November 10, 2002
'Oh no, Noah; you are quite mistaken; it is only your opinion.'
"And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the son of Man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all," (Luke17: 26-27).
If these words were but the mere opinions of Men, we might disregard them, but since they are the words of JESUS CHRIST, the son of God, they must and will be fulfilled to the very letter (Mark13: 31).
Let us then carefully notice how it was in the days of Noah.
"God saw that the wickedness of Man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thought of his heart was only evil continually" (Gen6: 5) Yes God saw this. This does not tell us what Men thought, but what God saw. And what was the wickedness of Man now? Has not Man murdered the son of God, and for almost 2,000 years rejected Him?
JESUS foretells that this wicked rejection of himself will continue right up to the very day that Christ will come back to reign over the earth. Men in Noah's day probably thought they were living in a time of wonderful progress, but " the earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence" (Gen6: 11). What is it now?
The world's newsmen say, "we have no sooner recorded one dead of violence that we are called to report another." But what is it before God? What will it be very shortly, when the true church of God will be taken up to heaven, and Satan deceived the whole world?
Peace shall then be taken completely from the earth.(see Rev 6). Men shall kill one another. Violence will fill the earth. Prior to the flood, God revealed to Noah that the world destroys Man from the face of the earth. "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an arc to the saving of his house by which he condemned the world, and became heir of his righteousness which is by faith"(Heb11: 7).
Still the world went on; its buildings, its commerce, its pleasure, and its sins- Men would not believe God.
The ark grew larger everyday witness of the coming judgement, certainly there was no appearance of the coming flood. Would God destroy this beautiful world in its infancy? Human reason said," oh, no, you are quite mistaken; it is only opinion! You had better give up preaching such views! Come and enjoy yourself man and be such narrow-minded bigot! Do you think everybody is wrong but you?"
But the flood came and destroy all but seven who went in unto Noah into the ark .. And the Lord shut him up." Genesis 7:13-16. Every soul that was not shut in with Noah was shut out.
It was too late, yes, and it will be so in the day when Jesus Christ returns to judge the world.
We read the parable of the ten Virgins,"They that were ready went in with Him to the marriage, and the door was shut, afterward came also the other Virgins, saying,' Lord, Lord, open to us'. Matthew 25: 10, 11. But it was TOO LATE.
Today many still reject the word of God, just as fatally as in the days of Noah. But the day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction come upon them as travail upon a Woman with child; and they shall not escape" I Thessalonians 5:2,3.
Are you ready to meet the Lord?, do you like Noah, believe God, or with the world are you rejecting Him? God sees every thoughts. Believe God now, repent of your sins, and accept Jesus as your saviour and Lord.
"For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
" be ye therefore ready also: for the son of Man cometh at and hour when ye think not". Luke 12:40.
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