Gen. 8:21-22

Ge. 8:21-22

God promises He won't curse the ground any more. There could have been an additional curse on it that was then removed, but this is unlikely. The phrasing seems to show a promise not to do any further, especially since it is together with the promise not to destroy the earth with a flood anymore. The next time will be with fire.

God also remarks that mankind is sinful from youth. It is that sin nature that caused things to spiral so much out of control in such a short time. So, it makes sense that God would short life spans and also have another plan for future problems.

Of course, it's interesting that things have not company as bad until very recently in 4500 years as they had in the first 1500. Part of this is because people who were so evil only lived 50 to 80 years instead of 500 to 800. However, it also adds some evidence to the idea that part of the problem before the flood was genetic manipulation by fallen angels, who then interacted with people.

Finally, He also promises the seasons will continue to the end. This is not to say that there wouldn't be some local areas that would suffer long drought for some places that had large local floods. In fact, the land bridges people talk about between Britain and the continent, and another between Alaska and Siberia, with a final one probably between Spain and Africa, all existed at the end of the flood until the Ice Age and subsequent waters melting after it. That is how people got across to the Americas.

However, this promise has been kept for the world as a whole. While there have been times when parts of the world suffered from smaller harvest - such as after large volcanic eruptions like that of Tambora in 1815 - this season's, seedtime, harvest, and so on have continued. This has been a great comfort to many farmers, who know things can always get better and who thus learn very early to rely on the Lord.