What lasting purpose did all that wanton destruction serve? What did the god intend to accomplish with the flood, and was it accomplished in a long-term sense?
2007-11-13 15:30:59 · 20 answers · asked by Boris Badenov 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually... even as an alegory... it seems the purpose was to wipe out evil then.
I assume all here agree that was a big failure for the god then. Unless the wanton destruction was it'self the purpose as Craig R seems to be suggesting.
2007-11-13 15:42:02 · update #1
He intended to wipe out evil mankind. Yes it was accomplished.
2007-11-13 15:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
I am sorry you are receiving so many rude answers:
Just has God has done from the beginning, he sends prophets to teach people of Him and to give them the opportunity to forsake their wickedness and turn to Him. Many fools mocked the prophets while the wise saw and felt the truth they conveyed. Because God is just, he did have Noah preach greatly amongst the people. Just a handful heeded what he said. To answer your question: the world at that time was in a state of such horrible wickedness, that God had to start anew or His purposes for His children on earth would not have been acomplished. Man was becoming so terribly wicked that God had to "wipe the slate clean" and start again. Many think that God is mean and unloving but He is acutally very patient with His children. Look at today, for example. Imagine what God sees all over the earth happening. Think of what evil people do to little, innocent children! I marvel that He has the patience he does...imagine if some pervert was doing something to your child and to sit there and allow them to excercise there agency so that their judgement would be just? It's quite amazing. Hope this helped, my friend.
2007-11-13 15:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
despite the fact that in case you're taking the story actually, you're actually not describing the story of the Ark as provided interior the old testomony. you save throwing in "ought to have's" which do no longer inevitably persist with. The flood "ought to have" lined Mt. Everest, the style of animal species "ought to have" been greater effective than the account describes. there have been additionally greater effective than 2 of a few species, in elementary terms 2 of others. we don't know what area of the earth the flood lined, the way it affected different continents, or which animal species required saving. this is not clean how various the earth contained a human inhabitants at this element. i do no longer think of the account desires to be taken actually, yet you should start by using having the actual tale at once.
2016-10-16 11:13:59 · answer #3 · answered by henshaw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people of that time became so evil, God intervened
and destroyed everything with the flood. Only Noah and
his family and the animals that were on the "life"boat (Ark)
were saved. Then, a new day dawned and life started
afresh with only Noah and his family (and the animals
did their thing also).
We don't know when God has had enough from our own
generation becomming more immoral and evil....but when
that time comes, God will destroy again for He is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. Amen.
2007-11-13 15:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One key point is that life continues after this life...so to look at the lives of those in an eternal way...the way God sees things would be required...One easy thing to see for me then is this....after this life they (would be/ will /are) suffering for the sins they committed while in the flesh...So with regards to this passage:
Genesis 6:5 ¶ And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
and the pain and suffering they were laying up in store for themselves after they died was increasing day after day...it appears that they didn't even have any righteous thoughts, let alone righteous deeds...so it wasn't going to get any better for them...So the MERCIFUL thing for God to do was to end it. less suffering for them later on in the Post-mortal Spirit World....
God also taught valuable lessons from that...like:
1. "the majority is not always right."
2. and that "it IS possible to do what is right, even if everyone else is doing evil"
3. there is symbolism associated with the cleansing of the Earth...it is the "Baptism of the Earth by water"...there will be a "Baptism by fire" of the Earth at the Second Coming.
2007-11-13 15:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Noah is not a tale, it is the truth. God was sorry He made man, because they were acting like they are now. They were evil and their every thought and action was evil. He decided to wipe them all out, all except Noah and his family. Noah was a God fearing man that's why he was saved. God is perfect justice.
God brought the animals to the ark.
2007-11-13 15:42:47 · answer #6 · answered by Sweet Suzy 777! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Great Question! Perhaps the answer is in what the world was like then. How bad was humanity then? We tend to think..."how cruel!"...but what if there was rampant rape, murder, hate, etc....we might not think then that it was such a bad thing. Perhaps changing our perspective on what the world actually looked like at the time would help us grasp the justice of what seems to be such a gruesome event. Ultimately, this isn't a great answer, but a definate option to consider.
2007-11-13 15:59:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the purpose of the flood was to accomplish the destruction of many worthless, violent and evil people. God promised that he wouldn't do it that way again. He also promised that next time he cleanses the earth it will be with fire.
2007-11-13 15:43:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
1. True story. 2.To kill unwanted creations. 3. Start repopulating the world with modern animals and God fearing people. 4. Yes and no.
2007-11-13 15:44:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
God was bored with mankind. When he gets bored, his sadistic side really comes out. I don't think he intended on accomplishing much of anything. He was just looking for that same kind of cheap thrill an evil little kid gets when he puts a firecracker up a frog's butt.
2007-11-13 15:40:55 · answer #10 · answered by Dog 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It completely restructured the surface of the earth and probably the atmosphere/weather. Remember, these people had never seen a rainbow -- indicating that perhaps it hadn't rained before or they hadn't seen the sun before.
It gave God a chance to start over with the human race with a different plan that involved human government instead of the anarchy that reigned before the flood.
It ultimately led to his choosing of the Jews and the coming of Christ.
2007-11-13 15:35:55 · answer #11 · answered by Craig R 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