Genesis 7:1–5
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in a sentimental age, an age that has reduced the global deluge to a children's story fit for a nursery wall. We see a smiling Noah, a cartoonish ark, and pairs of giraffes and elephants peeking cheerfully over the side. But this is a profound domestication of a terrifying reality. The story of the flood is not primarily about animal preservation. It is the story of God un-creating the world because of the intractable rebellion of mankind. If we strip the terror and the holiness from this account, we are left with a meaningless fable. But if we take it as the Word of God, we are confronted with a foundational truth about the character of God and the nature of our world. God is not a doting, celestial grandfather who simply cannot bring himself to punish.