Old
Testament's Catastrophism
As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man...Part 1 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, [men] marrying and [women] being given in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah went into the ark, And they did not know {or} understand until the flood came and swept them all away--so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Matthew 24:37-39)
In these last
days the minds of the believers have been distorted by unbelief and
their understanding disturbed so that it will be very difficult for them
to accept the Gospel of
Jesus Christ / Yeshua Messiah as the (only) true!
(Titus 1: 15;
Ephesians 4:18) They are spiritual ignorant of the truth of G-d, while still continue
to teach the 'truth'! This
darkened
understanding explain why an unsaved person has difficulties to accept
the teachings of G-d's Word! Men left to themselves, cannot understand
the
Scripture!
It is only when the
Holy Spirit enters the 'picture' that a person gains spiritual understanding
(1 Corinthians 2:14)
The
Scriptural
message of salvation is exclusive, that is, the Gospel of
Yeshua Messiah in the only Gospel of salvation!
(Galatians 1:8, 9)
Sin
continued up to the very day
Noah
entered the ark, so also
sin will continue up to the day of the second coming of
Yeshua/Christ.
Vile propensities of our generation parallel
those of
Noah's
day.
The evil & wickedness that was at hand in that
time is thriving in nowadays generation!
Unrestrained fornication, violence, corruption and abortion
are the many signs that we live in those days as
the days of
Noah.
Judgment is on its way!
Just as
Noah
has to deal & to endure with
the ridicule of those prediluvian scoffers,
even the nowadays
Prophets are many times mocked, pursued, when they try to warn
this wicked generation of the coming unavoidable judgment of G-d! There message it the
same as
Noah: "Repent or meet the consequences of the same tragic catastrophe!" |
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Songs about "In the days of Noah"!
1. Freddy
Hayler Copyrights
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'In the Days of Noah.../Freddy
Hayler
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2. Limper-Haggins Audio CD/ Lakeland; FL © 'First Drop /
Like in the Days of Noah.../Joe
Limper & Jarius Haggins
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The Flood...
In the days of
Noah
a
double curse was resting
upon the earth in consequence of Adam's
transgression and of the
murder committed by Cain. Yet this had not
greatly changed the face of nature. There were
evident tokens of decay, but the earth was still
rich and beautiful in the gifts of G-d's
providence. The hills were crowned with majestic
trees supporting the fruit-laden branches of the
vine. The vast, gardenlike plains were clothed
with verdure, and sweet with the fragrance of a
thousand flowers. The fruits of the earth were
in great variety, and almost without limit. The
trees far surpassed in size, beauty, and perfect
proportion any now to be found; their wood was
of fine grain and hard substance, closely
resembling stone, and hardly less enduring.
Gold, silver, and precious stones existed in
abundance.
The human race
yet retained much of its early vigor. But a few
generations had passed since Adam had access to
the tree which was to prolong life; and man's
existence was still measured by centuries!
Had that long-lived people, with their rare
powers to plan and execute, devoted themselves
to the service of G-d, they would have made
their Creator's name a praise in the earth, and
would have answered the purpose for which
He gave them life. But they failed to do this.
There were many
giants*,
men of great stature and strength, renowned for
wisdom, skillful in devising the most cunning
and wonderful works; but their guilt in giving
loose rein to
iniquity was in
proportion to their skill and mental ability.
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Fallen angels; the sons of
G-d!...
* For many "fallen
angels" of G-d accompanied with women,
and begat sons that proved unjust, and
despisers of all that was good, on account of
the confidence they had in their own strength;
for the tradition is, that these men did what
resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians
call giants.
But
Noah
was very uneasy at what they did; and being
displeased at their conduct, persuaded them to
change their dispositions and their acts for the
better: but seeing they did not yield to
him,
but were slaves to their wicked pleasures,
he
was afraid they would kill
him,
together with his wife and children, and those
they had married; so he departed out of that
land. {The
Works of Flavius Josephus.}
* THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD WHICH PROVOKED G-D'S WRATH.
