And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
When God judges He will overcome; if He begin, He will make an end. The gradual advances of His judgments, meant to bring sinners to repentance, are often twisted into hardening them in their presumption instead. No height on earth escapes His reach; mountains and hills are nothing to Him, and in vain do men flee to them when His hand comes down.
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Commenting on Genesis 7:17-20
Every breathing creature perished except those in the ark, for their deaths expressed God's hatred of sin and the justice of His punishment. Yet this very destruction shows His wisdom: fewer beasts would be needed for the smaller remnant of men, and His mercy spared them from being overrun by wild animals in a repopulated world.
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