Noah And The Uncreation Of The Creation Of God

Creation can be defined as bringing something into existence. God used a flood to take wicked men out of existence, thus uncreating the majority of mankind. However by sparing Noah and establishing a new covenant with him God recreated a new world. A world less perfect than that in the story of Adam and Eve but also a world better than the one that was ruled by violence and wickedness. The flood narrative is a story about the uncreation of a wicked world and the recreation of a better one.

God first created man “in his own image” to live in a perfect world and to be perfect (Genesis 1. 27). He wanted mankind to look up to him and to have the same moral code he possesses. However, once man fell from God’s grace by eating from the fruit of the forbidden tree, God’s great plan of a perfect creation

6). However, “Noah” was able to “[find] favor” with God (Genesis 6. 8). Thus all humans were destroyed for their wickedness except Noah and his family because Noah was a righteous man. God uncreated his creation by way of a flood but then recreated his creation with Noah, the only righteous man left on earth. God commanded Noah’s family to “be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 9. 7) so Noah’s descendants can fill the earth. God established “a new covenant with” Noah, his “descendants and every animal” promising to never again destroy the earth with a great flood (Genesis 9. 7, 9). By blessing Noah to produce many offspring God takes the firsts steps towards recreation. He is creating a new world where all of men come from the seed of Noah and the great wickedness of the past will forever remain in the past. God establishes a covenant with Noah and his family promising that the next time mankind sins he will be more merciful. God has brought about great change, he recreated a new world in which all people come from the seed of Noah and in which his wrath against the sin of mankind will forever be