No — Les Feldick teaches that the flood, despite being a terrible judgment, was not the outpouring of God's wrath.
The flood was an act of mercy to unborn generations in a violent world, a cleansing of the slate and a fresh start. God's wrath is reserved for the end times, when He will pour out suffering so severe that people will cry for death and the rocks to fall on them.
Psalm 2:5 — This is the key verse Les uses to show that God's wrath is a future speaking in wrath and vexation, different from the flood.
Matthew 24:8 — Jesus calls the early tribulation events the beginning of sorrows, showing they are not yet the full wrath of God.
Psalm 2:5 shows that God's wrath is a distinct response to the nations' rejection of His Anointed: "Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure." This points to a day when God no longer deals in grace and love but speaks in wrath. In Matthew 24:8, Jesus describes the early tribulation events as "the beginning of sorrows," indicating that they are not yet the final wrath. Revelation 6:16-17 speaks of men calling for the mountains to fall on them to hide them from "the wrath of the Lamb," and asks, "For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
Les emphasizes that we are living in the age of grace, and even to the ungodly world God is still dealing in grace, not judgment or wrath. He says the flood, as awful as it was, was not the wrath of God. God was broken-hearted that everything He had begun had fallen apart and turned to rejection. It was an act of mercy to unborn generations because the world was filled with violence and people were killing each other so quickly. The flood was a cleansing of the slate and a fresh start, and it was almost instantaneous destruction. Les contrasts this with future wrath. When God finally pours out His wrath in the tribulation, it will be beyond human comprehension. The first three and a half years are called the beginning of sorrows; the last three and a half years are the actual outpouring of God's wrath. This future wrath will cause men to cry out for death and for the rocks and mountains to fall on them.
Les Feldick says the flood was not so much the wrath of God as it was an act of mercy to unborn generations. The pre-flood world was filled with violence, and people were killing one another so quickly that a child could not know how long he would live. God was broken-hearted, and the flood was a cleansing of the slate and a fresh start.
The flood was almost instantaneous destruction. God's coming wrath, by contrast, will bring such suffering and mental anguish that people will cry out for the rocks and mountains to fall on them and will beg for death, but death will not come. It will be God pouring out His wrath on Christ-rejecting mankind.
Psalm 2:5 is the verse Les emphasizes when explaining the beginning of God's wrath. After humanity rejects God's Anointed and continues in unbelief, God speaks to them in His wrath and vexes them. Les explains that this happens when His love and grace are withdrawn and He becomes a God of judgment.
Les teaches that the first three and a half years of the tribulation are only the beginning of sorrows and are not yet referred to as the outpouring of God's wrath. The last three and a half years are beyond human comprehension and are the actual wrath of the Lamb.
Why God "Gave Them Up" — Romans 1 & the Wrath to Come
And so just remember that all of the past programs are available on 6-hour videotapes, in which we've put 12 programs. Now this goes all the way back to Genesis 1-1. And then a couple years ago, they started transcribing the tapes. And so word for word, it's now in print on the little booklets. And each booklet, of course, is corresponding to its individual tape.
Future Wrath vs. Instantaneous Flood
Les contrasts the flood's instantaneous destruction with the coming wrath, which will cause such suffering that people will cry for death.
The Flood Was an Act of Mercy
Les directly answers the question: the flood was not God's wrath; it was a broken-hearted cleansing of a violent world and an act of mercy to unborn generations.
Calamities Are Not God's Wrath
Les says the plagues and calamities of history have never been the wrath of God; the wrath of the Lamb is yet future.
Psalm 2:5 – Wrath After Grace Is Rejected
Les explains that when love and grace are withdrawn, God speaks in wrath and vexes humanity, as Psalm 2:5 describes.
Grace Ends Before the Tribulation
Les says God is not pouring out wrath today because He is a God of grace; that grace ends with the out-calling of the Church, and then the wrath of the Lamb is seen.
The Beginning of Sorrows
Les teaches that the first three and a half years are only the beginning of sorrows, not the outpouring of God's wrath; the last three and a half years will be beyond human comprehension.
God of Love Becomes God of Wrath
Les explains that after centuries of God pouring out love while humanity walks it underfoot, the coming day turns Him from a God of grace to a God of judgment and wrath.
Psalm 2:5: Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Les uses this verse to show that God's wrath is a future, deliberate outpouring on Christ-rejecting nations.
Matthew 24:8: All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Jesus says the early tribulation events are only the start, not the full wrath of God.
Revelation 6:16: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Les describes the terror of future wrath using this language from the Tribulation.
Revelation 6:17: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
This is the wording Les references when describing the arrival of the day of wrath.
No. Les teaches the flood was not the wrath of God. It was an act of mercy to unborn generations, a cleansing of a violent world, and a way to start over.
Les teaches the tribulation's last three and a half years are the actual outpouring of God's wrath. The first half is only the beginning of sorrows.
Psalm 2:5 says God will speak to the nations in His wrath and vex them. Les explains this happens only after God's love and grace are withdrawn because humanity continues in unbelief.
Watch the Teaching: Why God "Gave Them Up" — Romans 1 & the Wrath to Come