Judgment

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Matthew 24:37-39 says, “ But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,  And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”

     “Wake up!”   I have heard that phrase a few times in my life.  I am usually up long before my wife, but the other day over overslept a little and felt the blankets being pulled off the bed and the words, “Time to get up.”  There are also other times when the phrase about waking up is needed.  I watched a video recently on Amazon about Noah and the ark which had the words in it, “Wake up.”

     Even in Acts 1, we can see the disciples asking when the kingdom was going to be in place and when would the Lord Jesus Christ return .  People try every now and then to come up with a specific date but the dates come and go and we are still here.  I have said at times, “Well, today is one day closer to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.”  This is where it is time to wake up, so to speak, as the signs of the times are getting more and more pronounced.  Just look at the morning news if you dare to do so, as it is filled with violence.  Couple that with the description of a godless society as seen in Second Timothy 3:1-5 and you come to the conclusion that the time is indeed short and people had better accept God’s way of salvation before it is too late.  The lovers of pleasure find it hard to turn from their ways and to do what God has said all along in His Word.  People of the days of Noah were really “living it up” as they followed the desires for pleasure and the attitude that God would not send anyone to hell just for having fun.   Genesis 6:5 says, “ 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.:  If this evaluation sounds familiar, it is because it is the current thought of most of the people in the world today.  What we see in the news today is not just in our country but around the world.  The Scriptures remind us that judgment is coming and it will be severe and far worse than the flood.  The response for every man, woman, boy and girl is to turn to God now before it is too late.  Hail stones are getting bigger these day but just wait for the storm that will produce hail stones that weight a “talent.”  You will need more than just a hard hat to escape being killed.  If you are reading this, more than likely you are a believer and we are the proclaimers of the Gospel message which is the only hope, so shout it from the rooftops to all with whom you will have contact.  Praise God as the Second Coming is one day closer than it was yesterday.