(Genesis
6:1-7)
The most remarkable thing concerning the old world,
is the destroying of it by the deluge, or flood.
We are told
of the abounding
iniquity of that wicked world:
G-d's just wrath, and His Holy resolution to punish it. In all ages there
has been a peculiar curse of G-d upon marriages
between professors of true religion and
its avowed enemies. The evil example of
the ungodly party corrupts or greatly hurts the
other. Family religion is put an end to, and
the children are trained up according to the
worldly maxims of that parent who is without the
fear of G-d.
{Matthew Henry Concise Bible Commentary.} |
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They used His bounties to glorify themselves
G-d bestowed
upon these antediluvians many and rich gifts;
but they used His bounties to glorify
themselves, and turned them into a
curse by fixing their
affections upon the gifts instead of the Giver.
They employed the gold and silver, the precious
stones and the choice wood, in the construction
of habitations for themselves, and endeavored to
excel one another in beautifying their dwellings
with the most skillful workmanship.
They sought only to gratify the desires of their
own proud hearts, and reveled in scenes of
pleasure and wickedness. Not desiring to
retain G-d in their knowledge, they soon came to
deny His existence. They adored nature in place
of the G-d of nature!
They glorified human genius, worshiped the works
of their own hands, and taught their children to
bow down to graven images.
In the green
fields and under the shadow of the goodly trees
they set up
the altars of their idols. Extensive groves, that retained their
foliage throughout the
year, were dedicated to the worship of
false gods.
With these groves were connected beautiful
gardens, their long, winding avenues overhung
with fruit-bearing trees of all descriptions,
adorned with statuary, and furnished with all
that could delight the senses or minister to the
voluptuous desires of the people,
and thus allure them to participate in the
idolatrous worship.
Men put G-d
out of their knowledge and worshiped the
creatures of their own imagination; and as the
result, they became more and more debased. The
psalmist describes the effect produced upon the
worshiper by the
adoration of
idols. He says,
"They that make
them are
like unto them; so is every one that trusteth
in
them." Psalm 115:8.
It is a law of the human mind that by beholding
we become changed. Man will rise no higher
than his conceptions of truth, purity, and
holiness. If the mind is never exalted above
the level of humanity, if it is not uplifted by
faith
to contemplate infinite wisdom and love, the man
will be constantly sinking lower and lower. The
worshipers of
false gods
clothed their deities with human attributes and
passions, and thus their standard of character
was
degraded
to the likeness of
sinful humanity.
They were defiled in consequence.
"G-d saw that
the
wickedness of man was great in the
earth, and that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually. . .
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The earth also was corrupt before G-d; and the
earth was filled with violence." G-d had given
men His commandments as a rule of life, but His
law was transgressed, and every
conceivable sin
was the result.
The wickedness of men was open and daring,
justice was trampled in the dust, and the cries
of the oppressed reached unto Heaven.
Polygamy
had been early introduced, contrary to the
Divine arrangement at the beginning. The Lord
gave to Adam one wife, showing His order
in that respect. But after the Fall, men chose to follow their own sinful desires; and as the result,
crime and wretchedness rapidly increased. Neither the
marriage relation nor the rights of property
were respected. Whoever coveted the wives or the
possessions of his neighbor, took them by force,
and
men exulted in their deeds of violence.
They delighted in destroying the life of
animals; and the use of flesh for food rendered
them still more cruel and bloodthirsty, until
they came to regard human life with astonishing
indifference.
The world was in
its infancy; yet
iniquity had become so
deep and widespread that G-d could no longer
bear with it; and He said:
"I will destroy
man whom I have created from the face of the
earth." He declared that His Spirit should not
always strive with the guilty race.
If they did not cease
to pollute with their sins
the world and its rich treasures, He would blot
them from His creation, and would destroy the
things with which He had delighted to bless
them; He would sweep away the beasts of the
field, and the vegetation which furnished such
an abundant supply of food, and would transform
the fair earth into one vast scene of desolation
and ruin.
