“Is it your habit to put God and His Word in tiny tidy unfitting little boxes?”
No, but I think you are really reaching here.
The point of the flood was to get rid of the present evil in the world. I believe it was successful in doing that. Sounds like you are saying it only partially worked.
That’s a distortion of Scripture.
NO where in Scripture does it teach that Noah’s flood was to remove satan and all his agents and influences on the planet.
God has used satan throughout history since Noah as a testing tool etc. Scripture talks a little about that.
Noah’s flood was primarily to remove those acting out so horribly at that time else God would have to wipe it all off and start over from scratch. And, that would be a problem because He’d promised Adam that Adam’s offspring would produce a SAVIOR.
Certainly the flood was to destroy the evil humans and the other evil EMBODIED AGENTS BOUND TO EARTH at that time.
THOSE NOT EMBODIED AND NOT BOUND TO EARTH, TO THIS TIME/SPACE DIMENSION AT THAT TIME
WOULD NOT BE TOUCHED BY THE WATERS OF THE FLOOD ANYWAY!!!!
DOH!