Matthew 24-As in the days of Noah

I am sitting here tonight in my recliner thinking about the scripture mentioned above and several others that relate to the “end of the age”. It seems that God has always been after our hearts. Like I’ve mentioned in earlier blogs, He longs to walk with us in the cool of the day again as He spoke of in Genesis. We will walk with Him again in this manner in the realm of eternity. It was His plan from the beginning and He intends for it to be that way again. Before this happens however, the earth will be cleansed in preparation for Jesus’ return and a final cleansing before the Father comes. There is debate about the rapture and whether the believers will be raptured before or after the Great Tribulation. Some would say “it doesn’t really matter, it’s all going to pan out anyway”. Thats true, but how offended would I be if I was wrong and was here for it all instead of being raptured beforehand? Jesus commanded us to know the seasons concerning the end of the age. If we think we have what it takes now to withstand what is coming, then we must be the “elite elect” because Jesus said that this would even cause the “elect” to question their faith. We need to be of sober mind and not be carried away by the spirit of this age. The cares of this world are constantly prying for our worship and attention. Matt. 24:40 is often used as a “pre-trib” foundation but as I was looking closer at this I noticed verse 39 which says “and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Verse 40 says, “Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.” This is not referring to the rapture, but rather the judgement on the wicked. If you look closely, it isn’t difficult to see that the ones that were “taken” were the unrighteous not the righteous. The righteous were the ones left behind. They were in the ark.....protected. These scriptures are in context to the days of Noah according to what Jesus said. My prayer is that we as followers of Jesus would search the scriptures out that we would be ready for Jesus 2nd return, that we would understand what Jesus’ leadership and government will really look like at the end of the age. I don’t want to be surprised and offended.

Blessings,
Brian Jones