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G-d gave Noah the exact dimensions of the ark and explicit directions in regard to its construction in every particular. Human wisdom could not have devised a structure of so great strength and durability. G-d was the designer, and Noah the master builder! |
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Amid the prevailing corruption,
Methuselah,
Noah,
Amid the prevailing corruption, Methuselah,
Noah,
and many others labored to keep alive the
knowledge of the true G-D and to stay the tide
of
moral evil. A hundred
and twenty years* before the Flood, the Lord
by a Holy angel declared to
Noah
His purpose, and directed him to build an ark.
While building the ark he was to preach that G-d
would bring a flood of water upon the earth to
destroy
the wicked. Those who
would believe the message, and would prepare for
that event by repentance and reformation, should
find pardon and be saved.
Enoch
had repeated to his children what G-d had shown
him in regard to the Flood, and
Methuselah and his sons, who lived to hear
the preaching of
Noah,
assisted in building the ark.
G-d gave
Noah
the exact dimensions of the ark and explicit
directions in regard to its construction in
every particular. Human wisdom could not have
devised a structure of so great strength and
durability.
G-d was the designer, and
Noah the master builder. It was constructed like the hull of a ship,
that it might float upon the water, but in some
respects it more nearly resembled a house. It
was three stories high, with but one
door, which was in the side. The light was
admitted at the top, and the different
apartments were so arranged that all were
lighted. The material employed in the
construction of the ark was the cypress, or
gopher wood, which would be untouched by
decay for hundreds of years. The building of
this immense structure was a slow and
laborious process. On account of the great size
of the trees and the nature of the wood, much
more labor was required then than now to prepare
timber, even with the greater strength which men
then possessed. All that man could do was done
to render the work perfect, yet the ark could
not of itself have withstood the storm which was
to come upon the earth. G-d alone could preserve
His servants upon the tempestuous waters.
"By
faith
Noah, being warned of
G-d of things not seen as yet, moved with fear,
prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by
the which he condemned the world, and became
heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
Hebrews 11:7.
While
Noah
was giving his warning message to the world, his
works testified of his sincerity. It was thus
that his faith was perfected and made evident.
He gave the world an example of believing just
what G-d says. All that he possessed, he
invested in the ark. As he began to construct
that immense boat on dry ground, multitudes came
from every direction to see the strange sight
and to hear the earnest, fervent words of the
singular preacher. Every blow struck upon the
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They did not turn to G-d with true repentance!
Many at first
appeared to receive the warning; yet they
did not turn to G-d with true repentance.
They were unwilling to renounce their sins.
During the time that elapsed before the coming
of the Flood, their faith was tested, and they
failed to endure the trial. Overcome by the
prevailing unbelief, they finally joined
their former associates in rejecting the solemn
message. Some were deeply convicted, and
would have heeded the words of warning; but
there were so many to jest and ridicule, that
they partook of the same spirit, resisted the
invitations of mercy, and were soon among the
boldest and most defiant scoffers;
for none are so reckless and go to such lengths
in sin as do those who have once had light, but
have resisted the convicting Spirit of G-d.
The men of that
generation were not all, in the fullest
acceptation of the term,
idolaters. Many professed
to be worshipers of G-d. They claimed that
their idols were representations of the Deity, and that through them the
people could obtain a clearer conception of the
Divine Being. This class were foremost in
rejecting the preaching
of
Noah.
As they endeavored to represent G-d by material
objects, their minds were blinded to His majesty
and power; they ceased to realize the Holiness
of His character, or the sacred, unchanging
nature of His requirements.
