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As it was in the day of Noah.
lilitalienboi16:
Can't say I disagree Kat. Good addition. Thank you. I think we pretty much arrive to this conclusion each time and as of now there doesn't seem much else for us to say on this matter. Unless there is more in God's Word that is as of yet not made obvious to us. If that is the case, I have confidence He will reveal it to us in His time. I am happy with where we are on this matter currently though. It would be nice if His return to this physical earth a second time were near. I don't think Ray felt inspired to write his two tower papers without good reason. I yearn for that day, more than anything else, as many of you do here as well.
God bless,
Alex
rick:
Something was going on in Noah’s day that’s not being mentioned, throughout all generations people have always been eating and drinking and getting married.
Something was going on that was pretty bad because God performed a regional flood to put to death all in that region.
Do the angles that kept not their first estate have something to do with - as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be when the Son of man return?
Can this generation we live in now be considered like in the days of Noah ? Why did Jesus mention Noah’s day ? Why not as it was in the days of Abraham or king David or some other period of time ?
I don’t believe God killed many people because they were eating , drinking and getting married, no there must of been something horrendous going on at that time that will be going on at His return.
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: Rick on March 05, 2015, 06:03:05 PM ---Something was going on in Noah’s day that’s not being mentioned, throughout all generations people have always been eating and drinking and getting married.
Something was going on that was pretty bad because God performed a regional flood to put to death all in that region.
Do the angles that kept not their first estate have something to do with - as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be when the Son of man return?
Can this generation we live in now be considered like in the days of Noah ? Why did Jesus mention Noah’s day ? Why not as it was in the days of Abraham or king David or some other period of time ?
I don’t believe God killed many people because they were eating , drinking and getting married, no there must of been something horrendous going on at that time that will be going on at His return.
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Hi Rick,
Well Jesus also said this:
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luke 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Thess 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
Thess 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Thess 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Thess 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Thess 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Thess 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Thess 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Thess 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2 Peter 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
2 Peter 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
2 Peter 3:7 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 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:10 But 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.
The day coming as a thief and as a snare upon the world doesn't make it seem like it will be too obvious except perhaps to the elect who are vigilantly watching that the end is about to come. So i'm not sure if there really has to be anything extremely grevious other than what has been going on since the beginning: earthquakes, disease, famine, rumors of war, wars etc..
God bless,
Alex
rick:
Hi Alex,
Jesus also said the truth will set you free, I’m a truth seeker , I believe all of us here are truth seeker.
There are answers to everything but not everything can be answered, I’m not superstitious nor do I believe in luck but in the sovereignty of God.
I am confident that you know that every choice we make was caused by God an in spite of popular belief we know God’s counsel will stand an not ours.
The only choice I have is to see things the way God causes me to see things, once I believed I operated with free will, its incredible how one feels so free as if they are the captain of there own ship not realizing its God.
The deception I see is we cannot detect God with our senses and so we believe we originate everything but there is a good reason why God says we are not responsible but only accountable.
I live life in the comfort and security of knowing God knows exactly what He is doing and I trust Jesus for my entire life which includes everything I think, do and say.
Kat:
--- Quote from: Rick on March 05, 2015, 06:03:05 PM ---Something was going on in Noah’s day that’s not being mentioned, throughout all generations people have always been eating and drinking and getting married.
Something was going on that was pretty bad because God performed a regional flood to put to death all in that region.
Do the angles that kept not their first estate have something to do with - as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be when the Son of man return?
Can this generation we live in now be considered like in the days of Noah ? Why did Jesus mention Noah’s day ? Why not as it was in the days of Abraham or king David or some other period of time ?
I don’t believe God killed many people because they were eating , drinking and getting married, no there must of been something horrendous going on at that time that will be going on at His return.
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Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Well Rick, here is something to think about. Throughout the Scriptures, there are physical event to foreshadow something to come of great spiritual significance. The message in these shadow/types is so much more important than the event that foreshadows something and there are many parallels revealed in Noah's flood and Christ's return.
The ark represents Christ.
Noah/family is representative of the elect/few.
The flood represents judgment.
There was Noah... God spoke of him as righteous, he was one of only a few saved by or in the ark.
Gen 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
2Peter 2:5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
Here is the parallel... Noah=elect, they are righteous in God's eyes and chosen by God to be saved IN the ark=Christ.
2Tim 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal (eonian) glory.
All the people, accept the few, perished and were destroyed by the flood in Noah's day, which is a parallel/shadow of judgment that will happen at the return of Christ.
Luke 17:27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
2Th 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
v. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting (eonian) destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
v. 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
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