I think I get it - a symbolic, individual washing clean, rather than a literal, catastrophic one. (I'd never thought of the Flood as *washing* before. Obvious thing to miss.)
I figured that humanity had once more built up a critical mass of sin, and God decided, "Right, let's sort this out once and for all!" As He'd promised not to kill us, He was the only other sacrificial option.
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Date: 2004-11-15 02:18 pm (UTC)I think I get it - a symbolic, individual washing clean, rather than a literal, catastrophic one. (I'd never thought of the Flood as *washing* before. Obvious thing to miss.)
I figured that humanity had once more built up a critical mass of sin, and God decided, "Right, let's sort this out once and for all!" As He'd promised not to kill us, He was the only other sacrificial option.