Doesn't that describe the state of the world today? That is actually how God described the world to Noah. It has described the state of the world most of its existence as long as there have been people. Prior to our creation the earth and all that was in it were described as good.
It is a humbling thing to know that we are responsible for the corruption of creation, but it is clearly our fault, due to sins of greed, envy, lust, etc. that causes us to constantly seek more when we clearly don't need more. We are supposed to seek more of the creator and instead we seek more of the creation. Creation is finite, however and He is infinite, as is His capacity to satisfy. It is amazing that however far we are from original creation, the earth continues to provide so much for us to lust after. Think about all the things just on your desk or within the view of your eyes that have come about just in the past 100 years that never were possible to earlier people and you'll be astounded when you realize it all came from what God created so long ago. Nothing has truly been created out of nothing by mankind, it all comes from the original creation.
Corruption though is an interesting word for God to use, it means that we weren't made this way or for this purpose. Corruption implies there was an original intent from which we have deviated, a change from what we should be and that change affected everything so God had to wipe it all out, not just the agents of corruption, men. Corruption points back to origin and intent, creation and design. What was God's answer to corruption in Genesis 6?
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