Those not in the ark were taken out - to judgement. Noah was not removed from the Earth. He never left the Earth. The flood waters were still a part of the Earth.
Right. Those were the wicked whom God intended to destroy.
Noah was not removed from the Earth. He never left the Earth. The flood waters were still a part of the Earth.
Noah didn't have to be removed from the earth. Noah was removed from the judgment through a mechanism, the ark, that God had chosen for that event.
Had Noah been taken through the judgment, he would have died along with the wicked. He was removed from the judgment, not taken through it.