The workings of Monica Longoria:
The classic story of Noah: world gets violent, God gets angry, God has compassion, Noah builds ark, God floods earth, flood washes away, Noah and crew live it up on dry land. Its interesting the role that water plays in this story, as that of the antagonist in a sense. We want water to be peaceful, calm, refreshing, life-giving; and here God goes and uses it to destroy (almost) all life on earth. Our righteous selves can see this as injust–what is a loving God doing destroying His creation? But what else would we have Him do? Our God is not unjust, and does not tolerate sin. His judgments and actions are right, and He has right to anything in His creation. The ark serves as a symbol of hope and mercy in the midst of the waters, showing both the justice and love of our God working side-by-side.