The Lord destroyed the first world with water, is God planning to destroy the world with fire again, as the priests teach this? To understand this, we first need to understand why the Lord destroyed the first world in the flood. So, we know from the holy Scriptures that the Lord destroyed the first world in the great flood, because the thoughts of the human heart (carnal thoughts) were evil at all times: for it is written: And the Lord [God] saw that the corruption of men was great on earth, and that all the thoughts and thoughts of their hearts were evil at all times; and the Lord repented that He had created man on earth, and was grieved in his heart...