A Warning concerning Today's Stupefying World
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 17:25 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected
by this generation. (26) And even as it happened in the days of
Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man: (27)
They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they
were being given in marriage, until the day in which Noah
entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.
(28) Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they
were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were
selling, they were planting, they were building; (29) But on
the day in which Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. (30) It will be
in the same way on the day in which the Son of Man is revealed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the days of Noah certain conditions existed. People were
stupefied by eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in
marriage. Furthermore, they did not know until the flood came
and took them away. It will be the same in the days of the Son
of Man. People will be stupefied by the necessities of this
life, not knowing that God's judgment (signified by the flood)
will come upon them by the Lord's coming. The believers,
however, should be dedrugged and soberly know that the Lord is
coming to execute God's judgment upon this corrupted world.
Eating, drinking, and marriage were originally ordained by God
for man's existence. But due to man's lust, Satan utilizes
these necessities of human life to occupy man and keep him from
God's interests. Toward the end of this age, this situation
will be intensified and will reach its climax during the days
of the Son of Man. The characteristics of the days of Lot were
eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building.
These last four characteristics indicate business. Consider the
characteristics of today's world. The characteristics of this
generation are eating, drinking, marrying, giving in marriage,
buying, selling, planting, and building.
The conditions of evil living that stupefied the generation of
Noah before the deluge and the generation of Lot before the
destruction of Sodom portray the perilous condition of man's
living before the Lord's parousia (presence, coming) and the
great tribulation (Matt. 24:3, 21). If we would participate in
the overcomers' rapture to enjoy the Lord's parousia and escape
the great tribulation, we must overcome the stupefying effect
of man's living today.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Watchman Nee, Messages for Building Up New Believers, pp.
334-335. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim,
CA. (Repeat 2/28/02)
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