 When we look at the Noah's Ark story, where he drowned the entire world, when we look at the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, he is a God of fear. The only reason someone would get on his good side is because they fear him. They are afraid of what he's going to do, or afraid of what he can have done to them. How do we reconcile God's love and judgment? We understand Jesus as a loving father figure who welcomes children to come learn from him. Yet some see the God of the Old Testament as purely judgment and wrath filled. Why can't God just be loving without the judgment? Well, think about it. If God is truly loving, he has to be just. Would a judge who lets criminals go off scot-free be truly loving to the victims of the crime? Not at all. We understand that if a judge is going to be truly good and loving, he has to be just, which means in context to God, God has to punish sin. That's exactly what happened with the worldwide flood and Noah's Ark. But let's not forget God's mercy in the midst of it. He provided a way that Noah's family could escape the coming judgment through the door of the Ark. Jesus said, I am the door and anyone who enters by me will be saved. This just doesn't have physical implications as it did for Noah. It has spiritual implications for us today. We are in dire trouble and deserving of God's judgment. Yet Jesus provided a way through himself that we would be saved. That's good news.