The holy inhabitants of other worlds were watching with the deepest interest the events taking place on the earth. In the condition of the world that existed before the Flood they saw illustrated the results of the administration which Lucifer had 79 endeavored to establish in heaven, in rejecting the authority of Christ and casting aside the law of God. In those high-handed sinners of the antediluvian world they saw the subjects over whom Satan held sway. The thoughts of men's hearts were only evil continually. Genesis 6:5. Every emotion, every impulse and imagination, was at war with the divine principles of purity and peace and love. It was an example of the awful depravity resulting from Satan's policy to remove from God's creatures the restraint of His holy law.

De hellige beboere på andre kloder betragtede med dybeste interesse begivenhederne på jorden. I tilstandene på jorden før syndfloden så de et eksempel på resultaterne af den regering, Lucifer havde prøvet at oprette i Himmelen ved at forkaste Kristi myndighed og tilsidesætte Guds lov. I de brutale syndere, der levede før syndfloden, så de den type undersåtter, som Satan herskede over. Menneskenes tanker var onde ustandselig. 1. Mos 6, 5. Hver følelse, hver impuls, hver tanke var i strid med de guddommelige principper for renhed, fred og kærlighed. Det var et eksempel på den frygtelige fordærvelse, der er resultatet af Satans plan om at fjerne Guds hellige lovs hegn fra hans skabninger.