1051. 'The waters will no more be a flood to destroy all flesh' means that it will not be possible any more for the understanding part of his mind to soak up the kind of persuasion that would cause him to perish as the final descendants of the Most Ancient Church did. This becomes clear from what has been stated and shown quite often already about the waters of the flood, and also about those people prior to the Flood who perished, namely that with them not only had the will part perished and become hellish but also the understanding part, with the result that they could not be regenerated, that is, a new and different will could not be formed in the understanding part of their minds.