"Genesis chapter 6 gives four reasons why God sent the Flood:
- 'The wickedness of man was great in the earth' (v. 5).
- 'Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually' (v. 5).
- 'The earth was filled with violence' (v. 11).
- 'The earth...was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth' (v. 12). (All the people on earth had corrupted their way.)
The historical Biblical record states,
'And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt'
(Genesis 6:12).
This is in sharp contrast to God's declaration when he had finished
creating the heaven and the earth, namely, 'And God saw everything that
he had made, and behold, it was very good' (Genesis 1:31).
It is astounding to consider that in the tenth generation from Adam the
human race had become so wicked, evil, violent and corrupt that it was
not fit to go on living.
And of all mankind only four men and four women
were spared, because they did not go with the great sin drift." CMI
