Luke 17:26-27 "And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: they ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all"
It took Noah over one hundred years to build the ark. The moment he began to build the ark, it became a testimony and warning of a coming judgment of God. Anyone who paid any attention at all over those one hundred years would have seen the progression of the construction, and as it drew nearer to completion, they could have concluded that the judgment it pointed to must be drawing near. Sadly for the people of that day, they ignored the warning, and kept living as if there were no sentence hanging over them. This past week most of us saw the unbelievable devastation of the earth quake and tsunami in Japan. Not long after the quake a tsunami warning was given for the U.S. western coast. We were told to prepare for the wave to reach here around 8:30 in the morning. I'm enough inland so I didn't worry at all, but I was amazed to hear reports of people actually going down to the coast to check things out. One reporter on the radio was shocked to see joggers, bikers, and even a family with an infant in a stroller. The warning was given yet somehow people did not heed, perhaps they were thinking nothing could ever happen to them. My thoughts immediately turned toward the days of Noah, and the warning that Jesus gave us in the above verses. Jesus warns us that in the last days signs and warnings of His return will abound, yet people will live as if nothing is happening! We are living in dynamic times, and many Biblical prophesies are being fulfilled before our eyes, yet so many are taking no notice, so many are ignoring the warnings. How about us? It seems to me the ark is almost complete, but I wonder, are we living like it?
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