What was the pre-Flood civilization like compared to the period after the Flood?
The pre-Flood civilization had no law or government, yet its population increased greatly. After the Flood, God instituted governmental authority, including capital punishment for murder, and later at the Tower of Babel, humanity rebelled, was scattered, and idolatry and pagan religions began.
Les explains that the pre-Flood civilization had no law and no government, yet experienced a tremendous increase in population, with the results seen in Genesis chapter 6. After the Flood, God established governmental authority: man now has the right to put a murderer to death, because God made man in His own image. Later, approximately halfway between Noah and the call of Abraham, the Tower of Babel arose. Under Nimrod, people rebelled against God's instruction to repopulate and scatter the earth, staying instead in Mesopotamia. There, all pagan religions, idolatry, Eastern religions, and mythology began. God then scattered them, and idolatry took over the human race.
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What was pre-Flood civilization like before human government existed?
Before the Flood, civilization had no law and no government, yet the population increased tremendously, and the results of that situation are shown in Genesis 6.