As sin became general, it appeared less and less sinful,
and they finally declared {Acceptance of certain
sin as seem to be 'normal'; just likewise it's
'ok' that 'only' 150,000 unborn babies are
killed in the
USA by the general 'acceptance' of
'aborted'!!} that the Divine law was no longer in force; that it was contrary
to the character of G-d to punish transgression;
and they denied that His judgments were to be
visited upon the earth. Had the men of that
generation obeyed the Divine law, they would
have recognized the voice of G-d in the warning
of His servant; but their minds had become so
blinded by rejection of light that they really
believed
Noah's
message to be a 'delusion'!
It was not
multitudes or majorities that were on the side
of right. The world was arrayed against G-d's
justice and His laws, and
Noah
was regarded as a 'fanatic'.
satan,
when tempting Eve
to disobey G-d,
said to her,
"Ye shall not
surely die." Genesis 3:4.
Great men, worldly, honored, and wise men,
repeated the same.
"The
threatening's of G-d,"
they said, "are for the purpose of intimidating,
and will never be verified. You need not be
alarmed.
Such an
event as the destruction of the world
by the G-d who
made it, and the punishment of the beings He has
created,
will never take place.
(???) Be at peace; fear not.
Noah
is a wild 'fanatic'."
The world made merry at the folly of the deluded old man.
Instead of humbling the heart before G-d, they
continued their
disobedience and wickedness, the same as
though G-d had not spoken to them through His
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...But
Noah stood like a
rock amid the tempest; surrounded by popular
contempt and ridicules!
But
Noah
stood like a rock amid the tempest.
Surrounded by popular contempt and ridicule, he
distinguished himself by his holy integrity and
unwavering faithfulness. A power attended
his
words, for it was the voice of G-d to man
through His servant. Connection with G-d made
him strong in the strength of infinite power,
while for
one hundred and twenty years his solemn
voice fell upon the ears of that generation in
regard to events, which, so far as human wisdom
could judge, were impossible.
The world
before the Flood reasoned that for centuries
the laws of nature had been fixed. The recurring
seasons had come in their order. Heretofore rain
had never fallen; the earth had been watered by
a mist or dew. The rivers had never yet passed
their boundaries, but had borne their waters
safely to the sea. Fixed decrees had kept the
waters from overflowing their banks. But
these "reasoners" did not recognize the hand of
Him who had stayed the waters, saying, "Hitherto shalt
thou come, but no further." (Job 38:11).
As time passed
on, with no apparent change in nature, men whose
hearts had at times trembled with fear, began to
be reassured. They reasoned, as many reason
now, that nature is above the G-d of nature,
and that her laws are so firmly established that
G-d Himself could not change them. Reasoning
that if the message of
Noah
were correct, nature would be turned out of her
course, they made that message, in the minds of
the world, a delusion--a grand deception.
They manifested their contempt for the
warning of G-d by doing just as they had done
before the warning was given.
They continued their festivities and their
gluttonous feasts; they ate and drank,
planted and builded, laying
their plans in reference to advantages they
hoped to gain in the future; and they went to
greater lengths in wickedness, and in defiant
disregard
of G-d's requirements, to testify that they had
no fear of the Infinite One. They asserted that
if there were any truth in what
Noah had said, the men of renown--the wise, the prudent, the great
men--would understand the matter.
Had the
antediluvians believed the warning, and repented
of
their evil deeds, the L-rd would have turned aside His wrath, as He afterward did
from Nineveh. But
by their obstinate resistance
to the reproofs of conscience and the warnings
of G-d's
prophet,
that generation filled up the measure of their iniquity,
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The period of their probation was about to
expire!
The
period of their probation was about to expire!
Noah
had faithfully followed the instructions which
he had received from G-d. The ark was finished
in every part as the L-rd had directed, and was
stored with food for man and beast. And now the
servant of G-d made his last solemn appeal to
the people. With an agony of desire that words
cannot express, he entreated them to seek a
refuge while it might be found.
Again they rejected his words, and raised
their voices in jest and scoffing.
Suddenly a
silence fell upon the mocking throng.
