How the World is Becoming Like the Days of Noah

You can tell how the world is becoming more evil every day and departing further and further from God, so what’s this mean to the Christian?

Days of Noah

You can tell how the world is becoming more evil every day and departing further and further from God, so what’s this mean to the Christian? Jesus warned that the last days would be similar to the days of Noah, but what does our Lord mean by this? During Noah’s lifetime, “The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen 6:5). This means all that man thought about and contemplated was sin and every sin he could imagine in his mind, he would do. This is why God decided to start over with mankind by Noah and his family (Gen 6:6-8). There was little hope of revival of mankind at this point because “the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence” (Gen 6:11). All you need do today is watch the news and see that the earth is still filled with violence. And it’s not going to get better…more likely, it will get worse.

Warnings Ignored

Jesus warned of the last days or end times, indicating that “as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man” (Luke 17:26). Violence escalated in Noah’s day and it has escalated in these days today and just like then, people are going about with business as usual, not knowing that God’s judgment suddenly comes. As in Noah’s day, today, the world is not even expecting God’s swift and sudden judgment that will surely come someday (Luke 6:27). Most people ignored God’s warning of His coming judgment in Noah’s day…and it certainly looks like most people will do the same thing today. Little has changed. Most people probably ignore your warnings that come with the gospel, and the need for repentance and faith in Christ.

Love Grows Cold

Jesus also warned about the last days that “because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold” (Matt 24:12), and that is clear to see today. The Apostle Paul warned the young pastor Timothy “that in the last days there will come times of difficulty” (2 Tim 3:1), with most people only concerned about themselves and their passions and desires above their own families (2 Tim 3:2-5). This should be no surprise to believers who know that “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions” (Jude 1:18). The Apostle Peter wrote much the same thing, giving us two witnesses to confirm a testimony from God “that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires” (2 Pet 3:3). It’s hard to love others when people are so in love with themselves and their “sinful desires” and “ungodly passions.”

Falling Away

Paul speaks of the coming of Christ and his desire to “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first” (2 Thess 2:3). God the Holy Spirit spoke to Paul in order to warn Timothy that “the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons” (1 Tim 4:1). As our Lord said, “many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another” (Matt 24:10), and that believers “will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death” (Luke 21:17). It will reach such a terrible state for believers that “a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God” (John 16:2).

Prophets for Profits

There’s not only a falling away from the faith, the church is attacked by false prophets, teachers and preachers, so just as “false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction” (2 Pet 2:1). These false prophets are sometimes hard to spot because “they come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves” (Matt 7:15).

Evil for Good

The word “woe” is not just an exclamation of pain or suffering, but a word that means “judgment” or condemnation, so in that sense, we should be concerned when God says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter” (Isaiah 5:20)! Today, what is evil is seen as okay and to be accepted. We are told to have tolerance…tolerance at least for anything but the truth and God’s Word, but evil is evil and can never be good. God does use evil for good (Gen 50:12; John 3:16), but that’s God’s prerogative, not ours. Even as in the days of the Old Testament, when “Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law” (Zeph 3:4), so it is today when they compromise with God’s Word and justify it in the name of tolerance and allow same-sex marriage or condone homosexuality and even preach that from a pulpit. Remember we know that Satan has his own ministers, and likely today, he has his own churches and denominations (2 Cor 11:14).

Conclusion

I pray you have put your trust in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. If that has not happened yet, my friend, you are in real danger of hell fire. And I mean, in immediate danger. You’re one breath, one heartbeat…one accident away from eternity when it will be too late to repent. Today is the best day to believe (2 Cor 6:2) since tomorrow is no guarantee. If Jesus Christ came today, here is your fate (Matt 7:21-23). This is why I plead with you as you read this, repent today…and I mean right now. Put your trust in Jesus Christ. If you do not, you will face God’s judgment after death guaranteed (Heb 9:27) or at Jesus Christ’s appearance (Rev 20:12-15), which could happen at any moment.

Here is some related reading for you: How Does the Holy Spirit Restrain Evil in the World?

Resource – Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version^® (ESV^®), Crossway Bibles. (2007). ESV: Study Bible: English standard version. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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