The end of the world is coming. We live in a physical world, and as such, this world is bound bu finite laws. This world, and this current Universe, will not last forever. But the ultimate fate of the Universe and everything in it is in the hands of God. God created the heavens and the earth, and bu His hand, they will pass away.
This present earth will be destroyed by fire, according to 2 Peter 3:7, but long ago it was destroyed by water. Only one family witnessed the destruction of the entire earth and survived through it: Noah and his family. Noah's story can be found in Genesis 6-9. It emphasizes that the world had become so corrupt and wicked, that God sought to destroy the entire Earth on the account of men's wicked ways, yet Noah was saved for his righteousness. Lewis Bayly says, "His personal description stands in the end of ver, 9; 'Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations; and Noah walked with God,' where we find him honored with three noble attributes, which make up the character of a complete Christian - honesty, uprightness, and piety. And they received much excellency and luster from a circumstance of time; 'In his generations,' which are manly and mainly corrupt."
This accounts depicts the almighty power of our God in two ways. It demonstrates how God is fully capable to bring ultimate judgement on the ungodly. But even in the midst of absolute judgment, God still rescued Noah from doom. As 2 Peter 2:9 demonstrates, "If this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment."
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