A Simple Step-by-Step Explanation
Step 1: Humanity was already turning away from God
Before the flood, people were not living in honor toward God. They were becoming increasingly wicked, defiling what God had made, rejecting Him, and living in rebellion. The world was not moving toward repentance, it was moving deeper into corruption.
Step 2: God still had righteous witnesses in the earth
Even in the middle of growing wickedness, God still had people who walked with Him. Enoch is one example. He was righteous, he walked with God, and he warned people. His life showed that God had not left Himself without a witness. Then God took Enoch, and he did not die in the normal way.
Step 3: Genesis 6 shows a deeper level of corruption
This is where I believe things became far darker than many people realize. In my view, the “sons of God” in Genesis 6 were fallen angels. They came to women, had sexual relations with them, and produced corrupted offspring known as the Nephilim, also called mighty men or men of renown.
Step 4: This was not normal sin, this was a direct corruption of creation
People sinning is one thing. But in this view, Genesis 6 shows something even worse: the created order itself was being tampered with. If becoming one flesh joins two beings together, then becoming one flesh with fallen angels would produce something deeply unnatural and corrupt. This was not just moral rebellion, it was corruption reaching into human lineage itself.
Step 5: Satan was trying to stop God’s promise
Back in Genesis 3:15, God gave a prophetic word that the seed of the woman would ultimately crush the serpent. I believe Satan understood that a coming human seed would bring his defeat. So in this view, one of his strategies was to corrupt humanity itself. If the human line could be polluted, then the promised Messiah could not come through a pure human lineage.
Step 6: Corrupt the seed, corrupt the plan
That is the heart of how I understand it. Satan’s goal was to corrupt the seed in order to corrupt the plan. He was trying to interfere with the line through which the promised Deliverer would come. He wanted to stop prophecy from being fulfilled before judgment ever reached him.
Step 7: God intervened to preserve the human line
The flood, in this view, was not random and it was not an overreaction. It was divine intervention. God was preserving His created order and protecting the line through which the Messiah would one day come. The flood was a judgment on extreme wickedness, but also a protection of God’s redemptive plan.
Step 8: Noah was preserved because his line was not corrupted
I believe Noah and his family were preserved because they had not been corrupted in the same way. God chose Noah, gave him instructions, and used him as the means by which humanity would continue after the flood.
Step 9: God still gave time for repentance
Even in judgment, God was merciful. He did not bring the flood immediately. He gave 120 years while the ark was being built. During that time, Noah was not only building, he was also serving as a witness. The message was clear: turn back, repent, and respond before judgment comes.
Step 10: People refused to repent, so judgment came
The people did not stop. They continued in rebellion. They ignored the warnings, rejected the mercy they were being shown, and refused to turn back. So eventually, judgment came in the form of the flood.
In Simple Form
So in short, this is what I believe:
- Humanity was already wicked.
- Fallen angels further corrupted creation.
- Satan was trying to stop the promised seed from coming.
- God sent the flood to judge that corruption and preserve the human line.
- Noah was spared because he and his family were not corrupted.
- God gave time to repent, but people refused.
- So the flood came.