Beasts of every description, the fiercest as
well as the most gentle, were seen coming from
mountain and forest and quietly making their way
toward the ark. A noise as of a rushing wind was
heard, and lo, birds were flocking from all
directions, their numbers darkening the heavens,
and in perfect order they passed to the ark.
Animals obeyed the command of G-d,
while men were disobedient.
Guided by Holy angels, they "went
in two and two unto
Noah into the ark,"
and the
clean beasts by sevens. The world looked
on in wonder, some in fear. Philosophers were
called upon to account for the singular
occurrence, but in vain. It was a mystery
which they could not fathom. But men had
become so hardened by their persistent rejection
of light that even this scene produced but a
momentary impression.
As the doomed race
beheld the sun shining in its glory, and the
earth clad in almost Eden beauty, they banished
their rising fears by boisterous merriment, and
by their deeds of violence they seemed to
invite upon themselves the visitation of the
already awakened wrath of G-d.
G-d commanded
Noah,
"Come thou
and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I
seen righteous before Me in this generation."
Noah's
warnings had been rejected by the world, but his
influence and example resulted in blessings to
his family. As a reward for his faithfulness and
integrity,
G-d saved
all the members of his family with him. What
encouragement to parental fidelity!
Mercy had ceased
its pleadings for the
guilty race. The beasts of
the field and the birds of the air had entered
the place of refuge.
Noah
and his household were within the ark, "and
the Lord shut him in." A flash of dazzling
light was seen, and a cloud of Glory more vivid
than the lightning descended from Heaven and
hovered before the entrance of the ark. The
massive door, which it was impossible for those
within to close, was slowly swung to its place
by unseen hands.
Noah
{& his family-members}was shut in, and
the rejecters of G-d's mercy
were shut out! The seal of Heaven was on that door; G-d had shut it, and G-d
alone could open it!
So when
Yeshua/Christ shall cease His
intercession
for guilty men, before
His coming in the
clouds of Heaven, the door of mercy will be
shut! Then Divine grace will no longer restrain
the wicked, and
satan will have full control of those who have rejected mercy.
They will endeavor to destroy G-d's people;
but as
Noah was shut into
the ark, so the righteous will be shielded by
Divine power!
For
seven days after
Noah
and his family entered the ark, there appeared
no sign of the coming storm. During this period
their faith was tested. It was a time of triumph
to the world without. The apparent delay
'confirmed' them in the belief that
Noah's
message was a delusion, and that the Flood would
never come. {G-D did also allow
Noah to bury & mourn about the death of Methuselah} Notwithstanding
the solemn scenes which they had witnessed--the
beasts and birds entering the ark, and the angel
of G-D closing the door--they still continued
their sport and revelry, even making a jest of
these signal manifestations of G-D's power.
They gathered in crowds about
the ark, {Estimated 750,000 people gathered)
deriding its inmates with a daring violence
which they had never ventured upon before! |
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But upon the eighth day dark clouds overspread
the heavens!
But
upon the eighth day dark clouds
overspread the heavens.
There followed the muttering of thunder and the
flash of lightning. Soon large drops of rain
began to fall.
The world
had never witnessed anything like this, and the
hearts of men were struck with fear. All were
secretly inquiring, "Can
it be that
Noah
was in the right, and that the world is doomed
to destruction?"
Darker and darker grew the
heavens, and faster came the falling rain. The
beasts were roaming about in
the wildest terror, and their discordant cries seemed to
moan out their own destiny and the fate of man! Then
"the
fountains of the great deep" were
"broken up, and
"the
windows of heaven were opened." Water
appeared to come from the clouds in mighty
cataracts. Rivers broke away from their
boundaries, and overflowed the valleys. Jets of
water burst from the earth with indescribable
force, throwing massive rocks hundreds of
feet into the air, and these, in falling, buried
themselves deep in the ground.
The people first
beheld the
destruction of the works of their own hands.
