Genesis Week 6 - Flood

This account of God’s judgment is jarring as the concept of His wrath can seem offensive. That is until your son’s bike gets stolen and then it is deeply comforting. In all seriousness, this is one of the most heart wrenching and sad chapters in scripture. The entire human race has reached the point of no return. No hope. No thoughts of love or kindness or goodness or beauty. Enmity – that is, active opposition and hostility - exists between God’s Spirit and the sinful nature of Adam’s race. Where is that promised seed of the women who will crush the head of the serpent?  

God is not distant – He has remained present and connected throughout all these generations since the beginning of time. He is grieved beyond any grief we can possibly imagine. God’s beautiful creation, the ones made in His own likeness – The likeness of Him whose disposition is only good all the time – have now reached a level of depravity that “every inclination of the thoughts of their heart is only evil all the time.” And so, God is going to destroy what He created – the people, the animals, and the earth. But, He will not leave anyone without a way to be saved – He will provide a means of rescue and place of safety. Sound familiar??

Prepare for this week's teaching by reading Genesis 6-8