There are many critics of the Genesis Flood account, who try to tell us that the text cannot mean a global flood, but, instead, describes a local flood. In fact, local flood advocates use Psalm 104:1-9 to support their argument that once God set a boundary upon the waters (verse-9), they couldn’t overflow the whole dry land area. Indeed, Psalm 104:9 points to God bringing up the land out of the water in Genesis 1:9, and the verses in Psalm 104 seem to follow the same sequence as Genesis 1. However, the Psalm concerns the waters never again breaking the boundary God set for them (Proverbs 8:29). It has absolutely nothing to do with tying the hands of God, if and when he desired to judge the world.
He didn’t promise anything in Genesis 1 concerning the waters never flooding the earth, but he does in Genesis 9:11-17. There he says he will never again flood the whole earth to destroy mankind and the world in which man lives. This covenant makes no sense at all, if it concerned a local flood. In fact, such an interpretation would make a mockery out of the word of God, because the world has had many local floods, since Noah’s day, and thousands, even tens of thousands have perished in them.
The Lord told Noah (Genesis 6:13) that he was about to bring a great global flood upon the earth that would destroy both mankind and every beast that drew breath (Genesis 6:17; cp. verse-3). It would be a global judgment, wherein God would begin anew with Noah and his family (Genesis 6:18).
Now, Noah was a preacher of righteousness (2Peter 2:5), and through him the Lord preached to those spirits, who in Peter’s day were yet held in the prison of death (cp. 1Peter 3:19-20). Therefore, in the context of Genesis 6:3, Noah prepared the ark, which took over a century to build, and, while he did so, he preached to the dying world around him, that they would be destroyed in the judgment of God, if they didn’t repent of their wicked ways. Nevertheless, they refused to change their violent ways; so, when judgment finally came, the only souls that were saved out of all humanity were the eight members of Noah’s family (Genesis 6:18; cp. 1Peter 3:20; 2Peter 2:5).
Therefore, the Lord established his covenant with Noah (Genesis 6:18; cp. 8:20-22; 9:1-17), and commanded him and his family to enter the ark, when it was finished (Genesis 6:18). Moreover, he was to take with him tokens of all the cattle of the earth, and of every beast of the field, and tokens every kind of bird and all those that creep upon the earth, taking them by pairs, the male and the female, so that they would also be saved alive (Genesis 6:19-20). Finally, Noah was to take with him enough food for himself and the animals to preserve their lives, until they could leave the ark (Genesis 6:21). Thus, Noah did all that the Lord commanded him to do (Genesis 6:22), and the ark was ready.
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12 responses to “I Will Bring a Flood of Waters!”
If you are the type who enjoys having their beliefs and presuppositions challenged I would highly encourage you to read “Beyond Creation Science” by Timothy P. Martin.
This book deeply expounds on the every detail you’re raising questions about. Our current format (and my job) do not allow for sufficient explanation, though I would really love to.
As for the your comment, “Concerning my saying that AD 70 was a global event…I reread that study; while that study does say it was national judgment upon the Jews, it doesn’t deny universal judgment upon the world.”
It DOES say something, but doesn’t deny ________ (fill in the blank) does not work for me. Jesus tell us plainly who the recipient of this judgement was:
Matthew 23:35-36 NKJV
[35] that on you (who was His audience?) may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. [36] Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation (His local contemporaries to whom He constantly addressed).
Were Mayans responsible? Aztecs? Further, observe one of hundreds of quotes I could offer from your own studies:
The effects of this local judgement upon the specific “people of God” who were held responsible and whom Jesus directly prophesied this judgement against had tremendous global implications as the Israel of God became any who entered through faith in Christ. Once you see it, his comments regarding the flood and Noah are eye-opening.
Thank you for the reference to Beyond Creation Science I’ll consider buying a copy.
As for the rest, I cannot keep you from misunderstanding my studies or the Bible. You are a good person, I don’t doubt that, but you seem to overlook some very obvious things both in the Bible and in what I claimed in my studies.
Concerning Matthew 23:35-36, “all the righteous blood that was shed,” was not simply the blood of righteous Israelites, who alone could be righteous from Moses to Christ, vis-à-vis Israelites, alone among the nations could be righteous, because only they were in covenant with God, but also the righteous blood shed prior to their becoming a nation, including Able, Enoch etc. Thus, making the judgment universal—ALL the righteous blood. However, we must ask how the Jews were responsible for the righteous blood shed prior to their being a nation. It is because they, as the priests of God, standing between God and the rest of mankind, rejected God’s salvation. They rejected Jesus, being the representatives of the rest of the world. Therefore, in doing so, judgment upon the Jewish nation became universal judgment upon the world. Not only was the Jewish nation destroyed, but the whole system of order, between mankind and God, was destroyed. This “world order” ended with the destruction of Jerusalem.
As for your perception of my studies, consider your quote of my study, The End of What Age? (https://smoodock45.com/2017/11/06/the-end-of-what-age/) The very first sentence of the citation ends with: “when God dealt with mankind through the Jewish nation.” God delt with **mankind** (universal) through the Jewish nation. You emphasized “the fall of Jerusalem” and “the destruction of the Temple” and “the Jewish nation,” but you read over, “when God delt with mankind.”
I’m sorry for misleading you. Perhaps, I could have been clearer, but the words are there for you to see and understand. Nevertheless, I didn’t anticipate being misunderstood and didn’t draw my reader’s attention to the universality of God’s judgment upon the Jewish nation. My bad, and I apologize. May the Lord help both you and me to understand what we read and write better.
Have a good day, my friend, my participation in this dialogue is ended.