The 120 Years of God's Mercy

Noah is called to be a preacher of righteousness. He does the same thing that preaches to today. This 120 years is sort of like the period between the ascension of Christ and his second coming. It's a time in which God is at work in this world to call people to himself out of witness and into his church. The story sheds new light on the words of God in Ezekiel 1823, "Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked"