Why does god want to destroy the world in Genesis?

Answer 1

God sent the flood to destroy the earth, because the earth was to full of sin, the people were marrying and giving in marriage , living in adultery.

Answer:

"...God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Gen.6:5)

You know... kind of like it is in the world, now.

Jesus tells us that in the soon-coming time of His return to earth, the conditions on earth will be just like the days of Noah were [Matt.24:37]. And if the way the world is now isn't quite as bad as Noah's days were... the world is in for some serious trouble ahead.

He tells us that "Great Tribulation" is coming that shall be far greater than any other time in the history of the world... which means a time even more perilous and evil than Noah's time. In His description, He informs us that "all life on earth will be in jeopardy of ceasing to exist":

"For then shall be Great Tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (Matt.24:21-22)

In other words... Noah's society was like today's society... getting ready to kill itself off.

"But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." (Gen.6:8)

And just as God stepped into the affairs of man in Noah's day... and saved a few to begin again to replenish the world -- He's going to do it again. Only Jesus Christ will be the next "flood." A "flood of fire"... not "water."

History is being rewritten today by men who "deny" that "creation" and the flood ever happened:

"...they deliberately forget that long ago by God's Word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

"By the same Word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of Judgment and destruction of ungodly men." (II Peter 3:5-7 NIV)

God destroyed Noah's world with water, because that society was getting ready to kill off all life on the planet... just as the society of these last days [like the days of Noah were] is getting ready to do.

God's plan for man required a set "period of time" to develop and to be worked out. And man's utter wickedness and sins were cutting off that time. And as a man may begin life anew in Christ through a rebirth to "newness of life" in baptism... so Noah and his family, by God's grace, began their new lives after the flood.

The destruction of that wicked society granted the time God's plan required to work out man's salvation.

But, because there was only one language in the world at that time, and communication, ideas and information flowed freely... Nimrod's attempt to recreate another wicked society forced God to "confound the languages" in order to slow down man's rapid technological development... along with another rapid return to the threat of ending all life on earth, again.

Until today. With the advent of the internet, information flows freely, again. Knowledge [and "Top Secret" information] can be had by all... and the world is "smaller"... and the nations of the world are talking once again of Nimrod's "one-government" society ['global governance,' they're calling it].

Man's unfettered communication technology develops in leaps and bounds, daily. His mind and heart is turned away from his Creator and His laws. Nothing is held back from him, now. Prurient filth of every nature that society once hid away in secret, can be had by all. And is growing in public acceptance.

The "wickedness of man is great in the earth" once again, and growing in leaps and bounds, keeping pace with his technology. "Every imagination of man's heart is only evil continually."

Jesus' prophecies are coming to fruition. As the days of Noah were... so, man is about to destroy all life on earth again.

God never sought to destroy the earth with the flood. His purpose was to destroy the "wickedness" upon it. It's man's wickedness and sin, and his worship and obedience to his god, "that old serpent" [Rev.12:9] that has always threatened to destroy all life on earth before it's "time"... not God.

Satan tried to stir up the mobs when Jesus walked the earth in the flesh, trying to kill Him "before it was the right time." But, the Father intervened on His behalf every time. [see Luke 4:28-30 & John 8:59]

So, does Satan work on man, to bring about the early cessation of life to earth... if he can.

And the "next flood" that's coming... Jesus Christ... the "consuming fire" [Heb.12:29]... isn't coming back to destroy the earth, any more than the flood did. He's coming back to destroy the wickedness from off of it... to SAVE the earth.

Man's allotted time is about finished. God''s plan and the number of those whom He has been calling to co-rule and administer the Kingdom of God on earth with Christ, is close to being fulfilled.

"...judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the Kingdom." (Dan.7:22)

"...Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world..." (Matt.25:34).

The need to "shorten the days" so that all life on earth might be saved" [Matt.24:22] approaches quickly.

The next flood that's coming soon, will burn up the wickedness on earth... and purify the earth once and for all. It was never to destroy the earth.

"Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for New Heavens and a New Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteousness." (II Peter 3:13)

Answer 2

The Answer

Ah-I love to answer questions about God himself. Now, lets see. When the time of Noah occurred, God had wanted to destroy man for their sins. They have sinned against God, and they went from God, not to. God obviously got angry at the humans for what they have done, and then, he finally had enough of their misbehavior, and them going against God, so he flooded the earth, destroying everything he had created.

Remember, Do not question God's choice, for he had a plan already made up, in which we humans do not understand. - another answer

- : I think that god created everything in the way that is; just so. I think he did this so that all parts could have the opportunity to express their nature over the span of time, throughout countless ages and infinite changes. People and Things are not simply good or evil, they are just as they are, and any perceived good or evil is just your interpretation from your viewpoint. People and Things simply change, creating something new. To create something New, the Old something must Change. Manipulation, Birth, Destruction, Creation, Ect are just changes. Your consciousness is eternal, you have always existed and will always exist. God does not want anything. : The things themselves do the wanting.

Answer 3

A:There are quite a few prophecies of the end of the world in The Bible, all linked to the anticipated second coming of Jesus. The earliest of these is in chapter 13 of Mark's Gospel, which has Jesus prophesy the end of the world and his own return on clouds of glory, during the lifetimes of those then living.

By the 80s of the first century, when Matthew's Gospel was written, the end predicted in Mark's Gospel was becoming unlikely - the generation had already passed - and the author of Matthew had to change the emphasis away from an impending end of the world. While copying as faithfully as possible from Mark, he changed the position of the sentence about "this generation", relative to the destruction of the great buildings, so that it referred to something else altogether. Luke was somewhat later than Matthew and talks about the end of the world as vaguely in the future, keeping the reference to this generation, but in reference to the need to preach the gospel.

In later centuries, the Church frequently prophesied the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus. Every disaster was seen as a sign that was sent to introduce his coming. Every major milestone in the tradition of the Church was looked forward to as a propitious time for Jesus to return. Prophecies of the second coming of Jesus gained new impetus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the adventist movement, Mormons and the Jehovah's Witnesses. Each prophesied second coming has failed to eventuate, requiring explanations of why the prophecy was wrong.

The common expectation is that God will destroy the world so that Jesus can rule over a new kingdom on earth. This fails to consider that the earth can be part of God's kingdom, nor that an dramatic apocalypse would be a strange and unnecessary way to herald the second coming. Nevertheless, some conservative Christians look forward to imminent and terrible destruction that will justify their faith.

Answer 4

To purge the evil at that time. In the Biblical account of Genesis 6 we can find that fallen angels have cohabitated with human females. This unnatural union produced offsprings whose abilities, intelligence, and strength far exceeded that of a natural-born man. These offsprings, owing to their superior abilities, are incredibly violent and they filled the earth with evil.

This union was also intended to corrupt the gene pool of the saviour (the Messianic line promised in Genesis 3:15) so that he cannot represent man before God as man's genes have been polluted with evil.

Answer 5

The simple reason was because of ubiquitous sinning (Genesis ch.6). The underlying reason was to prepare the stage of history for Abraham. By the time of the Flood, people had become brash toward religious belief, which was misused and mis-taught. Abraham's teachings would have died out in the pre-Flood society.

Answer 6

God wanted to destroy the earth at the time of Noah, as there was far to much sin in the world. So he destroyed the world with the flood.