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The civilization which covered the earth prior to the flood of Noah’s time was not like it is popularly portrayed today.
Contrary to the popular media/educational portrayals, that civilization was advanced and was what moderns would call “technology-based.” It was NOT populated by cave-dwellers and loincloth-wearing half-savage men.
Though there is very little recorded about that time in the Bible, moderns can learn a few things about that time.
1- Man was wicked.
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
–Genesis 6:5
2- Man was corrupt and violent.
“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”
–Genesis
3- As wicked and violent as that time before the flood was, the Bible tells us that times before the return of Jesus Christ will be very similar.
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
–Matthew 24:37
4- Just as man was doing before the flood, so will end times man do likewise: end times man will be busy “living his life” and will ignore the many warnings of the Bible, as well as what his own eyes and ears tell him about the coming judgment and destruction of the wicked.
“They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.”
–Luke 17:27
5- After 120 years of warning mankind during the pre-flood time, Noah did not persuade even ONE man to repent. When the God sealed the door on the ark, there was only Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives–eight people total.
SO, the pre-flood world was extremely wicked and extremely violent and would not repent.
The world and the workers of iniquity have a great deal invested in keeping moderns in the dark about that pre-flood time.
Satan’s coming 42-month kingdom will be called “The Second Golden Age of Man” because the deceived see that period before the flood as the “Golden Age of Man.”
After the events of 9/11, one president called a return to man’s rule under Satan as “an ancient hope.”
Modern man has been indoctrinated and deceived into believing that he is as advanced as man has ever been.
This is not true: one only has to consult the Bible. There are also a number of pre-flood artifacts which have come to light over the years. In addition, a great many of the megalithic structures built before the flood remain on the earth today.
Modern man is only following a path which has been laid out centuries ago.
Modern man is NOT the best and brightest.
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
–Ecclesiastes 1:9
“No new thing under the sun.”
The reader should keep this in mind when reading the stories of the past we call history.
DOES the reader believe that each person will have to answer for their actions during this life?
DOES the reader believe that Jesus Christ will return to earth?
HAS the reader made any changes in his lifestyle or daily routine to reflect this?
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
The Antikythera mechanism is generally referred to as the first known analogue computer. The quality and complexity of the mechanism’s manufacture suggest that it has undiscovered predecessors…
After thanking the sender, it was remarked “This is one of the many pieces of pre-flood technology which has surfaced.”
When a piece of pre-flood technology comes to the public’s attention, the masters of science and history are quick to rush in and mis-date the find–either claiming the piece is from thousands of years in the past or, occasionally, in the future.
There are a few main points to remember about the civilization which existed before the flood.
The earth was overwhelmed with wickedness.
The pre-flood civilization was highly advanced (as many artifacts attest)–despite what history or science claim.
The end times world before Jesus returns will be just like the pre-flood world.
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
–Matthew 24:37
And how were the “days of Noe (Noah)”?
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
–Genesis 6:5-6
“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”
–Genesis 6:11-12
There will be a return to the “days of Noe (Noah).” Besides the earth being filled with corruption and violence, man will be totally ignoring God’s commandments.
Man will be mostly concerned with the trivial issues of “living his life.”
“For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
–Matthew 24:38-39
“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”
–Luke 17:26-30
Man will be SO focused on the small, everyday details of his busy life, he will not notice the signs of impending doom.
End times man will be totally surprised by the return of Jesus Christ.
“They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.”
“Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”
IS the reader preoccupied by the hundreds of tiny details of his everyday life?
IS God Almighty and His Son, Jesus Christ, nothing more than an afterthought?
TIME is running out.
THERE is still time to change direction (repent) and call upon God Almighty for mercy.
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
-—1 Corinthians 1:18-19
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
–Ecclesiastes 1:9
Because “Science” has told people that humans have been around for “hundreds of thousands of years” and because Science has also told people that the earth is “millions of years old,” whenever evidence to the contrary crops up (and there is an abundance of it), Science is stuck for an answer.
The answer is to be found in the Bible: there is no new thing under the sun. There are no aliens; there are no artifacts “millions of years old;” there are no mysteries.
Again, Science has painted itself into a corner of its own design.
To answer the “mysteries,” Science is then increasingly forced to rely on its Great Answer (“Aliens!“), which it always pretends to be reluctant to give. However, because Science (like the rest of the world) deals mostly in deception, Aliens! was where it was headed all along.
Meanwhile, the depraved and very advanced pre-Flood civilizations continue to be portrayed by Science’s worldly sister and partner-in-crime (History) as loin-cloth wearing savages.
Which is why Science will never have an answer for “out-of-place” artifacts which doesn’t point to “Aliens!”
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:”
–2Corinthians 4:3
DAYS OF NOAH: Will we see a return to pre-Flood culture again in the end times?
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
—Matthew 24:37
PART 4 – 10 OBSERVATIONS
ON PRE-FLOOD RELIGION AND CIVILIZATION AND THE END TIMES
It’s been said the devil and his many minions attack Genesis and Revelation (the first and last books in the Bible) hardest of all the Bible’s books. This is to confuse man, not only on where he has been, but also on where he is headed.
