Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
Subject: Sin
The above verses are the account of wha God thought and saw just before He told Noah to build the Ark and said He would rebuild the earth with Noah and his family. Imagine if God were to walk around today. What would He do today, with the sin we have running rampant in our society? God can't destroy the world, again, by flood, because He made a promise not to: That is the reason for the rainbow (Genesis 9:13). But, God will again destroy the earth and bring man to judgement. That is what the entire book of Jude is about. Note Jude's words:
Jude 1:14-16 (ESV Strong's)
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,
to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.
The world does not think that judgment is coming. Or, worse, they think it is here and this is the extent of that judgement. Yet, God promises a future judgement upon Christ's return that will exceed the judgement that took place in Noah's day. God does see the sin today in our society and His only patience is waiting for those who need to come to Him for salvation to do so.
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