And as it was in the days of Noah,
so it also shall be in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they
married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah
entered into the ark; and the flood came and destroyed them all. (Luke
17:26-27 MKJV)
There is an eerie
ignorance in the world today, which has now settled over most of mankind. It is
hard to comprehend the things we are hearing and seeing. They reveal an evil
and barbarism, unlike anything else we have known in the modern era. It seems
as though there is a disconnecting with reality, as humanity just blocks out
the unbelievable. Thousands are being killed and beheaded for the name of
Christ, Christians are systematically being exterminated in third world
countries, and it is as if, no one seems to really care. News channels would
rather speak of racial tensions and incite more hatred for political motives, than
rightly proclaim that man is sick, and our society is unraveling. We must ask,
when will the world look into the mirror of humanity and see it, for what it
is.
In Noah’s day it
was no different. A preacher of righteousness building a boat, drew the scorn
of passers bye. Certainly Noah’s words
meant nothing to those convinced he was just a crazy voice, a delusional
prophet, a man obsessed with the end of days. What will it take for humanity to
wake up, the beheading and burning of a thousand at once, a new holocaust, the detonation
of a nuclear bomb in a metropolitan city? When will we pay attention to the
significance of what is being reported, it is as though the world has accepted
that this is just how it is. In the days of Noah, there was the same kind of
ignorance and indifference to what should have been obvious and alarming. Rather
than humanity being alarmed about the disintegration of society, for some
reason, they danced until the flood came and took them all away instead!
We continue to
report on the evils of man, but no one calls man evil. We see the hatred and
murder in men’s hearts, but no one wants to recognize man’s depravity. Here we
live in a world where men have killed one another since the beginning of time,
and still no one gets it. After thousands of years of so called evolution, man
is more murderous than ever. The problem now is the same as it was during the
days of Noah, there comes a time of no return, a breaking point as it were. We
are there! The fools believe humanity can cure itself. The intellectual simply disregard
the place of sin in the human heart, and a world convinced it will be okay, sees
no need for a suffering Savior.
Today, Christ is
the boat, the ark! He is ridiculed, mocked and scorned, just as that big ole
boat was in Noah’s day. When the time comes, the same will be true of this
generation, as was true of Noah’s. The same way God closed the door of the ark,
he will close the door of opportunity, for the lost to find shelter in Christ,
His Son. There is a strong delusion on the way, which will shortly, completely engulf
the minds of those who have rejected the Son of God. They will march in step to
their own destruction, never knowing what is coming upon them. As Jesus proclaimed,
He who has ears to hear, let him hear. But to what shall I
compare to this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets
and calling to their playmates, saying, We played the flute to you, and you did
not dance! We mourned to you, but you did not wail! For John came neither
eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. The Son of Man came eating
and drinking, and they say, Behold a man who is a glutton and a winebibber, a
friend of tax-collectors and sinners. But wisdom was justified by her children.
Then He began to upbraid the cities in which most of His mighty works were
done, because they did not repent. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the powerful acts which were done in you had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes! But I say to
you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than
for you. And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to the heaven, shall be brought
down to hell. For if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done
in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you, it shall be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment than for you. (Mat
11:15-24 MKJV)
Come, Lord Jesus, Come!
