In The Days of Noah

The Bible states that before the time of the return of Christ, the world will become like it was before the flood. Jesus Himself makes this claim, outlining exactly how the world will be. If you study other accounts (or myths if you prefer) besides the Old Testament you will find many similarities in other cultures to the view of the flood from the Bibles perspective.

Many of these stories speak of giants, violence,large boats and using birds to search for dry land. Others speak of a world that had become over populated. In one legend the “gods” destroy humans because they are keeping them awake!

The closes to the Hebrew telling of the flood is the Sumerian description of these events. They are so much alike that when the tablets were interpreted into English the scholars who did the interpretation were baffled! for more details on this, watch the video below. I am not writing this hub to try to prove the reality of the flood, for what is the point of that? People will believe what they want to believe, and that is my point! The people of today have become 'brainwashed and conditioned by culture to the point that they do no longer except the insights presented to them in the Scriptures.

The attitude seems to be "believe anything as long as it is not connected to the Bible!" Any other explanation seems to do, in fact the latest trend seems to be a "spiritual goulash " a little of this and little of that! Science denies the evidence that there was ever a world wide flood to the magnitude that it speaks of in the Bible. They would rather claim that the Grand Canyon was the results of millions of years of erosion than the work of a massive flood.

However, my purpose in writing this is not to prove the reality of the flood, but instead to draw a connection between the days of Noah and modern times. To have a better understanding of what were the mind set was back in the ancient times. After all, when you take a good look at the myth around "The Great Flood", or even Atlantis myths you can see a lot similarities with the way the world was the way it was then and the way the world is now!

If we are to believe the Bible what so ever, we are lead to believe that men in the days before the flood lived much longer than than men ever have since then. To me, it is interesting to note that we are now living longer than we have in "recorded" history (besides of the time before the flood). Yes, science has made great strives in improving life-spans of humans and yet, at what cost?

More and more our elderly are ending up in nurses homes and dyeing alone away from there families! On one hand, we have made grate advances in medicine. We have eliminated many illnesses that use to plague mankind. Unfortunately, we have created many other health risk created by our "progress"!

We are now facing the reality of overpopulation in world that has become more and more polluted. Even so. we go about our lives just waiting for the other shoe to drop, for it is like we do not know what else to do! We marry and divorce at a growing rate of speed and does not seem to show any sign of changing. Another trend that is happening at a alarming rate, is the dismissal of Christianity or a general belief in God. In fact, 1st Timothy 4:1 states that many will turn away form God "giving heed to seducing spirits and the doctrines of devils." This is exactly what I see happening in today's world.

Many laugh at those who dare to say Jesus Christ will soon return, much like they must of laughed at Noah when he built the Ark! One thing I believe is worth pondering is, if men lived as long as they did, was it not possible that they were able to develop technology that could compare to our own technology. In fact, there are many clues that have been discovered by archaeologist that suggest this very fact. the popular view is that these discoveries point to alien involvement, but could it not also suggest that at one time our ancestors had developed a advance technology? For King Samuel makes the statement that there is noting new under the sun, which may hint to this reality!

In Matthew chapter 24, Jesus makes it clear what the signs will be before his return, and to me these signs are increasing at a a alarming rate and even nature seem to have become unpredictable bizarre. a perfect example of this is Irene which has to be the most unusual hurricane ever! Just look at what happened to the state of Vermont, who could have predicted that?

In Jackson Brown's song "Before The Deluge" are some thought provoking lyrics that seem to fit the message I wish to generate in this writing. No, we do not no the time that Jesus will return, but the signs seem to be increasing, so our duty is to be ready. Are you?

Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jackson+browne/before+the+deluge_20068553.html

Some of them were dreamers
And some of them were fools
Who were making plans and thinking of the future
With the energy of the innocent
They were gathering the tools
They would need to make their journey back to nature
While the sand slipped through the opening
And their hands reached for the golden ring
With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
In the troubled years that came before the deluge

Some of them knew pleasure
And some of them knew pain
And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
They went flying around in the rain
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
And in the end they traded their tired wings
For the resignation that living brings
And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
For the glitter and the rouge
And in the moment they were swept before the deluge

Now let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
By and by--
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky

Some of them were angry
At the way the earth was abused
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
And they struggled to protect her from them
Only to be confused
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
In the naked dawn only a few survived
And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge

Now let the music keep our spirits high
And let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
By and by--
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky