How many times has god destroyed the world

Will God Destroy the World?


Genesis 8:21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done."
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.


In Genesis 8:21 God promises never to destroy the world again in the same manner, or "as I have done". Note that 2 Peter 3:10 speaks of destruction by fire, not water. God has kept his covenant with mankind, a sign and seal we witness every time we see a rainbow (Gen. 9:13-16).

This verse in 2 Peter is a transformation of the present earth into the new heavens and new earth (Is. 65:17; 66:22; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1). Unlike in the Flood in Genesis 8, there will be a resurrection of the elect from all the ages (1 Cor. 15:51-52). Unlike Noah, who sinned after the flood (Gen. 9:20-21; Num. 20:8-12), God's people will be unable to sin (
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Why did God send the flood when He knew sin would continue after the flood?



Answer


We find the setting for God’s judgment in the floodin Genesis 6:1–7: “When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lordsaid, ‘My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.’

“The Nephilimwere on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

“The Lordsaw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lordregretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lordsaid, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.’”

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Yes, Noah's Flood May Have Happened, But Not Over the Whole Earth



Introduction

The Bible (Genesis 6–9) describes a worldwide flood (the Noachian Flood) covering even the highest mountains of the earth and the construction of a huge boat (a rectangular box-like craft) that transported animals, at least two of a kind of all land animals on the earth. The Qur'an (Suras 11 and 71) has almost a duplicate story with a similar huge boat that transported animals and a worldwide flood. In addition two older stories exist in ancient Babylonian epics that describe a huge flood. One is the Epic of Gilgamesh, describing a flood on the Euphrates River (Academy of Ancient Texts nd). The other is the Epic of Atrahasis, which has a huge flood on the Tigris River (Byers nd).

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, [Utnapishtim] is warned that a god plans to destroy all humanity and is told to build a ship to save himself, his family, friends, and cattle. In the Epic of Atrahasis, a tribal chief survived with his family by floating in a boat down to the Persian Gulf. After the flood subsided, the chief got out on dry land and erected an altar and sacrificed to a water god so that such a flood wo


     A: There are two views in regards to this question, and both have Biblical support, as well as scholarly arguments. To be honest, I have flipped back and forth on this issue, and am still not totally settled on what view I think is correct. The Bible does seem clear that God will one day destroy the earth by fire. However, there is also proof that rather than
total
annihilation, God will “purify” the earth with fire. At this time, I am leaning towards the latter viewpoint, but I could be convinced otherwise 🙂 . So, what I am going to do is show evidence for each view, then I will share why I am leaning away from the
total
annihilation view. I urge you to look at the evidence, study it, and prayerfully come to your own conclusion.

     First, let’s look at some verses which seem to show that the earth will indeed be destroyed by fire one day:

     Perhaps the clearest, and most used verses are found in (2 Pet 3:7,10-12).

(2 Pet 3:7,10-13) (7) But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief i