Finally, there is the threat from God himself. In other words, I give you protection from the animals, I give you protection from man, and in my own covenant promise I give you protection from me. I will uphold rather than destroy the natural world processes on which you depend for life. As long as the world lasts I will withhold universal judgment like this and preserve the order of creation. But notice what this implies.
Sin is just as much a problem after the flood as before.
The story of Noah and the flood is incomplete in itself. God still hates sin and no remedy was found. The story cries out for an epilogue. And there is a final clue in the story about the epilogue to come. And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, 'I will never again curse the ground because of man.