"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."
2 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
Oh friend, who is the Lord? Is the Lord like us? Is He small and powerless? Is He subject to nature and time? Does the Lord have to follow the “laws of nature"? Or are the “laws of nature” simply observations of how God sustains His creation?
It seems that those who are “hell-bent” on every one of us believing their evolutionary theories of an old earth, simply ignore the growing evidence of a world wide flood, including the latest discovery of a canyon formed by water – not ice. The fact that almost every people group in the world has a story of a flood in their verbal history, causes those who refuse to believe in their Creator, to dismiss all of these stories as fables, simply so that they can dismiss the biblical account of the flood as recorded in Genesis 6 and 7.
There is a movie coming out of Hollywood made by godless people, which will cause controversy amongst Christians. We are not told very much about the circumstances of the flood, nor how Noah interacted or coped with the death of all humans, except his own family. The Bible does mention that Noah got drunk, and I would point out that if “survivor guilt” affects people now when a small scale disaster strikes, then we can imagine that it would have been very difficult emotionally for Noah.
The lesson of the flood that Peter wants us to learn, is that God is able to rescue His people and punish the guilty on the same earth at the same time. We can’t do that, when we wage war, for we sustain “collateral damage” simply because we are small and powerless, and subject to nature and time. But God can do anything He wants to, and He wants to rid the world of evil and rescue those who believe in His Son. We may be frightened as we read the book of Revelation, but we should remember the lesson of Noah. God is quite capable of punishing the ungodly and saving the godly on the same earth at the same time.
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