Genesis 6:3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
God continued to take care of earth’s inhabitants right up until the very day of the flood, for He gave them breakfast even on that fateful morning. Thus, a great change took place after they had passed the limits of God’s forbearance, thus forever closing the probation of that long-lived race.
Then, The same God who had for so long mercifully taken care of those people for so many years sent a whole lot of rain, and flooded the entire planet to the tune of several miles high, thus bringing to an abrupt halt, the wickedness of that era.
Retribution for unrepented sins had seemed so long delayed, but the time came when the tables turned, and the justice side of God was made manifest. The forces of nature were unleashed, and every person who had spurned their day of grace, perished in the waters of the flood.
Genesis 6:5 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. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!