Posted on 06/26/2010 8:00:45 PM PDT by pastorbillrandles
As in the Days of Noah
And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of Man:were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage,until the day Noah entered the Ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.It was the same as happened in the days of Lot...( luke 17)
Jesus warned us that the end of days would be just as it was in the time leading up to the flood and also as in the last days of Sodom and Gommorah.
The saying, the Days of Noah and of Lot, has a specific meaning in scripture. We can identify the end of time by what scripture says about those times.
The days of Noah have seven characteristics, according to Genesis 4-6 . God tells us that those times were marked by; rapid advances in technology, a disregard for marriage, a population explosion,a radical increase in corruption and violence, the general rejection of the call to repentance,the loss of distinction between the line of Seth and that of Cain, and open communion between Humans and fallen angels.
* Rapid increase of technology,and the arts- Genesis 4:21-22 tells us that the sons of Cain developed agriculture, animal husbandry,and metallurgy. They invented musical instruments, and new alloys to form iron and bronze tools.
* Disregard for marriage- Lamech is an example of the degeneration in the concept of marriage as God had defined it, "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife...".In Genesis 4;23 Lamech sings a song of proud boasting to his two wives,Adah and Zillhah.
* Population explosion- Now it came about,when men began to multiply on the face of the earth...(Gen 5:1) As in those days, these days also are marked by an explosion of population, and that in spite of the godless attempts at so called "zero population growth" by leftists and Maoists. The exponential phase of population growth is here!
* Corruption and violence-Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked on the earth,and behold it was now corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.Then God said to Noah,'the end of all flesh is come before me,for the earth is filled with violence because of them, and behold i am about to destroy them with the earth."(Genesis 6:11-13)
It had gotten to the point that the corruption of humanity was almost complete, particularly in the imagination of men...Think about the constant filth running out of televisions, computers, I pods- etc. People can so program their minds by the new technology that the chance to actually think in solitude becomes a rarity! And what are they filling their minds with? And the God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every thought in the imagination of his heart was evil continually(Genesis 6:5)
*The rejection of the call to repentance- There had been a long line of preachers leading up to Noah,Seth, Enoch, Methuselah,Lamech, and finally Noah himself. All of these and others, warned of the coming wrath,called for all to humble themselves,turn back to God, and break off of sin,seeking forgiveness and redemption in God.
Methuselah, even today remembered as the oldest man ever, was the sign of the longsuffering God. His very name is a prophecy, "When He goes it shall come...", meaning the judgment.As long as he lived, people could see the forbearance of the Holy God. The year he died, the flood came and wiped out the earth.
But the kindness of God, in His delay of judgment was wrongly interpreted as it is today. People don't believe they are in danger of judgment, because it hasn't happened yet, in spite of ever bolder and more outrageous sin.This generation has no excuse either, having been warned time and again.
*The loss of distinction between the confessing people of God and the godless- The degeneration of the church, with the exception of remnants here and there, is another sign of the days of Noah. There was a definite line of Cain, known for their godlessness, they developed a civilisation, they advanced in technology, music the arts. At the same time there was a godly line of Seth who were different, because they called upon the name of the Lord. But by the time of the Flood, that distinction had been wiped out, there was no difference.
*The unlawful communion between the "sons of God"(fallen Angels) and the daughters of men.- This is the sin that finally brought upon the world the flood, because by this sin the very make up of the human race was in danger of being distorted. Fallen Angels began desiring and having human wives, and siring a kind of evil prodigy, the Nephilim, "the fallen ones"- mighty ones of evil.
It is interesting that many of the "heroes of greek mythology, are "half man half god",like Hercules, products of the unions between the vile greek gods and humans. Could these be distant memories of such pre flood prodigies?
It is also ominous that the theme of the carnal union of Angels and humans is a recurring motif of many Hollywood movies.
And finally Jesus said it would also be as in the days of Lot. The last days before jesus comes back would be like the last days of Sodom and Gommorah.Even the freerepublic forum testifies of this in a particularly appalling way, in the report of a debauched "Gay Rights" march in Arkansas, which used a ten year old boy as the 'Grand Marshall' of the parade!
Unfortunately we have arrived at the place Jesus warned of, the very days of Noah and Lot, the days of the coming of the Son of Man. it is time to get right with God, to confess that we are sinners and to call upon Him for mercy and forgiveness through the blood of Jesus. "Whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved"
PastorBill,you say “unfortunately we have arrived”...We belivers should do not look upon these times as being of an unfortunate nature.These are the greatest times to be alive..We are ready for the Day our Lord and Saviour comes for his Church..For we are outta here!!!The unfortunates will be those left behind..Make No Mistake for These are the LAST DAYS!!!!!
The interesting thing about the Bible stories is that one must understand that each lesson refers to life on different levels.
The Second Coming, for instance. It refers to each of us on a daily basis. We go to sleep and are reborn anew each day.
It refers to our lifespan, in that we will have a Tribulation, Armageddon, a Second Coming, and a return to heaven.
It also refers to mankind as a whole. This civilization, this incarnation of man, will have it's Second Coming.
