Lot, Noah And The End Of The Age
Disclaimer: Even though there is plenty in this article about homosexuality,I want to make it clear to my readers. I do not endorse, nor condemn homosexuality. It is not my place to judge nor to decide if someone is, or is not worthy of God’s love. God loves each and every one of us with a love we cannot even come close to fathoming. He loves murderers,gay and lesbian,thieves,pastors,just every day average folks,all the same.
In Luke 17 The Lord tells us that things in the times of the end of the age,would be just like the times of Noah,and the flood. As well as the same way they were in Lot’s time, before the Lord utterly destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Evil was rampant on the earth,in those times. God said that the thoughts of men were only evil all of the time, and that man must be destroyed. The Lord was very upset within Himself that He had even made man.
That in itself is just horrifying to me, that God was so upset He felt that He should not have even made man. But let’s take a look at what was going on in Noah’s time,then we will also look at Lot’s times. We will compare those times to the time we live in right now.
And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of Man: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage,until the day Noah entered the Ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.It was the same as happened in the days of Lot..
Luke 17:26,27 26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 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.
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
So there was rampant sin on the earth. There was evil so corrupt it made God hurt to His heart that He had made man. The Nephilim which were half man half fallen angel were very evil. The fallen angels were teaching humans all kinds of things the Lord did not want them to know. They were learning things at great speed. We here now, in this time are learning so fast we cannot even keep up with the new technology. Ask any computer tech and they will tell you, it is a constant of being schooled in the latest and greatest technology.
The angels were not supposed to leave their allotted station as spiritual beings. Yet they did. Those angels are now in hell in chains awaiting the special judgment just for them,for their disobedience to the Lords commands for them. This is found in the book of Jude, verse 6 . And angels who did not keep (care for, guard, and hold to) their own first place of power but abandoned their proper dwelling place–these He has reserved in custody in eternal chains (bonds) under the thick gloom of utter darkness until the judgment and doom of the great day.Amplified bible.
The book of Enoch though not one of the books of the bible ,was adhered to by Jewish people for centuries, explains all of this really well. That the fallen angels took on the form of man and had their way with the women of the earth the daughters of man. They taught them many things which the Lord was not willing that the people should know at those times.
We know in the time that we are living in,there is evil a plenty among us,all around us. There is evil on every corner, just waiting to pounce. There is rampant homosexuality, pedophilia, rapes and murders. There is even something called ( and this makes me ill) bestiality,that is a strange lust to be sure. Bestiality is sex with animals. There is abortion, all over the place,and for no other reason than it is inconvenient for the mother to be.
Gen 7 The LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.9 These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. God will again blot out man. Leaving a mere ten percent of humans whom He will hide away in the very end, of the end of the age time. The reason for the ten percent being left is to recreate the people on the earth during the millennial Kingdom.
LOT
Luke 17:28-33 28 “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
Jude verse 7 [The wicked are sentenced to suffer] just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent towns–which likewise gave themselves over to impurity and indulged in unnatural vice and sensual perversity–are laid out [in plain sight] as an exhibit of perpetual punishment [to warn] of everlasting fire.
Unnatural = 1.contrary to the laws or course of nature. 2.at variance with the character or nature of a person, animal, or plant.
3.at variance with what is normal or to be expected: the unnatural atmosphere of the place.
Vice = 1.an immoral or evil habit or practice.
2.immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: a life of vice.
3.sexual immorality, especially prostitution.
The people were engaging in perverse pleasures, unnatural vices in the open where every one could see and partake, if they so chose. There were even children engaging in such perverse acts,which will be explained further in this article.
The most common response to the question “What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?” is that it was homosexuality. That is how the term “sodomy” came to be used to refer to anal sex between two men, whether consensual or forced. Clearly, homosexuality was part of why God destroyed the two cities. The men of Sodom and Gomorrah wanted to perform homosexual gang rape on the two angels (who were disguised as men). At the same time, it is not biblical to say that homosexuality was the only reason why God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Ezekiel 16:49-50 declares, “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me…” The Hebrew word translated “detestable” refers to something that is morally disgusting and is the exact same word used in Leviticus 18:22 that refers to homosexuality as an “abomination.” Similarly, Jude 7 declares, “…Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion.” So, again, while homosexuality was not the only sin the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah indulged in, it does appear to be the primary reason for the destruction of the cities.
