To frame the global flood as “genocide” is to misread both the nature of God and the gravity of man’s rebellion. Genocide, as we understand it, springs from hatred and prejudice—an act of destruction rooted in human pride and cruelty. The flood, however, was the solemn outpouring of divine justice, born not of malice but of holiness. God does not react by impulse, like humans do, but He is ultimately longsuffering, and through perfect love, acts in restraint.
Scripture paints a sobering picture of the world in Noah’s day: a civilisation so steeped in wickedness that “every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5, KJV). This was not a fleeting moral lapse or a cultural disagreement—it was a total saturation of corruption, a world where violence had become the language of life and the earth itself groaned under the weight of man's depravity (Genesis 6:11–12).
Yet even in the face of such pervasive evil, God did not act hastily. He waited. He warned. He gave space for repentance. Noah, “a preacher of righteousness” (2 Peter 2:5, KJV), proclaimed truth for over a century while the ark was being built—a vessel not only of wood and pitch, but ultimately of mercy and invitation. The ark stood as a visible sermon, a refuge open to any who would turn from their ways and believe.
Peter reminds us that “the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah” (1 Peter 3:20, KJV), and that phrase alone dismantles the accusation of cruelty. This was not a divine tantrum—it was a measured response to a world that had utterly rejected its Creator. To call it genocide is to invert morality itself, suggesting that righteousness must tolerate rebellion, that holiness must accommodate corruption.
Isaiah declares, “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet” (Isaiah 28:17, KJV). God’s justice is not reckless—it is precise. He does not destroy because He is displeased; He judges because He is holy. And in that holiness, He always provides a warning, a witness, and a way of escape.
So, the question, undoubtedly in ignorance of Scripture, reveals a deep misunderstanding of divine character. Abraham asked, “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (Genesis 18:25, KJV). The answer, then and now, is yes. He shall. And He did.
Consider Romans 2:4–5, Ecclesiastes 8:11, and Psalm 9:7–8. God's mercy delays judgment, but it does not erase it.
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