BTW. I never thought of this until I looked at this text yesterday. To me this is not a salvation issue and I'm not going to make a big fuss about this nor worth while to repeat this. However, if you go by what Gen 6 says, to me this kind of thinking goes with the context, makes sence and has more Biblical support the idea that their was an amalgamation between fallen angels and man.
Elle, according to Genesis 6, who did wrong, who was being "punished"?
Hi Kland, I'm surprise you formulated the question as "who was being "punished""? Maybe that's why you put it in quotes right?
However, for the sake of the discussion, I think that's a good question.
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually." Gen 6:5
First we see what concerns God -- It is the level of wickedness. I think this is the main issue of the destruction and even I would suggest that it was what caused the expanse above the earth to break.
There's many things in the world of science we do not understand despite our high technology. I saw a creationist/scientist video explaining that the expanse of water above the earth was condensed and compacted water molecules. Today in the lab, they can condense water molecules under high pressure that becomes hard like steel. This creationist scientist went on to explain that the water from the flood came from this steel shield (expanse of compacted water) which was broken and released.
Broken by what? He explained that it could of came from the intensity of the combined wicked spirit which was no longer in harmony with the heavenly spirit that was on the outside of the shield, which caused a clash. I don't know physic enough to know what two opposite forces can do, but this creationist said that it weakened the shield over time.
"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened." Gen 7:11
"The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;" Gen 8:2
Take note that there was also "the fountain of the great deep" that broke off. According to the order these are mentioned, it's very possible that the fountain of the great deep broke off first. This Creationist mentions something about under the crust of the earth there was an abondance of water type of system which differs from todays. It's been almost 15 years since I've saw his video tape; so forgive me for not remembering all the details.
However, he explained that because of the force of wicked spirit that first weakened the shield(expanse) and somehow caused these fountains to brake, and then the fountains shoot with great force up and broke the shield which at the impact caused the decompaction of the water molecules of the shield.
I haven't looked into this much beside verify that it is true that water can be compacted into metal like form. However, this showed me that there's much that man today don't understand. Most people today assume that it is God that caused the flood and destroy man and all animals; however, how do we base this conclusion? With what we know of today? Naaaw! I rather stick believing what Jesus manifested about the Father's character when he offered to Judas to drink the wine at the last supper. God does not punish -- he forgaved the whole world.
it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart." Gen 6:6
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them." Gen 6:7
Does God need to repent? This word here and most of the time employed in referring to God, means "a deep breath" or a "Sigh". Why is God sighing? Because he knows we are but dust : very influenceable and vulnerable to outside forces which includes evil spirit. I don't see that the Bible says in any way their was any blame pointed on anyone and they needed to be punished, but just telling what happened and a big "SIGH" from the Creator. Then we see our wonderful Creator taking full responsibility of what is happening, by saying "I will destroy...". All over the Bible this is depicted when other verses says the other side of the story. Our God is great and took full responsibility because he is the Creator and ultimatly is responsible for everything by creating us and the angels as free chosing being.
What do we know about the world of the Angels? Not very much as the Bible doesn't say much and it's focuss is for the salvation of man. We know that man was made a little lower than the angels. Maybe we are very similar in kin? What do we know about the creation of the angels? Maybe God used the same method of creation, making 1 male and 1 female, and having them populate the heavens? Is that too far fetch of a thought? Isn't that His way for man to populate the earth? And the same for the animals? Maybe the offsprings of angels and man would be sterile like a mule. Anyway, we just don't know much.
To get back to your question, I see that the Bible focuss on man and it relates that the problem was that the wickedness of man has reached the maximum level that caused many problems including the increased violence within the animals. Negative thoughts within our very own body, destroys our very own cells. However, our thoughts has not reached that level of wickedness yet. Imagine the possible effect if every man on earth having continually wicked thoughts, what would be the possible effect on the behavior of the animals?
I believe the flood was a consequential result of the level of wickedness reached by all men, and the vulnerable state the earth was at that time -- fresh from creation with a shield covering it. Probably, Satan knew about this also and it was his tentative to destroy all mankind with the flood. However, the ark was built to save one family and animals from every specie to restart the earth population. The flood was not an act of destruction of God, but rather God forsaw what was coming and saved what He could save.
Who knows, that maybe after the flood, Satan and the angels lost some priviledges and couldn't anymore co-habit (or whatever they might been able to do) with men anymore. God couldn't remove all priviledges from the evil angels right away and we see in the Bible as the Great controversy unfolds, the evil angels increasingly looses their priviledges and right now they are not allow to presents themselves in heaven and are no longer visible on earth. They have been put in the bottomless pit under key. Rev 12:7-9 However, they will be allow to come out again and be visible amoungst us. Rev 9:1,2,3,11