2 Peter 2:5
The ungodly are sinners. God, being the just God that He is, judged according to His law. He wanted to save these people so that they could be resurrected and given an opportunity for salvation at a better time. Not being able to abide their rebellion, He wiped them out because they were sinners, ungodly, breaking His law.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Sixteen)
Related Topics: Fate of the Wicked
| God's Judgment
| Resurrections , Order of
| Salvation, Periods
| Salvation, Periods of
| Ungodliness
The ungodly are sinners, and God, the just Judge, judged according to His law. Unable to abide their rebellion, He wiped them out, yet He wanted to save these people so they could be resurrected and given an opportunity for salvation at a better time. God cannot tolerate sin; He loves righteousness and the righteous. He saved only Noah, the "preacher of righteousness," and his family from the Flood. The Greek noun dikaiosuné (Strong's 1343), always translated "righteousness," comes from the adjective dikaios (Strong's 1342), meaning righteous, upright, just, innocent, and guiltless, the same word describing God in Revelation. Only the righteous Judge knows how to deliver His people from sin, and He will punish the unjust.