"The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for thei ntent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease."
This verse strikes me as saddening-- the moment Our Father realizes that His creation, Man, is hopeless. From our beginning we have been filled with corruption and a craving for evil. He harbored hope for our redemption, ever and always. How many times could the LORD Our God have struck down Man? It is impossible to imagine. Every second we commit another crime that saddens His heart-- and yet never hardens it.
In the sweet sadness of this moment, God acknowledges that His people will stray and will not love Him as He so desires. He promises to love them regardless, establishing a covenant with Noah (who later becomes drunk and parades around naked, whose sons war against and enslave one another, and who is the grandfather of Nimrod -- Ninevah's king) that never again, no matter how deep His sorrow and how vast man's transgressions, will He destroy them. He has promised to love us and maintain us, the prodigals... can you not feel His heart breaking?
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