So.... it's not as important whether the Second Coming has 'happened' , as it is to what you do until it does, or while it happens.
Thank you once again Pastor Bill. I always look forward to reading your post.
The cities were destroyed by fire and brimstone just like the Bible says they were . The ash is even visible on satellite images. The sites are loaded with balls of sulfur.
http://www.arkdiscovery.com/sodom_&_gomorrah.htm
Something unsettling most certainly has been set in motion. I really believe we are on the verge of greatest event in human history, the fulfillment of end-time prophecies.
As a young Christian in the 1970’s I got caught up on reading all of those end-times books in the Bible Book stores. The book captivating me the most, being Hal Lindsey’s book “The late great Planet Earth”. The books were fascinating at the time, I could hardly put them down - but the prophecies seemed so far out into the future I could hardly believe it all could go down in my life time.
We have come a long way since Hal Lindsey’s book.
I'm not making judgments, but just search yourself and make sure you are as a bride is to her Groom. I go to church with many that say they aren't ready to go because they aren't retired yet, have a new grand baby they want to see grown, or even a vacation that is coming up they are counting on. Many that are "sure" they are going won't be, I fear. As the Bible describes us as "marrying" Jesus, do we feel about Him as we do our spouses? Hopefully we do, but we have about a 50% divorce rate even with church goers. Would you die for Christ? Think about that one for awhile. I know people that say yes, but won't even talk about Him to their own children, won't give to charity or the church, won't even do a favor for family. Their mouth is there, but there is no fruit.
I hope and pray to go, but I would understand if I wasn't taken. When Paul said he had run the good race, I look at the times I remained in my Lazy Boy. He spent his time in prison, was beaten to death, and then came back, and finally died in the cause of Christ. What have I suffered for Christ other than some ribbing for believing the Bible?
Just as an experiment, ask some people you know if they would be ready if Christ came today. I was blown away by the answers I got from some people. Just as the wedding feast parable said they had a new ox to break in, or other excuses, we seem to think it inconvenient if God were to take us on His time schedule.
Well, it may well be on "the horizon." The Vatican operates an advanced telescope observatory in Arizona and Vatican astronomers openly acknowledge ET's as "brothers."
Something is changing. Vatican speak clearly about Extraterrestrials.
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Chuckles,I see very well exactly what you are saying..For Jesus Christ,I am faithful,always true..I couldn’t do what I do with out my lovely wife or Jesus Christ by my side Yes,my life is Blessed.I have a personal relationship with our Saviour Jesus Christ..I work, & live in War torn Iraq.5+ years,and still going..I am willing at any moment to give my life for my Creator,Jesus Christ or my fellow man for that matter.God’s Blessings.
You'll want to do a search for: Petroglyph Park russia
Although this is classically Sa'ami territory (part of the Sapma) and for a long time occupied by the Finns, and earlier by the Swedes, it ended up in the hands of the Russians at the end of the Continuation War.
It'll be Finish again, of course.
The references available with this search are usually provided by Finns, Latvians or Russians, and are ever changing. Be prepared to beg for translations on research papers. There's a cottage industry of researchers in this material. Everything has been photographed long ago so what people are doing is dating the glyphs, or linking them together, or providing new interpretations. This stuff can change fast ~ month to month ~ so you might want to make a copy on your own computer of anything you might like to look at again. I have my own copy of the "Lot Interpretation" around somewhere but not handy. Found it about 8 years back.
The Lot story tied together a shamanistic tradition in NORTHEAST ASIA among the Evank (and other reindeer herding people_ with the stone carvings in Russian Former Finland. I would imagine people who know the shamanistic story recognize that it is fairly well parallel to the Biblical story regarding Lot's wife, but it has enough differences to know that it does not draw on that particular source. The discovery of the stones to back up the shamanistic story was well known ~ going back to the mid 1800s ~ but radio carbon dating of the milieu around those stones was the big surprise ~ 7,000 year PLUS dates for those items and others.
That predates the creation of the Abrahamic Jewish religious movement by many thousands of years.
For religious people think of Lot's story as arising out of earlier revelations and histories that God put in your Bible.
You are exactly right- point well taken!
Yes I know the passage well. It's always funny how the wives part is preached hard and loud, but the part about Jesus giving His life for the Bride and well,...you know, the Bridegroom being Jesus like, is hardly preached at all. It always fascinates me how the wife is supposed to follow her husband when he is a no good bum. I don't think he is "Jesus like" and the head of the family if he gambles and drinks all the money away and expects dinner on the table after a hard night of chasing women. That part of the sermon is always "next Sunday".
If the husband is Jesus like, prays himself up for guidance, and does what the Spirit has led him to do, then yes, I think the woman should thank God for a good husband and father and submit to his leading because he is being led by the Spirit. Otherwise, he gets the broom handle when staggering through the door.
Being a husband and father has LARGE responsibilities if you do it per the Bible.
I agree with you 100% but, where is “I think” or “ I don’t think” in the scripture?
Your opinion is worth just as little as mine. A lot of people, including me, have a major problem with “Thou Shall not”. It is human nature to make exceptions for ourselves. I don’t think God is interested in our excuses.
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