They were destroyed from the earth

“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.”

This is a demonstration of the inevitability of consequences. All the people who chose to reject God by by not doing what He had commanded them died.The sad thing about consequences is that other creatures may be hurt by our actions. In this case all flesh was also hurt by the consequences of the choices made by all those who didn’t do what God commanded. However, God’s grace is shown here as well for God preserved the creation that He had made and eventually the Saviour was born to make everlasting life available to all who believe in Him. Because God knows the future and knew the inevitability of His will, He knew that the Redeemer would be born so Noah had everlasting life as well (see Hebrews 11: 2, 7, 11-16). It is important for us to remember that we cannot blame God for the consequences of our choices. He is completely innocent of any sin but has the integrity to give us what we choose, even though He give us the time an opportunity to repent.

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)