God's Biggest Regret

God's Biggest Regret: God’s Response

By Amitabh Singh

There are countless stories throughout history that have similarities in different cultures. Take for example the story of Noah and the Ark in the Old Testament. In ancient Mesopotamia, the epic of Gilgamesh provides an ancient flood story. The Aztec flood story also shares some similarities with the Biblical flood story. In the Greek world, Zeus, the king of the Gods, told Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, to construct an ark. After nine days of flooding, the world was destroyed. In Hinduism, Manu (the first man) built a boat as a fish god told him that the world would be destroyed in a great flood. Buddhists have an elaborate flood story called Samudda-Vanuja Jataka. In China, there are many stories and myths about great floods. In the Vikings’ Norse flood story, the world was flooded by blood when Odin and Villi killed the giant Ymir. Aborigines of Australia also have their own flood story.

In the Old Testament, we read Noah’s story. He warned the world of God’s righteous judgement. God did not spare the ancient world except for Noah and the seven others in his family. God destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood. Scientists compare the flood story with what they find in geological columns and radiometric dating.

It is encouraging to note that God’s regret is always directed toward the sin and not the person. “God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” (Romans 5:8 NLT)