Dictionary of Bible Themes: 7227 flood, the

7227 flood, the

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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A universal catastrophe by means of which the world was overwhelmed by water as the judgment of God on sinful humanity. Only Noah, his family and the animals were saved.

Details of the flood

Its source

See also Genesis 7:4,11-12; Genesis 8:2

Its extent

Genesis 7:17-20

Its duration

Genesis 7:24

Its effect

See also Genesis 7:21-23

The flood was God's judgment on sinful humanity

Wickedness had become universal

Genesis 6:5,11-13

Judgment would be universal

Genesis 6:7,13,17; Genesis 7:4

Judgment was universal

Genesis 7:21-22

Those not destroyed by the flood

Noah, who was blameless in the midst of wickedness

Genesis 6:8-9

Noah and his family kept safe in the ark

Genesis 7:23 See also Genesis 6:14,18; Genesis 7:1,7,13; Genesis 8:15-16,18; 2 Peter 2:5,9

God kept the animals safe in the ark

Genesis 6:19-21; Genesis 7:2-3,8-9,14-16; Genesis 8:1,17,19

God promised never to send another universal flood

God decided this in his heart

Genesis 8:21-22 See also Isaiah 54:9

God established his covenant with Noah

Genesis 9:8-11

The rainbow as the sign and reminder of God's covenant

Genesis 9:12-17

The story of the flood used figuratively

Of the judgment to come

Daniel 9:26; 2 Peter 3:6-7

Of Jesus Christ's second coming

Matthew 24:36-44 pp Luke 17:26-27

Of baptism

1 Peter 3:20-21