natural irrigation.
and the ark had not been built near any body of water, so they thought it was funny. until it started to rain.

yet God still sent Jesus to them:
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built." (1 Pet 3:18-20)
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Answer 10

Because Noah and his family were the only good people on Earth.... so God got rid of bad people.... Jesus wouldn't
be able to talk to them. So Jesus came at the RIGHT TIME
and look at what happen.... everybody is doing good.

I know Eve must be pissed off... giving birth to many children.
And only one out of 1000 babies she gave birth to... and that
is Noah's ancester. I wonder if Noah is one of Seth's great grand child or something.
Ahhh.

Answer 11

He did send Jesus to preach to those who were disobedient in the time of Noah....see 1st Peter, chapter 3