Consider today and what's going on. Then
think about this...
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?
I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided,
three against two, and two against three.
The father shall be divided against the son,
and the son against the father;
the mother against the daughter,
and the daughter against the mother;
the mother in law against her daughter in law,
and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
"Wake Up!" It's time to get involved. It's time to vote.
"When presented with alternatives, it's as if many don't even hear them.
In fact, they probably don't want to hear them because it would call for them to change."
Even bad things happen for a "reason." We must do our best. Read the excerpt from "Wake UP!"
"The scoffers skepticism is based upon their evil desires,
which lead them to prefer a view of the future in which there is no divine judgment.
The scoffers maintain
that everything in the world goes on without divine intervention. Notice that the emphasis here is on a deliberate rejection,
or as some translations put it, a "willing ignorance."
Thus, it is a deliberate action on a person's part not to believe.
People refuse to believe these things
even when presented with evidence
-people simply do not want to be convinced.
Ignoring the flood as a divine intervention was not an oversight;