The Bible teaches us about the character of God and what He stand for. There are a couple verses in the book of Genesis, chapter 6, that I find to be the saddest in the entire Bible.
Genesis chapter 6, verses 5-7
5 Then YHWH saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And YHWH regretted(was-sorry/repented) that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So YHWH said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I regret(am-sorry/repent) that I have made them.”
It is clear the wickedness that people do on the earth grieves our Creator, even to the extent that seeing it can cause Him to regret ever making mankind. Did God know man was going to act so wickedly? Of course He did! But even knowing that your child is going to do something wrong, when you actually see it, it makes it so much more difficult for a person to endure. Imagine all the wickedness each day that our Creator sees among His children. God always keeps a remnant of His people alive, and He preserved mankind through Noah and Noah's family when He destroyed the rest of the earth with a flood. God knows that all of us will sin, but He loved us enough to make us anyway. And He will watch and only destroy when things become too exceedingly wicked like in the days of Noah. He spared a remnant because He knew some of us would love Him and be His children forever.
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