Since I broke my ankle and I haven't been able to get to work or even out of the house really, I've had a lot of time to observe and to reflect. I'm a big user of social media but most of the time I'm so busy with other things that I miss things or I just don't have time to really ponder something and form a response to it. Watching the news and seeing events unfolding and seeing how people talk and act on social media and the way they portray their lives has me really coming to a lot of conclusions.
One conclusion that I have come to is that there are two kinds of people in the world....those who are preparing for Christ's Second Coming and are concerned about their salvation, and those who are simply, NOT. Like, at all.
If I were to pluck another Bible verse out that describes the current state of our world it would absolutely be..."For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,..." Matthew 24:37-38. If you observe things the way I do, I'm sure you'll agree.
Let's review quickly what happened before the flood. Since Adam's transgression and the murder committed by Cain there was a curse on the land. There was decay on the earth, but there was still beauty, just like today. People were going about their business, working, living, having children, traveling, marrying, partying, etc, etc. Just like today. But one thing was wrong with this picture. See God created man to praise and worship Him and to live in harmony with Him, but just like today, that wasn't happening. Even though God would have given them anything their hearts desired they relied solely on themselves and sought to gratify the desires of their own proud hearts and reveled in things of pleasure and wickedness. They no longer desired God or things of God. They soon began to deny His very existence and took it upon themselves to say that all the great things they had, were because of themselves. They glorified human genius, worshiped things they made themselves, and taught their children to bow down to graven images. Polygamy had been introduced contrary to God's original design of marriage giving Adam one wife, a woman, and were starting to follow their own desires and taking on more than one wife along with their possessions at will and against will. If a man wanted something that belonged to his neighbor, he just took it, by force and they delighted in destroying the life of animals and the use of flesh for food made them more cruel and bloodthirsty until they basically gave no regard to human life.
The earth was corrupt and filled with violence and the wickedness of men and women were open and daring. Lust and sexual sin was rampant and people were flippant towards their God that created it for one man and one woman. Justice was trampled under the feet of wicked men and the cries of the oppressed were reaching God's ear.
God decided that he would give a warning to the people but that because of the evil and corrupt nature of the world, He was going to destroy it. Along game Noah who worked tirelessly warning the people that a great flood that would destroy the world was coming and that they should repent and get on the boat. Of course, people then thought he was a nut case. They called him crazy, they insulted him, they made fun of him, they spat at him, and they claimed their idols would save them and they didn't need Noah's God.
Pretty scary stuff. If I had to use my imagination I could set and picture these events playing out. The sad thing is, I don't have to use my imagination because it's all happening in front of me, now, in real life.
Appetite is indulged without restraint. People who claim to be followers of Christ are eating and drinking with the drunken and indulging in sinful activities while they hold positions in church like teaching Sabbath school classes and being Elders. People care about nothing more than when the next party is happening and indulge in drunkenness and it's dangers without regard to the consequences.
People feel no moral obligation to life or to curb their sensual desires, they are complete slaves of lust and do what they want, when they want. Men and women or living for the pleasures of this world and this life alone.
Murder of the unborn is no big deal and places like Planned Parenthood make hundreds of thousands of dollars murdering the unborn daily. Self-proclaimed feminists like Sarah Silverman are walking around talking about the unborn as nothing more than "goo". Our precious unborn are murdered daily all in the name of "women's right to choose".
Feminism has turned from a right for equality into a into a radical movement that hates men, feels like children are balls and chains and nothing more than an obstacle in the way of a woman and her career and that marriage is nothing more than legal rape.
The pride of the strong Proverbs 31 woman has basically been trampled into the ground. Women like Michelle Duggar and her beautiful daughters are made fun of and their lifestyle is called old fashioned and sad. Saving yourself for marriage is considered dorky and uncool.
And sexual sin...don't even get me started. There are currently several television shows that glorify polygamy. Lust and sexual desire is so mainstream now that we don't even bat an eye. Books like 50 Shades of Grey are straight up porn for the avid reader and set on bookshelves along with books on history and politics and religion like it's nothing.
The traditional idea of marriage of one woman and one man has become hate speech and Christian businesses and business people are being sued in federal courts of law because they stand on their convictions. The homosexual agenda is being forced down the throats of society and if you say you don't agree with it you are accused of being a bigot and intolerant Bible thumper. Even if you love the sinner but hate the sin, it doesn't matter to these activists, they are willing to put you jail for hate speech and hate crimes if you speak out against them in any way. They want tolerance but are unwilling to tolerate the Christian view point. You are targeted by gay rights activist group if you are a business owner and forced to do things that violate their religious rights. 
The Government is constantly fighting against Christians with examples like the new Obamacare and forcing Christian owned businesses to provide contraceptives and abortion funding that goes against their religious rights.
Common Core is trying to brainwash our children into little government following sheep and teaching things like Obama is the Messiah!
Planned Parenthood wants to teach our children sex ed at a younger and younger age and honestly people, the things they are teaching and doing are downright scary and illegal!!
Our guns are being taken from us, our rights are being stripped, our President is a terrorist, liar, and criminal and so is everyone under his administration. Natural disasters are occurring daily, famine is widespread. Abuse to all humanity is rampant. Children are being killed in school shootings. I mean, I could go on and on but I think you all get the point.
Yes, the world today is a pretty scary place to be for the Christian. We are ridiculed and made fun of, hated and abused. The more we try to preach the Bible and teach the love of Christ and beg people to repent of their sins the more we are silenced and hated.
False prophets and false religions are popping up everywhere in places like Long Island Medium and all of the popular ghost hunting shows. Satan has his grip on this world and is infuriating it daily through men and women that are supposed Christians but are teaching nothing more than heresy.
We are warned over and over in the Bible about these things yet people just seem to want to ignore all of the signs around us. "Don't be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed--the one who brings destruction" 2 Thessalonians 2:3. The text goes on to say in verse 4 "who opposes and exalts himself above ever so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God".
Rebellion is also interpreted in the Bible as "falling away" if you read a different version of this text. The term "falling away" or as it called in some other texts as "apostasy" means; to depart from revealed truth, to lead away, seduce, mislead; to defect, to blind the eyes of the people by manipulating the truth; to turn one from the truth by lying sings and wonders. Matthew 24: 4-12, the Lord Jesus Christ specifically warns all bout this time which is coming and there are many people still waiting for it to happen. The eyes of our society have been blinded to all that has happened over the past 20 or 30 years and it's still happening. We have been desensitized to what we can see right in from of our faces, so much so that society can no longer discern right from wrong, the holy from the unholy, the pure from the profane. Television assaults us daily with violence, all manner of adultery and sexual immortality, foul language and the so-called "alternative lifestyles. The music of today spews out a message of hatred of all that is clean, pure and orderly. Rap music glorifies prostitution, abuse against women, the love of money, and killing each other over these things. Gang violence is glorified. Rebellion is the norm and with the exception of a few courageous men, women, and children, people seem to be willing to turn their heads and look the other way.
I am quite sure that by what I have written and expressed I've made a lot of people angry, I might even lose some friends. I cannot be afraid to do this because Jesus tells me, "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart" Hebrews 4:12.
We are living in the days of Noah my friends and we are living in the days of the end. Just because you may not believe it, choose not to believe it, or want to hide under a rock and ignore it, doesn't mean that it's not true. There will be many more things to come before the Second Coming and as for me and my house, we serve the Lord. It's imperative for me to tell these truths to you whether you like them or not, or whether you like me or not.
My never ending prayer for you is that you will take notice and listen to the Holy Spirit and His call to you so that you won't be lost.
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