As The Days Of Noah

Matthew 24:37

There are things we can learn about the days/times Noah lived in that will be beneficial insight for these present times we are living in.

The days of Noah were interesting and also difficult times for those who lived in that time period.

Jesus likened the days of Noah to what things will be like on the earth when He comes back.

As a result of this statement made by Jesus, we have been given an insight into the times and season of His return, and like the children of Issachar we will do well to understand it.

1 Chronicles 12:32

The days of Noah can be compared to these times in the following ways:

There was a lot of faithlessness in Noah's time as there is today

Luke 18:8

In Noah's day, no one except Noah and his family believed God will send rain and flood the earth.

Jesus asked if He will find faith on the earth when He returns. 

He asked this question because it will be like Noah's day on the earth before He returns, many will not operate in faith anymore. 

No one had faith it would rain in Noah's day outside of Noah who believed in God and had a genuine relationship with God.

Faith is one of the most taught and discussed topics in Christendom today but unfortunately it seems to be the least understood or applied.

There was a huge attack on the marital union and God's order in Noah's day as there is today

Angels are not created to marry. 

Matthew 22:30

In Noah's time there were fallen angels (evil spirits) who married women on earth that they found attractive.

Their intention was to corrupt the marital union and reverse God's order and arrangement.

Homosexuality, lesbianism, open marriages, divorce and separation are some of the many attempts of the enemy to defile and reverse God's arrangement  and order in marriage and among humanity today.

There are evil spirits behind these vices and the laws backing them.

There was a lot of corruption in Noah's day as there is today

Genesis 6:6

The corruption was so bad God regretted creating man because everything being done on earth at the time was evil before God. Even the very imagination of men's hearts  was evil.

Today the evil imagination of man is being seen in terrorism, witchcraft, sexual sin, occultism and all other forms of evil. 

Humanity has been corrupted.

In our day the fear of God is lacking and those willing to do God's will seem fewer.

Things were so bad in Noah's day that God's direct intervention was required as it is needed today

Genesis 6:11-13

The earth was wiped out by a flood in Noah's day by God. The flood was God's answer to the evil and corruption going on in the earth at the time. At that time the earth needed God's direct intervention. 

In the same way the earth needs God's intervention today. 

The second coming of Christ will be the climax of God's intervention in human affairs.

In Noah's day the ark floated on the waters which covered the earth, in the same manner God's Spirit is moving over the earth in these latter days

Acts 2:17

As the ark of Noah floated upon the waters, the Spirit of God will move upon the 'waters' of humanity.

As Noah and his family entered the ark, we are in times when we have to come into the kingdom of God. As Noah and his family's safety was in the ark, our safety is in the kingdom of God today.

Genesis 7:1

Mockers, critics and detractors of the faith will increase just like they were present in Noah's day

1 Corinthians 2:14

Noah was mocked and criticized because he was building an ark at a time it didn't rain or look like it will rain.

Following God and His instructions may make us look foolish to carnal minds around us but God will justify His own as Noah and his family were vindicated.

Evil spirits and fallen angels will intensify their works on the earth

1 John 4:1-3

As fallen angels came to the earth and got involved in the order and creation of God in Noah's day all sorts of spirits have been released into the earth in our time to deceive, steal, kill, and destroy.

As Noah enjoyed grace and was protected and saved, there will be a remnant who will enjoy favor and protection at this time

Genesis 6:8

Psalm 5:12

As God's favor and grace preserved Noah at a difficult time in human history there are those God will single out for mercy by His grace in our time.

The majority will not always be right, the minority that is right will be vindicated

Matthew 22:14

Matthew 7:14

Noah and his family must have been the minority numerically among all the many around him who didn't understand or see the wisdom in what he was building.

It didn't change the fact that he was doing the right thing.

God vindicated him and his family while it was too late for the majority who was wrong.

As rain fell suddenly and flooded the earth in Noah's day, the coming of Jesus will be sudden in our day

Luke 17:26

Jesus likened his coming back to the days of Noah because the rain fell suddenly on a day and at an hour no one expected, this is similar to how Jesus will come back suddenly on a day and at an hour no one knows.

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