These words were spoken by Jesus in
reference to His second coming. He came the first time to give His life on the
cross in payment for sin (God cannot sweep sin “under the rug”). He will come
again to judge and to rule. He compares conditions in the world at the time of
His future coming to those in the days of Noah. “But as the days of Noah were,
so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” With this opening we might
expect a reference to the moral corruption of the world but this is not what
Jesus had in view. It will be a time when all things appear normal!! “For as in
the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until
the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of
Man be.” (Matthew 24:38,39). Just as few were prepared for the Flood, so also
few will be prepared for His second coming.
The Hollywood blockbuster Noah, is at variance with much of the
biblical account (read Genesis 6) but this is of little consequence as few in
Hollywood (or elsewhere) consider the Flood little more than a fable. Jesus
however, did not regard it a fabricated children’s story. It was a warning. He came 2000 years ago and
has promised to return. He will keep His word. He always keeps His word.
Are you ready? You can be ….. Jesus wants
you to be ready.