Genesis 6:1 When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves. 3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.
Who are the Nephilim? That question is linked to a blog post by my husband. I feel he has a very good explanation for this!
Genesis 6:5 When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time, 6 the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 Then the Lord said, “I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.”
What a sad day for the Lord! To see his creation, that he made perfect, turn so wicked. He saw nothing good. Nothing that made his heart glad. He was ready to destroy everything he created, but one man found favor with him. Are we not so thankful for that?!
Genesis 6:8 Noah, however, found favor in the sight of the Lord. 9 These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.13 Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
Now, Noah was not without sin. All of mankind are sinners. He "was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries." He tried to live a righteous life and please God. He did not rebel against God and turn to the wickedness of the others.
The Lord also said that "every creature had corrupted its way on the earth." Thus, the reason the Lord was punishing all of creation and not just man. Everything that Noah and his family ever knew was about to be destroyed and they knew it! The Lord told him. I know if the Lord can and told me what he told Noah, I'd be frightened.
Genesis 6:14 “Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and outside. 15 This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16 You are to make a roof, finishing the sides of the ark to within 18 inches of the roof. You are to put a door in the side of the ark. Make it with lower, middle, and upper decks.
17 “Understand that I am bringing a flood—floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will die. 18 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives. 19 You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of everything—from the birds according to their kinds, from the livestock according to their kinds, and from the animals that crawl on the ground according to their kinds—will come to you so that you can keep them alive.21 Take with you every kind of food that is eaten; gather it as food for you and for them.” 22 And Noah did this. He did everything that God had commanded him.
So, if you didn't make it to the ark, you died. That goes for man and animal. Noah had quite a task getting an ark built and getting two of every kind of animal and enough food for all of them.
I just had a thought. Lets look back at Genesis 5 for a moment.
Genesis 5:29 And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”
Noah is a type of Christ. He was the savior to those on the ark. Now lets look at another verse.
Matthew 24:36 “Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son —except the Father only. 37 As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. 38 For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark. 39 They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be."
This is a reference to Noah being compared to Christ. "As in the days of Noah" is referring to the wickedness of the people on the earth before the flood. That is how the earth will be before our Lord returns. The people were living their lives. Doing their own thing, with no regard for the things of God. So it shall be when the Son of God, Jesus, returns.
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