Deluge, The
Sent as a punishment for the extreme wickedness of man -- Ge 6:5-7,11-13,17. Called the Flood. -- Ge 9:28. Waters of Noah. -- Isa 54:9. Noah forewarned of -- Ge 6:13; Heb 11:7. Long-suffering of God exhibited in deferring -- Ge 6:3; 1Pe 3:20. The wicked warned of -- 1Pe 3:19,20; 2Pe 2:5. Noah, &c, saved from -- Ge 6:18-22; 7:13,14. Date of its commencement -- Ge 7:11. Came suddenly and unexpectedly -- Mt 24:38,39. Produced by Forty days' incessant rain. -- Ge 7:4,12,17. Opening up of the fountains of the great deep. -- Ge 7:11. Increased gradually -- Ge 7:17,18. Extreme height of -- Ge 7:19,20. Time of its increase and prevailing -- Ge 7:24. Causes of its abatement -- Ge 8:1,2. Decrease of gradual -- Ge 8:3,5. Date of its complete removal -- Ge 8:13. Complete destruction of whole earth effected by -- Ge 7:23. Entire face of the earth changed by -- 2Pe 3:5,6. Traditional notice of -- Job 22:15-17. That it shall never again occur Promised. -- Ge 8:21,22. Confirmed by covenant. -- Ge 9:9-11. The rainbow a token. -- Ge 9:12-17. A pledge of God's faithfulness. -- Isa 54:9,10. Illustrative Of the destruction of sinners. -- Ps 32:6; Isa 28:2,18. Of baptism. -- 1Pe 3:20,21. (Unexpectedness of,) of suddenness of Christ's coming. -- Mt 24:36-39; Lu 17:26,27-30.