It was nothing revolutionary, but I am back to thinking of Noah. Last night the worst massacre in US history happened. Las Vegas Shooting
While I wish this was a break from my Revelation series, this actually fits right in it. In Matthew 24:37 Jesus clearly said to His disciples:
“ As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man."
So let us look at what the Bible says about the days of Noah.
Genesis 6: 1-5, 11-13 (ESV) Increasing Corruption on Earth
6 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. 5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Matthew 24: 36-44 No One Knows That Day and Hour
36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Genesis 6:1-4: Sexual relations that God did not intend. God's word is clear on what is sexual sin and what is right sexually. Our world today no longer follows those guidelines. I cannot even keep up with the "new" genders or lack thereof. I know this, "Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created." - Genesis 5:2. And men are to be with women, and women with women, within the confines of marriage. And today we have sex outside of marriage, men with men, women with men, and too many variants thereafter, none of which is pleasing to God.
Along with this, lets tie this in a bow shall we. After the flood, God put a rainbow in the sky.
Genesis 9:8-17
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
Satan always corrupts what God creates. God created the rainbow to be a reminder that He would never flood the earth in such a devastating way. The LGBT movement that has stolen the rainbow for their own use. The Apostle Paul uses homosexuality as an example of why God's wrath is coming:
Romans 1:18-32 (ESV)
God's Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Genesis 6:5, 11-12: Corruption and violence.
- Numerous armed conflicts (50+ and counting around the globe)
- Abortion - Nearly 1.5 billion abortions have happened since 1973. More babies have been murdered around the world through abortion and now every year nearly as many are killed from abortion as died in all of World War Two. Abortion Clock
- Global Terrorism
- North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran
- Mass Shootings in America - schools, public spaces, night clubs, etc.
Romans 1:28-32 really explains what the heart of man will be like at the end, before the return of Jesus:
- unrighteousness
- evil
- covetousness
- malice
- envy
- murder
- strife
- deceit
- maliciousness
- gossips
- slanderers
- haters of God
- insolent
- haughty
- boastful
- inventors of evil
- disobedient to parents
- foolish
- faithless
- heartless
- ruthless
I read God's word, and I see this generation. We have disregarded God, and He will not tolerate it much longer. I wish I could read the list above and say.."Oh! But we aren't x..y...or z." No I read the list and see America, I see the world.
I know not the day, I know not the hour. But I see the signs. Jesus is coming friends. He will come for His bride, will you be ready?
Matthew 25 (NIV) The Parable of the Ten Virgins
25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
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