N Drew (parentheses mine):Two Forces(1)
The Ark(2) pictures the response to one kind.It means the customs of the people can cause catastrophe(3).
And most people did not stop the destructive behavior , but some used it to be redeemed.(4)
Sodom pictures the other kind.(5)
It means the people respond badly to the intuitive recognition that doom is ahead.(6)
In one case what the people are DOING causes something bad(7). In the other case something bad coming, but not by their fault(8), cause them to act badly.
I suspect the society is involved with both scenarios. They are the center of the drama.(9)
Hey N Drew! Cryptic OP, let me try to interpret/continue.
The Ark is represenative of how God saves specific people from their own catastrophe(2). That's how the doctrine of Grace was discovered(2). Whenever we find ourselves knee deep in filth it is ALWAYS our own fault(4, 8). It's never the sole fault of the specific person in the mud, but they always play a part even if small(4, 7, 8).
The two forces you refer to are the human constructs of Good and Evil and their subforms(1). Evil can be defined as unsustainable and Good the opposite(1, 3, 4, 6, 7). Therefore as God watches our civilization become unsustainable he intervenes(2, 4). We are rarely aware of our own catastrophe on the horizon(2, 3, 4, 8). That's what the Biblical Great Flood represents: humans on the brink of extinction(2). World War III will do humankind in before it ends like the last wars(3, 4, 8). It will be a different war because of how powerful we have become, but also because of our evolved will to deny the truth and create contention(3).
Your reference of the Great Flood and Sodemn being depictions of human manifested forces with the same result is interesting. The Flood being Evil generated by Human Apathy(3) and S&G being Evil generated by Human Chaos(5). Apathy is rampant in OUR world and is even considered a virtue if exhibited without losing revenue(3). Therefore you could call Apathy "Good" because it stretches out human existence much further than Chaos(3, 5). But unfortunately it ends in the same result: hoarders and ultimately death to all including the hoarders(3, 4). Hoarding of all kinds including spirutal awakening which the Watchtower Society attempts to copyright(9).
-Sab