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Yes, everything died except for those on the ark.
“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land,
died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping
things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were
with him in the ark.” Genesis 7:21-23
No, some survived.
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters
of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” Genesis 6:4
“And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers,
and so we were in their sight.” Numbers 13:33
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Explanation:
Everything died except those on the Ark. Essentially, the skeptic is applying Scripture in a way completely unrelated to
Noah and his family.
The “sons of God” in Genesis 6:4 are fallen angels: demons. Good angels would never have sexual intercourse with
humans. The evil offspring of the demons and the women are called Nephalim, and they are referred to also in the Bible as
giants. It is possible that the giants of Anak in Numbers 13:33 were Nephalim, but it is highly unlikely; there is nothing
in the verse to suggest the possibility.
When the flood came, the giant Nephalim in 6:4 were all killed, along with the human race outside of Noah and his family.
When the verse says: “and also after that,”, it is referring to what comes next in the sentence: “when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men”. So the phrase is summarily saying: “after the sons of God
came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them”. The passage is NOT saying: “There were giants.
After that, the sons of God came unto the daughters of men”, which is the way the skeptic improperly interpreted it.
The giants were the evil offspring of demons and women.
Even if the giants of Anak were also Nephalim, the demons would have, in this case, started their evil deeds again after the
flood(where the former race was killed), just as they have been doing it in our generation: producing the so-called “aliens”
that are sometimes viewed in UFOs.
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