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SIGNS OF HIS COMING: DAYS OF NOAH
LORD’S DAY, JANUARY 26
Genesis 6:5-13
Matthew 24:36-42
May I burn out each day for Jesus.
SIGNS OF HIS COMING: DAYS OF NOAH
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matt 24:37). These are our Lord’s own words, giving us yet another sign or clue of the nearness of His coming. What are “the days of Noe”? These are days of unrestrained physical and pleasurable living, days of corruption and violence, and days of unbelief and ridicule of God’s Word.
a) Days of unrestrained physical and pleasurable living. In the comfortable environment of the pre-Flood world, men lived 900 years and more, lives of carnal lust and enjoyment. “Marrying and giving in marriage” refers to men’s preoccupation with the pleasures of sex, including homosexuality and other related perversions. Today’s “free love,” cohabitation, and “penthouse culture” hark back to the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. The world is ripe for judgment.
b) Days of corruption and violence. “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen 6:5). These words would fit quite well in describing any modern society in the east and west. Violent crime is on the rise everywhere, and every form of corruption has proliferated beyond imagination. The present moral decay demands our Lord’s return in judgment.
c) Days of unbelief and ridicule of God’s Word. Noah, the preacher of righteousness, spoke to deaf ears. He warned of God’s judgment by a flood. The people laughed at him in scorn. “Silly old man! How utterly foolish. What flood? What rain?” So, they would have ridiculed Noah. Peter the Apostle said that “in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts” will laugh at the idea of Christ’s return (2 Pet 3:3). Why? Because their deeds are evil.
When you see these things, know this: The Lord’s coming is near!
THOUGHT: Do I also laugh at His appearing? Or do I love His appearing?
PRAYER: Increase my love for Thee, Father. Increase my desire for Jesus’ return.