Those who try to explain away the biblical condemnations of homosexuality claim that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was inhospitality. The men of Sodom and Gomorrah were certainly being inhospitable. There is probably nothing more inhospitable than homosexual gang rape. But to say God completely destroyed two cities and all their inhabitants for being inhospitable seriously misses the point. While Sodom and Gomorrah were guilty of many other sins, homosexuality was the reason God poured fiery sulfur on the cities, completely destroying them and all of their inhabitants. To this day, the area where Sodom and Gomorrah were located remains a desolate wasteland. Sodom and Gomorrah serve as a powerful example of how God feels about sin in general, and homosexuality specifically.
Our Times
Today we have sin in all it’s forms all around us. It is getting so that i do not read signs anymore,as I drive down the road. Due to the explicit ads everywhere. I was remarking to my husband today as we drove along look at this look at that man it is pretty disgusting around the world these days. Not only that but the world at large is heating up and chaos is now on it’s way to all parts of the world,coming to an area near you very soon.
Here is the ten commandments and let’s see how many of them are now being looked past.
Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV
1 “I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other gods before Me.
2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
3 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
4 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
5 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
6 “You shall not murder.
7 “You shall not commit adultery.
8 “You shall not steal.
9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Too many, even Christians, have a different god than the biblical God. They have created the god who suits them and their needs. They do not pay attention to the word of God which God assures us is how we get to know Him.
There are idols all over the world of peoples gods. These are not even real gods they are sticks wood and stone. Those are graven images. The Lords name is taken in vain all over the place all over the tv, and in person you hear all the time, people calling out the name of the Lord in swears and just all the time. It is disgusting and He will hold them accountable for it.
Hardly anyone anywhere keeps the Sabbath as holy any more. The sabbath is not Sunday. It is the seventh day which is and always has been Saturday.Honor your father and mother,that one is so seriously not adhered to these days. Kids and even adults alike do not honor their parents. They are the first ones to point out the flaws of their parents.
Murder is every where. There is murder for hire,murderous rages,mass murder, hatred all over the place. Jesus said if you hate someone, it as good as if you murdered them in your heart. Adultery is so bad it is treated as if it is not even a problem these days. Some people these days even commit adultery with their spouses consent. Orgies and such things going on. Jesus said if you lust after someone of the opposite sex it is as good as having committed adultery already. Lust is the ad seller. They use sexual innuendo to sell everything!!
Thievery is also rampant. There are thieves and robbers all over the place. It is getting even worse,and I suspect it will keep getting worse as people begin to starve and go hungry for lack of money,food,and gas. People have lost their jobs, and are now running out of unemployment benefits. The government is saying the unemployment rate has dropped,but if anything it has increased people.
They do not count any longer,those who have exhausted their unemployment benefits as unemployed. Those people are not counted in the unemployment rates. It is lies we are being told. Which takes us to our next sin. Lying is everywhere. It is so bad that you cannot even begin to know what is truth or what is lies according to everyone. Truth is no longer absolute in this world,it is according to liberals,relative. Truth is relative to everyone else. Meaning truth is truth according to ones own beliefs. What a load of garbage that is!
Covetousness is actually jealousy to the point of,people saying within themselves,well how come they have this that or the other thing and I don’t? Why should this person have this life when i don’t? Our government is now actually promoting covetousness. They think it is their job to share the wealth. To basically be some kind of modern day Robin Hood. They want to take people who have worked their tails off to get where they are,and bring them down to a lower level of wealth, so they can take their hard earned money and give it to some sleazy schlep who has never worked a day for it.
Yes our world is not a lovely place any more. We are assured evil would walk among men again in the end times,and it is evident in every moment of our lives. But people here is a warning. It is not half as bad as it is going to be. Often times I have heard folks speak of the old bible times and say they wished they could have been alive in those times. Well grab onto your suspenders and hold on cause here we go. Your going to be alive for the most amazing things to occur as have never occurred before in the history of the world.
May God Bless and watch over you and yours,may He strengthen you all, and may you all find joy in the preparation for the times coming.
We are commanded to love one another as we love the Lord,I am working hard at this particular command,I pray that you all do too.
Love in Christ,Tammy