Thinking of Scriptural History

[Alive]

Probably due to some discussions here of late regarding anticipation of what things look like approaching our Lord’s return; I found myself wondering why of an entire population of earth, only 8 were saved. Why did only 8 souls choose to be loyal to their Creator.

I further mused on how given life spans and verbally passed on stories since Adam, those accounts would have been part of the collective awareness…and yet only 8 chose God.

[Orion]

2 hours ago, Alive said:

Probably due to some discussions here of late regarding anticipation of what things look like approaching our Lord’s return; I found myself wondering why of an entire population of earth, only 8 were saved. Why did only 8 souls choose to be loyal to their Creator.

I further mused on how given life spans and verbally passed on stories since Adam, those accounts would have been part of the collective awareness…and yet only 8 chose God.

Notwithstanding Noah and his family being the only ones God appointed to go on the Ark, there were men calling on the name of the Lord prior to God choosing Noah. (Genesis 4:26).  And if 2 Peter 2:5 refers to Noah preaching pre-flood, it would stand to reason that men were hearing Noah preach the word of God, and faith comes by hearing the word of God. (Romans  10:17).  How many people were there in Noah's day?  Perhaps billions, given the longevity of people in those days.  Therefore, even though the Bible says God only saw Noah as  just and righteous in that generation, it doesn't necessarily mean that others who called upon the name of the Lord were faithless and weren't otherwise saved.  For if they called upon the name of the Lord in faith, they would have been saved (Romans 10:13), even though they perished in the flood. 

[D. Adrien]

5 hours ago, Alive said:

Probably due to some discussions here of late regarding anticipation of what things look like approaching our Lord’s return; I found myself wondering why of an entire population of earth, only 8 were saved. Why did only 8 souls choose to be loyal to their Creator.

I further mused on how given life spans and verbally passed on stories since Adam, those accounts would have been part of the collective awareness…and yet only 8 chose God.

Isn't the tendency of the unconverted is to dwell on evil continually? Granted, they wouldn't define their thoughts as continually evil but God certainly did/does.

Even for a Christian it takes many years to train one's thinking to notice particular thoughts springing up in the mind are not often wholesome; (true for me). 2 Cor. 10:5. 

[J.T.]

In the biblical account found in the Book of Genesis, God does express to Noah that the earth was filled with wickedness and that He was going to bring a flood to cleanse it. Specifically, in Genesis 6:5-7, it states that God saw the wickedness of humanity and decided to destroy all living beings, except for Noah and his family, who were considered righteous. While the text does not explicitly state that God told Noah there were no other righteous people, it does imply that Noah was the only one found righteous in a corrupt world.

[kwikphilly]

24 minutes ago, J.T. said:

In the biblical account found in the Book of Genesis, God does express to Noah that the earth was filled with wickedness and that He was going to bring a flood to cleanse it. Specifically, in Genesis 6:5-7, it states that God saw the wickedness of humanity and decided to destroy all living beings, except for Noah and his family, who were considered righteous. While the text does not explicitly state that God told Noah there were no other righteous people, it does imply that Noah was the only one found righteous in a corrupt world.

I liked that you mentioned in your other post that even though everyone ( except Noah & his fanily) perished in the Flood doesn't mean all were not Saved....sure,what about babies and little children ? No doubt they were Saved,God is Just,Merciful ,Loving and Everything Good

With love in Christ,Kwik

It's always notable to bring attention to the fact that this life is not " the end" and that there are worse things than to lose our physical life on earth(& better things too)

[J.T.]

I don't recall reading it specifically in the Holy Scriptures but by Holy Spirit inspired discernment I am ABSOLUTELY convinced, and believe, that all babies and children were saved. There is an age of accountability and many, myself included, think it might be around the age of 13-14 where children are not held accountable for sin (hence, age of accountability). I would even go so far as to say I believe that the Great I AM, in His great love and mercy, brought all these children and babies to heaven before the floods came. In that same great love and mercy I don't believe He would let these children and babies suffer a death in the flood.

[Daniel whalen]

1 hour ago, J.T. said:

I don't recall reading it specifically in the Holy Scriptures but by Holy Spirit inspired discernment I am ABSOLUTELY convinced, and believe, that all babies and children were saved. There is an age of accountability and many, myself included, think it might be around the age of 13-14 where children are not held accountable for sin (hence, age of accountability). I would even go so far as to say I believe that the Great I AM, in His great love and mercy, brought all these children and babies to heaven before the floods came. In that same great love and mercy I don't believe He would let these children and babies suffer a death in the flood.

I completely agree with you!

[D. Adrien]

I've come to believe that Jesus is found in His law and His word - the doing of them. His spiritual aspect understood and then applied in the physical life we have been blessed with.

When a Christian finds themselves at a distant from Jesus it is because they have walked away from being a doer of His word and have put distance between what is eternal and what is temporal; the self.

John 6:60-63,

 

When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

[Who me]

9 hours ago, Alive said:

I found myself wondering why of an entire population of earth, only 8 were saved

Bring your wondering up-to-date. 

What is the population of your town/city?

How many in that town/city regularly attend church?

How many of them are Christian?

People today have the same evidence that there is a God as the inhabitants  of the pre flood world.

Both prefer to shut their eyes/mind to that evidence.

[Alive]

If all have sinned and there are none righteous not one. How is it that God saw Noah as righteous?