Noah was saved, with his family, when the rest of the world perished because the LORD judged him to be righteous.
A similar judgment will be administered when the Lord Jesus returns so that his division of the responsible will mean that many "shall go (from his presence) into everlasting punishment (oblivion in the grave): but the righteous shall go forth into everlasting life". Matthew 25:46.Matthew 25:46XWaiting for response
Peter also drew a link between the flood and the baptism of disciples into Christ, saying, "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ", and be saved from death, as Noah was.
Jesus made a direct reference to the readiness of Noah for the flood, in contrast with the rest of the population for "they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all," Luke 17:27Luke 17:27XWaiting for response i.e. they were making plans for their future life, despite the warning from God through Noah, a preacher of righteousness 2 Peter 2:5,2 Peter 2:5XWaiting for response when there would be none.
Jesus also pointed out that the flood came suddenly, on the very day that Noah and his family entered the ark. Genesis 7:11,13.Genesis 7:11,13XWaiting for response So he warned his disciples to "take heed to yourselves, lest ... that day come upon you unawares". Luke 17:26,Luke 17:26XWaiting for response whether for the Jews in A.D. 70 or those alive at his coming. Luke 21:34-36.Luke 21:34-36XWaiting for response His warning also applied to all his disciples during the last two thousand years, for at death in their next conscious moment they will be before Jesus at his judgement-seat. Therefore, he said: “And what I say to you I say to all. Watch.” Mark 13:37.Mark 13:37XWaiting for response
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This chapter describes the overwhelming flood which destroyed the antediluvian world (time before the flood) and, despite general disbelief of this record, the earth contains many extraordinary phenomena which can only be explained by a catastrophic global flood. At many sites worldwide there are billions of fossils of marine creatures which died violent deaths all at the same time under enormous pressure. Only a great flood would affect this. There are also mountain ranges and hills throughout the world which contain millions of fossilised animals, many of them extinct, including fossilised whales far above sea level. Furthermore, three-quarters of the earth’s land mass is covered by successive layers of sedimentary rocks laid down under water, often enclosing fossils.
In many places on the earth there are “erratics”, large rocks which are geologically out of place. For example, those strewn over the Russian plains are very large in the north but become progressively smaller as one goes further south, pointing to turbulent flood conditions and water action on a huge scale.
Geologists who say there is no evidence of the flood, even though there are so many phenomena they cannot explain, are misled because they leave God out of account. If God, by his great power, produced in a few days reactions which geologists attribute to natural developments over millions of years their calculations and conclusions are bound to be distorted. For example, the continents were formed by land being pushed apart from a central single land mass, and this is generally attributed to gradual continental drift, but it may have been done quickly and catastrophically during the flood. The Bible and geological records are consistent with this.
The account in Genesis is remarkable and if people gave it the attention it deserves they might be convinced of its truth, not only by the consistency of the scriptural record but also by the confirmatory evidence left in the earth.