Their splendid buildings, and the beautiful
gardens and groves where they had placed their
idols, were destroyed
by lightning from heaven, and the ruins were
scattered far and wide. The altars on which
human sacrifices had been offered were torn
down, and the worshipers were made to tremble at
the power of the living G-D, and to know that it
was
their corruption and idolatry which had called down their
destruction!
As the violence
of the storm increased, trees, buildings, rocks,
and earth were hurled in every direction. The
terror of man and
beast was beyond description. Above the roar of the
tempest was heard the wailing of a people that
had despised the authority of G-D. satan
himself, who was compelled to remain in the midst of
the warring elements, feared for
his
own existence.
He had delighted to control
so powerful a race, and desired them to live to practice
their abominations and continue their rebellion against
the Ruler of Heaven.
He now uttered imprecations against
G-d, charging Him with injustice and cruelty.
Many
of the people,
like satan, blasphemed G-d, and had they been able, they would have torn Him from the
Throne of power. Others were frantic with fear,
stretching their hands toward the ark and
pleading for admittance. But their entreaties
were in vain. Conscience was at last aroused to
know that there is a G-d who rule in the
Heavens. They called upon Him earnestly, but His
ear was not open to their cry. In that
terrible hour they saw that the transgression of
G-d's law had caused their ruin.
Yet while, through fear of punishment, they acknowledged their
sin, they felt no true contrition, no abhorrence of
evil. They would have returned to their defiance of Heaven, had the
judgment been removed. So when G-D's judgments
shall fall upon the earth before its deluge by
fire, the impenitent will know just where and
what
their sin is--the despising of His Holy
Law. Yet they will have no more true
repentance than did the old-world sinners!
Some in their
desperation endeavored to break into the ark,
but the firm-made structure withstood their
efforts. Some clung to the ark until they were
borne away by the surging waters, or their hold
was broken by collision with rocks and trees.
The massive ark trembled in every fiber as it
was beaten by the merciless winds and flung from
billow to billow. The cries of the beasts within
expressed their fear and pain. But amid the
warring elements it continued to ride safely.
Angels that excel in strength were commissioned
to preserve it.
The beasts,
exposed to the tempest, rushed toward man, as
though expecting help from him. Some of the
people bound their children and themselves upon
powerful animals, knowing that these were
tenacious of life, and would climb to the
highest points to escape the rising waters. Some
fastened themselves to lofty trees on the summit
of hills or mountains; but the trees were
uprooted, and with their burden of living beings
were hurled into the seething billows. One spot
after another that promised safety was
abandoned. As the waters rose higher and higher,
the people fled for refuge to the loftiest
mountains. Often man and beast would struggle
together for a foothold, until both were swept
away.
From the highest
peaks men looked abroad upon a shore-less ocean.
The solemn warnings of G-d's servant no longer
seemed a subject for ridicule and scorning.
How those doomed sinners longed for the opportunities
which they had slighted! How they
pleaded for one hour's probation, one more
privilege of mercy, one call from the lips of
Noah!
But
the sweet voice of mercy was no more to be heard
by them. Love, no less than justice, demanded
that G-d's judgments should put a check on sin!
The avenging waters swept over the last retreat,
and the despisers of G-D perished in the black
depths.
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The sins
that called for vengeance
"By the word of G-d . . . the world that then
was, being overflowed with water, perished: but
the Heavens and the earth, which are now, by the
same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire
against the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men."(2 Peter 3:5-7).
Another storm is coming. The earth will again be
swept by the desolating wrath of G-d, and
sin and sinners
will be destroyed. |
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A similar condition of things exists now in our
generation...
A similar condition of things exists now. That which is
lawful in itself is carried to excess.
Appetite is indulged without restraint. Professed
followers of
Yeshua/Christ
are today eating and drinking with the drunken,
while their names stand in honored church
records! Intemperance benumbs the moral and
spiritual powers and prepares
the way for indulgence of the lower passions.
Multitudes feel under no moral obligation to
curb their sensual desires, and they become the
slaves of lust.
