Is God Really Forgiven?

Nicki Minaj: How do we know if God really forgives? The Bible showing us some things. He flooded the earth. That was Old Testament, right? Yeah. People like De'Dane, De'D Dane, come on, man. They can say they can't. But then again, that's like defeating the whole purpose of God. It seemed like they were getting punished way before. And what was their punishment? This we've been on our own ever since. I don't know. Is it that much of a punishment?