It is not stated plainly but I think “never again” carries with
it a certain amount of regret. Or if not regret at least a determination that extinguishing
all life on the planet earth by drowning is not the final solution to the reality
of evil. Our time is no more or less evil even if the scripture states that in
Noah’s time “the whole earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of
violence.” (Genesis 6:11) Surely there
were innocent children in Noah’s age? And
what of the multitude of animals that didn’t win the two by two lottery? The evil of every age has always presented the
righteous with a dilemma. Isn’t flooding the earth and killing every living
creature on it as evil as whatever prompted such a response? That is why in an equally evil age God
remembered the covenant and chose to do the dying himself rather than making
the whole world the scapegoat for sin. Not as an excuse for sin but an
invitation for the righteous to live in such a way that invites others to climb
aboard the ark of salvation that is life in the Lord.
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