The Great Flood: The portrayal of God and his Relationship with mankind.
The great flood is one of the most well-known accounts in the Bible. It describes God’s un-creation and re-creation of the world. It tells the story of how Noah, his family along with a pair of each animals on earth were saved from the flood, while those who were not on the arc built by Noah perished. This paper will argue that the story of the great flood is both a story of a great tragedy and one of salvation. Additionally, I will demonstrate that the God portrayed in this episode was an enraged and disappointed God as well a forgiving God.
Before the flood, God created man in his own image. The sole purpose of their creation was to worship him and procreate. He gave …show more content…
No one seems to want to repent and take his words seriously. The relationship with God and his people were diminishing and the faith was not as strong as it was before. The humankind had sinfully separated themselves form the presence of God which shows the split of their relationship with God. The decision God made was the last resort which was to wipe out all of humankind and start over …show more content…
He looked down to the earth as a father regarding his children observing the stubbornness of a rebellious and disobedient child. He appointed mankind to look over the earth and have dominance over it, yet they are taking advantage of it and not giving thanks respectively to him. He again is seen as an enraged, disappointed and angry God as those he created in his own image is straying away from him and his teachings. The relationship with God and mankind after the flood became more of a covenant. He said:
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelt the pleasing odor, the
LORD said in his heart, I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have
The great flood is one of the most well-known accounts in the Bible. It describes God’s un-creation and re-creation of the world. It tells the story of how Noah, his family along with a pair of each animals on earth were saved from the flood, while those who were not on the arc built by Noah perished. This paper will argue that the story of the great flood is both a story of a great tragedy and one of salvation. Additionally, I will demonstrate that the God portrayed in this episode was an enraged and disappointed God as well a forgiving God.
Before the flood, God created man in his own image. The sole purpose of their creation was to worship him and procreate. He gave …show more content…
No one seems to want to repent and take his words seriously. The relationship with God and his people were diminishing and the faith was not as strong as it was before. The humankind had sinfully separated themselves form the presence of God which shows the split of their relationship with God. The decision God made was the last resort which was to wipe out all of humankind and start over …show more content…
He looked down to the earth as a father regarding his children observing the stubbornness of a rebellious and disobedient child. He appointed mankind to look over the earth and have dominance over it, yet they are taking advantage of it and not giving thanks respectively to him. He again is seen as an enraged, disappointed and angry God as those he created in his own image is straying away from him and his teachings. The relationship with God and mankind after the flood became more of a covenant. He said:
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelt the pleasing odor, the
LORD said in his heart, I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have