DON’T FORGET THE DAYS OF NOAH

PROF. BEN ONYEUKWU (REV.)

NCE(Eng.) ND/HD (Journalism) DIP, BA, (Theology) MA, PhD

DON’T FORGET THE DAYS OF NOAH

"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the SON of MAN. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all,” {Luke 17:26-27}.

INTRODUCTION:

People often forget the fact that the judgement of GOD always comes on rebellious generations of the world, who take HIS WORD for granted. If not, the human society would have taken permanent precaution from the great flood of the time of Noah. But, the statement of JESUS, “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the SON of MAN”... seems to suggest that human beings do not easily learn from the events of the past, {Luke 17:26}. For, “they were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the flood came on them unawares,” a picture of the fact of godless merriment, which are still prevalent in the world of today, and not a condemnation of eating, drinking and marriage, {vs. 27}. Based on the foregoing, the writer reminds the reader that;

THE DAYS OF NOAH ARE LIKE

THE DAYS OF JESUS

Present happenings, no doubt, shows that we are really in the days of JESUS, which He says would be like the days of Noah.  According to the Apostle Paul, the days JESUS speaks of, are the last days, which he says, “people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of good, treacherous, rash, conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of GOD, having a form of godliness, but denying its power,” {2 Tim. 3:1-5}.

Now, the world, like in the days of Noah is full of the manifestations of evil, ranging from; kidnaping, ritual killings, human trafficking, drunkenness, prostitution and ungodly way of marrying and giving in marriage, demonic feasting, lying, cheating, hypocrisy, false gospels and other forms of unholy behaviour, while the glorious gospel of JESUS CHRIST is being preached, just as Noah preached the gospel of righteousness to the people of his days, who attracted to themselves the judgement of the great flood for rejecting it. Similarly, how do you think people of the present age {including you} will escape the wrath of GOD, if they reject the GREAT SALVATION, which HE offers through HIS only begotten SON? {Heb.3:2}.

THE ARK OF NOAH PICTURES

JESUS CHRIST- THE ARK OF SALVATION

     Noah in his days preached the gospel of GOD, while he built the arks, warning the people of the great deluge that would destroy those who would not enter the ark for safety, just as the gospel of CHRIST is being preached today, warning people of the dangers of not taking refuge in HIM. The ark of Noah was GOD’S means of salvation for the people of that generation, as JESUS CHRIST is the present WAY of salvation for all nations, {John 14:6}.

     However, it is obvious that as the people of the days of Noah rejected his messages and were destroyed by the flood, so are many likely to perish in this generation for not coming to JESUS in repentance, {Luke 13:3}. But, it is not the WILL of GOD  for anyone to perish, but that everyone should repent, {2 Peter 3:9}. This makes it unwise for one to remain and die in sin, as He further says, “Come now, and let us reason together. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool” {Isa. 1:18}.

THE FLOOD OF NOAH’S DAYS IS A MANIFESTATION

OF DIVINE JUDGEMENT

     The judgement of flood, as the LORD GOD has promised, will never be repeated, {Gen. 8:21}, but the wicked in every generation will never go unpunished, {Prov. 11:21}. Once again, the expression of JESUS, which states that, “as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the SON of MAN” {Luke 17:26A}, implies that HIS return will be sudden, just as the judgement of the flood of the days of Noah was sudden and will in turn expose sinners to the wrath of GOD, which may claim their lives or banish them forever from HIS presence, {Rev. 21:8}.

     But, blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may go through the gates into the city, {Rev. 22:14}. That is, those who would refrain from the ungodly eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, as was the case in the days of Noah, {Luke 17:26B}. For, outside the corridormagic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practice falsehood, {Rev. 22:15}

     In conclusion, “be careful, lest at any time your heart(s) be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unawares, {Luke 21: 34}. YOU HAVE BEEN INFORMED.

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