V.1-6 Sin, by that time, had spread to many parts of the earth! And had so completely corrupted everyone that God describes it as He sees it in verse 5. Every tear of sorrow, separation, disappointment, sickness, death, is the result of sin.
V.8-22 But God has one man ready. Noah is a picture of Christ. He was a “just” man (fair and honest) and perfect (upright), and he walked with God. Wasn’t that a contrast with all the people around him! Noah stood alone. Among the faithless, he alone was faithful. It is hard to stand alone. Remember Noah. God sees you, and He will use you if you are faithful to His Word.
V.13 Punishment from God. People say “Smile, God loves you,” but they forget this verse. Repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is necessary. Then the smile comes.
V.14-22 When sin reaches its climax, then judgment falls. But God makes a way of escape. In the ark alone was escape from the waters of death.
Today, in Christ alone is salvation. Every example of deliverance from the punishment of sin in the Old Testament is a picture (a type) of the cross of Christ. Water sometimes is a picture of judgment (Psa. 69:2, 14-152I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. (Psalm 69:2)
14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. (Psalm 69:14‑15); Psa. 42:77Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. (Psalm 42:7)). Noah in the ark, passing through the water, is such a picture (See also Matt. 12:4040For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:40); Matt. 24:37-3937But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:37‑39)). These show that the Old Testament happenings are pictures of salvation through Christ. Today the world is ripe (ready) for judgment. This time it will be forever!