violence and corruption

Genesis 6:11-13

"11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted His way upon the earth.

13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth."

This week we will study a time when GOD cleansed the WORLD of unrighteousness and made a covenant with all creation! Even today people can't even live up to modest expectations we set for ourselves. People fail and come short of achieving their goals. For some reason people can't keep from sinning. And, believe it or not, back in the days before the Great Flood, THINGS WERE WORSE!!!

Today's verses communicate this to us; "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was FILLED with VIOLENCE. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was CORRUPT; for all flesh had CORRUPTED His way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with VIOLENCE through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth."

VIOLENCE and CORRUPTION were the hallmarks of this age. A world like that is very dangerous and scary. Fear and loathing rules the hearts of people. No one can be trusted. The weak and vulnerable are preyed upon. The wicked and ruthless thrive. It's the kind of place we might describe as dystopian; extremely bad, characterized by deprivation, oppression, and terror. Some of the WORST aspects of society we see in our world today were widespread and commonplace then. The world was a very bad place...

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