What was God’s response or better said plan for Satan’s plan to destroy mankind through demonic means? First, Satan’s plans are all known by God but God’s plans are not all known by Satan.
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."
This is God’s judgment on Satan and Adam and Eve. Clearly, Satan will have seed, i.e., living beings conforming to his image and evil desires. The ‘sons of God’ were his servants to destroy the seed of mankind, who are made in God’s image.
What did God do?
Genesis 6:7-8 The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them." But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Here we have our first introduction to Noah.
Genesis 6:9 These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.
Blameless in the Hebrew includes the meanings of unblemished and pure, much like the commandments later given to Moses for sacrifices. This implies that Noah had not been tainted or contaminated by Satan’s evil desire to destroy the gene pool of mankind. Noah had escaped or better said, been protected and preserved by God.
How was God going to preserve mankind from this demonic onslaught? Would a remnant remain pure to produce the Messiah? Why would God destroy animals as well?
Part Four will begin to reveal the next step in God’s sovereign plan.