Is Noah's Deluge considered to be a Holocaust?

Answer 1

No, not at all! The flood, "Noah's Deluge", though it was actually of God and not of Noah, was God's way of purging the earth of all completely corrupt people, which left only one family, that of Noah, his wife, and his 3 sons and their wives. Those that died in the flood most certainly knew the truth, but rejected it utterly, and consequentially, damned (cursed)themselves. The flood should never ever be considered as a possible Holocaust, because those who died were complete and utter savages, in the sense of being ignorant and not of being devoid of intellect. The holocaust was done by a sadistic, possibly even a demon-possessed man, by the name of Hitler who tried to kill every Jew on the face of the earth. The Jews are God' s people, and Hitler was used by Satan to try to take them out, and get revenge on God through His chosen people, the people of Israel. And yes, all true believers/ Christians are now just a part of His family as they are, though they always have a special place in His heart. Nevertheless, all Christians, as well as "Christian"/ believing Jews, will be part of the Bride of Christ at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, which takes place in the latter part of the end times. One of the biggest differences between the Holocaust and the flood is that the Holocaust was carried out not only with an unbelievably savage intent, but with an even more evil manner, as innocent women and children fled for their lives during this fiasco. With the flood, every one who wasn't on the ark, Noah's ark, was accountable for their actions, as everyone, including the women and kids, were rotten to the core, as God looked upon the hearts of all of them, and had He seen any hope of saving any of them, besides Noah, his family, in-laws included, He would have, like He did with Sodom and Gomorrah. == By any definition of the term, the "flood" in Genesis is a mass-extinction. It was not a holocaust, since holocaust refers to destruction by fire. Fortunately, it is an allegory and not historical. It may have its basis in some actual catastrophic flooding event (they do happen) in pre-historic times. Even if it did occur as written, there would have been many thousands of people on earth at the time. It would be unreasonable to conclude that every single living human being outside of Noah's family was rotten to the core, most certainly knew the truth, rejected it utterly, and consequently ended up damned. It is equally unlikely that Noah and his family were spotless; read chapter 9 to discover that Noah and at least one of his sons seem to have had some problems. As I implied before, the flood was a mass-extinction, which it was. Another reason for it was that if God took everyone out in the flood, He would have lied to Adam and Eve, as there would be no Savior to bruise the serpent's head, and no Savior to have His heel bruised. What's more, Noah was in the bloodline of Christ, being one of Jesus' many grandfathers, and letting him or his sons die, as well as the women, would jeopardize God's Adamic covenant, which was one of His many promises that He always keeps. The flood was historical, as the ground (with its structure so radically different even on mountaintops that it defies logic) proclaims that that is the truth. What is more, The Bible's tale of the flood makes perfect sense, because it fills in what no one has ever been able to accurately explain and did so before anyone else could. Evolutionists try to use Carbon 14 to solve this, but their circular reasoning is flawed, so flawed that a kindergartener could defend it as well as they do, both of which are still unsatisfactory. The mere fact that the anti-deluvian (pre-flood) people knew the truth and rejected it means that they were savages, (not devoid of intellect, just ignorant), as only the truly ignorant would know the truth to be true and reject it. Also, I NEVER said that Noah was perfect, which he most certainly was not perfect. No man, outside of Christ Himself, not even Enoch (though He walked with God as Adam did) was perfect, and that includes Noah and all of his family, including his in-laws. I try to think of Noah as a preacher and his family as the preacher's family, for the only way that he and his family survived is that he and his family separated themselves from the alleged 4-6 billion people in their lifestyle and beliefs, and because of that God chose to save them and preserve the line of Christ with them. Everyone knows that preachers aren't perfect and neither are their wives, kids, and in-laws.

As for the 4-6 billion people theory, I heard that there were about as many people alive in Noah's day as there is currently in our day. I tend to believe it, as it would make sense that the world has come full circle and in need of another worldwide wake-up call. Also, I take the Bible very literally, as you have probably noticed, as the allegorical method leaves too many things unanswered, and the Bible isn't here to confuse us, nor is God the author of confusion. That role is reserved for Satan.