Corruption on the Earth
(Matthew 24:36–51)
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, Gen 1:28 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. Psa 82:6-71Jn 2:16Rom 9:7-82Pe 2:142Sa 11:2Deu 7:3-4Neh 13:24-27Ezr 9:1-2
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, 1 for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” Neh 9:30Isa 63:101Pe 3:18-20Jer 11:11Psa 78:39Gal 5:16-24Act 7:51Num 11:17
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown. Num 13:331Sa 17:42Sa 21:15-22Deu 3:11Deu 2:20-21Num 16:2Gen 11:4
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. Mat 15:19Rom 1:28-31Mrk 7:21-23Jer 4:14Jer 17:9Eph 2:1-3Ecc 9:3Ecc 7:29 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Isa 63:101Sa 15:11Eph 4:301Sa 15:29Heb 3:102Sa 24:16Jon 3:10Num 23:19 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” Zep 1:3Psa 37:20Rom 3:20-22Jer 12:3-4Pro 10:27Pro 16:4Psa 24:1-2Hos 4:3
Noah’s Favor with God
Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. Gen 19:19Heb 4:16Psa 84:11Luk 1:30Psa 145:201Co 15:10Act 7:46Exo 33:12-17
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. Heb 11:7Luk 1:6Gal 3:112Pe 2:5Gen 5:24Gen 7:1Ezk 14:14Gen 17:1 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Gen 5:32
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. Ezk 8:17Hos 4:1-2Hab 2:8Rom 2:13Rom 3:19Ezk 28:16Isa 60:18Hab 1:2 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures 2on the earth had corrupted their ways. Psa 53:2-3Pro 15:3Psa 14:1-32Pe 2:5Job 22:15-171Pe 3:19-20Gen 6:4-5Gen 6:8
Preparing the Ark
(Hebrews 11:7)
Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. Hos 4:1-21Pe 4:7Ezk 7:2-6Gen 6:11-122Pe 3:10-122Pe 3:6-7Amo 8:2Gen 6:4
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; 3 make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. 1Pe 3:20Luk 17:27Mat 24:38Exo 2:3 And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. 4 Deu 3:11Gen 7:20 You are to make a roof 5for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, 6 place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. Ezk 41:16Gen 7:16Gen 8:62Ki 9:302Sa 6:16Ezk 42:3Luk 13:25
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. 2Pe 2:5Gen 7:4Gen 7:21-231Pe 3:20Heb 11:7Psa 107:34Amo 9:6Psa 29:10 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. Heb 11:7Gen 7:7Gen 17:7Gen 7:13Isa 26:201Pe 3:202Pe 2:5Gen 7:1
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. Gen 7:15-16Gen 7:8-9Gen 7:2-3Gen 8:17Psa 36:6 Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive. Act 10:11-12Gen 2:19Gen 1:20-24Gen 7:8-16Jhn 5:40Gen 1:28 You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.” Gen 1:29-30Psa 136:25Psa 145:16Job 38:41Job 40:20Mat 6:26Psa 104:27-28Psa 147:9
So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him. Exo 40:16Jhn 15:14Jhn 2:5Gen 7:5Mat 7:24-27Heb 11:7-8Deu 12:32Gen 7:16