In The Days of Noah

I was reading a post by Jack Kelley about Matthew 24:37 and the days before Jesus returns.


As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man (Matt 24:37). The time leading up to the Great Flood was a lot like our time today in that it was characterized by a deliberate and escalating disregard for the ways of God. Finally “the Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on earth had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time” (Gen. 6:5).


When I would think about how man behaved in Noah's day, I remember history lessons on the extreme barbarism of those times. The rampant sexually deviancy, sacrificing children, murder, etc. However, I imagine I am not alone when I would naturally think to myself, "we aren't that bad right now". Is that true though?

Living in my safe and secure middle-class, middle-America home, I don't have any idea what the rest of the world is really doing. I can hear of it in the news and on the internet, but can't really grasp the depravity of mankind. I mean, who would sacrifice their child to a false god? Then it dawned on me, or more accurately, God reminded me of what is going on in America.  1.37 million abortions were performed in 2006 in America, 47 million worldwide. All for our god of convenience and money.

I can't say for certain, but I think it would be safe to say that old "barbaric" cultures can't hold a candle to what our society is doing to children in the name of our gods. If we then throw in the countries that are being run by evil men who slaughter people by the tens of thousands just for having a different political view or being of a different ethnic descent, I think we have the title covered for worst behaviour in man's brief history. Don't forget the millions that were killed by Stalin and Hitler.

Yep, I think we are definitely living on a razor thin wire and God is about to cut it.