Men are living for the pleasures of sense; for
this world and this life alone. Extravagance
pervades all circles of society. Integrity is
sacrificed for luxury and display. They that
make haste to be rich pervert justice and
oppress the poor, and "slaves and souls of men"
are still bought and sold. Fraud and bribery and
theft stalk un-rebuked in high places and in
low. The issues of the press teem with records
of murder--crimes so cold-blooded and causeless
that it seems as though every instinct of
humanity were blotted out. And these atrocities
have become of so common occurrence that they
hardly elicit a comment or awaken surprise. The
spirit of
anarchy is permeating all nations, and the
outbreaks that from time to time excite the
horror of the world are but indications of the
pent-up fires of passion and lawlessness that,
having once escaped control, will fill the earth
with woe and desolation. The picture which
Inspiration has
given of the antediluvian world represents too truly the
condition to which modern society is fast
hastening. Even now, in the present century, and
in professedly "Christian" lands, there are crimes daily perpetrated as black and
terrible as those for which the old-world
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As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man...Part 2
Before
the Flood G-d sent
Noah
to warn the world, that the people might
be led to repentance, and thus
escape
the threatened destruction.
As the
time of
Yeshua's/Christ's
second
appearing draws near,
the L-rd sends His
servants with a warning to the world to prepare
for that great event!
Multitudes have been living in transgression of
G-d's teaching's/law, and now He in mercy calls them to
obey its sacred precepts. All who will put away
their sins by repentance
toward G-d and faith in
Yeshua/Christ are offered pardon. But many feel that it requires too great a
sacrifice to put away
sin. Because
their life does not harmonize with the pure
principles of G-d's moral government, they
reject His warnings and deny the authority of
His law! ( |
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With all their boasted philosophy,
As the time of their probation was closing, the
antediluvians gave themselves up to exciting
amusements and festivities. Those who possessed
influence and power were bent on keeping the
minds of the people engrossed with mirth and
pleasure, lest any should be impressed
by the last
solemn warning.
Do we not see the same repeated in our day?
While G-d's servants are giving the message that the end of all things
is at hand,
the world is absorbed in amusements and pleasure seeking. There is a
constant round of excitement that causes
indifference to G-d and prevents the people from
being impressed by the truths which alone can
save them from the
coming destruction!
In
Noah's day
philosophers
declared that it was impossible for the world to
be destroyed by water; so now there are men
of science who endeavor to show that the
world cannot be destroyed by fire--that this
would be inconsistent with the laws of nature.
But
the G-d of nature, the Maker and Controller of
her laws, can use the works of His hands to
serve His own purpose!
When "great and
wise men" had proved to
their satisfaction
that it was impossible for the world to be
destroyed by water, when the fears of the people
were 'quieted', when all regarded
Noah's prophecy as a
'delusion', and looked upon him as a
'fanatic'--then it was that G-d's time had
come!
"The fountains of the great deep" were "broken
up, and the windows of heaven were opened," and
the scoffers
were overwhelmed in the waters of the Flood.
With all their boasted philosophy, men found
too late that their wisdom was foolishness, that the Lawgiver is greater than the laws of nature, and that
Omnipotence is at no loss for means to
accomplish His purposes.
"As it was in the days of
Noah,"
"even thus shall
it be in the days when the
Son
of man is revealed."
(Luke 17:26, 30). "The
day of the Lord will come as a thief in
the night; in the which the heavens shall pass
away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the
works that are therein shall be burned up." (2
Peter 3:10).
When the
'reasoning of philosophy'
has banished the fear of G-d's judgments; when
religious teachers are pointing forward to long
ages of peace and prosperity, and the world are
absorbed in their rounds of business and
pleasure, planting and building, feasting and
merrymaking, rejecting
G-d's warnings and
mocking
His messengers--then it is
that sudden destruction cometh upon them, and they shall
not escape.
(1 Thessalonians 5:3). |
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Noah...in
the Book of Jasher, Chapter 6
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