Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Chapter 5
Mishnah 1d
How do the wicked destroy the world?
G-d maintains the world’s existence because of its value in bringing mankind close to Him through the mitzvaot. Without mitzvaot, mankind would be insignificant; indeed the first man was given seven commandments on the day of creation. In the time of Noach these commandments were not obeyed and the world lost its justification for existence. Scripture relates: “And He destroyed every living thing which was upon the face of the earth, whether man or animals or creeping things or birds of the heaven.”