Some observations on the pre-flood civilization and religion and its various aspects; what the Bible says about the pre-flood time and the end times; and, why it is important to believers.
This will no doubt be a big bite of information for some. But it is broken down into a number of easily-digested pieces.
Some are based on various discussions over the past month or so, and some are not. At some point, some of these points likely will be revisited and expanded upon.
1- The Bible declares (in several places) there will be a return to the government and religion of the pre-flood times during the days before Jesus Christ returns.
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
—Matthew 24:37
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be…and there is no new thing under the sun.”
–Ecclesiastes 1:9
Okay, so those two references are general in nature. But there’s other places where it’s more specific.
Where?
“And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”
–Genesis 6:12
There was not one place it was not corrupt on the earth.
That’s a government project. Or rather, that’s a joint project of government and religion.
But there’s one place in the Bible that’s even more specific.
2- The beast (system) that was will be again.
The Bible “commentators” and “teachers” (and other mouthpieces of the dragon) have turned the two beasts of Revelation 13 into people. They are not people: they are systems: one political and the other religious.
The reader can know this for himself by reading the explanation the angel gives John in Revelation 17.
“So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarletcoloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.”
–Revelation 17:3,7,12-13
3- The reader can also know this beast system was used before the flood by Revelation 17.
“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”
–Revelation 17:8
“Was, is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit…”
So the beast (system/empire) was (had been at one time), is not (was not around at the time John was receiving the Revelation) and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit (there never was a worldwide system of government after the flood. Why? Because God had it consigned to the abyss.)
The angel gives even more details.
“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”
–Revelation 17:10-11
The angels tells John of seven kings (empires): five had already fallen (different commentators argue over which particular five great empires these are), one is (the Roman-Greco empire at the time of John) and the other had not yet come.
The empire that was to come (the seventh)?
Could be the British-American one of the past several hundred years.
Though this was also said of the short-lived Spanish empire which arose before the British.
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition”?
That is the coming one-world empire.
Commentators attribute the past (the beast which was) world empire to one of the historical empires after the flood (Assyrian, Egyptian, Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, etc.) by saying the Bible means “the KNOWN world.”
The only time the entire earth was ruled by one government was before the flood.
4- Though the Bible declares the time before the flood as “great wickedness,” the wicked naturally see this time as a golden age.
The wicked, lost and deceived view the days of Noe (Noah) much differently than the Word of God portrays that time.
The Word of God declares that those days were filled with violence and wickedness.
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”
–Genesis 6:5-7, 11-13
Likewise, the time immediately before Jesus Christ returns will also be a time of great wickedness and sin. The whole world will worship the man of sin, even though the mouth of the beast will blaspheme the God of heaven and all that is holy.
“And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
–Revelation 13:5-8
So before Jesus Christ returns, the world will once more be almost completely filled with sin, corruption and wickedness. However, the wicked will see that time as a Utopia; a “heaven on earth.”
5- Fables, such as Atlantis, refer to the time before the flood.
The fables of the wicked include tales of Atlantis (one of the stronger pre-flood components which was submerged by the waters of the sea) and New Atlantis, esoteric writer “[Francis] Bacon’s vision for a Utopian New World in North America.”
Written in 1627, this story about a faux Christian country which is, in reality, ruled by members of a secret society. There is a STRONG resemblance between Bacon’s New Atlantis and the country which is known as the United States of America.
Francis Bacon played a leading role in creating the English colonies, especially in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Newfoundland in northeastern Canada. His government report on “The Virginia Colony” was submitted in 1609. In 1610 Bacon and his associates received a charter from the king to form the Tresurer and the Companye of Adventurers and planter of the Cittye of London and Bristoll for the Collonye or plantacon in Newfoundland and sent John Guy to found a colony there. In 1910 Newfoundland issued a postage stamp to commemorate Bacon’s role in establishing the province. The stamp describes Bacon as “the guiding spirit in colonization scheme” of 1610.
Atlantis was said to have been submerged into the sea. This happened to other parts of the pre-flood civilization as well.
The ancient religion of the pre-flood years was wicked and demonic in nature. The remnants of that ancient religion’s priesthood survive until today, still deceiving and leading men astray and still being deceived by that which they worship: illegitimate supernatural power.
6- When the wicked refer to “freedom” and “liberty,” they are referring to that wicked time before the flood when they had “freedom” from the precepts of God Almighty.
When one of their number refers to an “ancient hope” they are referring to a return of the way it was before the flood.
“We have confidence because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, the hunger in dark places, the longing of the soul. When our Founders declared a new order of the ages, when soldiers died in wave upon wave for a union based on liberty, when citizens marched in peaceful outrage under the banner “Freedom Now,” they were acting on an ancient hope that is meant to be fulfilled.”
—George W Bush, Second Inauguration Speech, 1-20-2005
There are other ways the reader can know the coming world government and religious system existed on the earth previously.
7 – The only surviving structures of the time before the flood are found throughout the ENTIRE earth.
These great stone structures are described as being megalithic. They are many times composed of stones so large, modern man has no way of moving them, even with modern equipment.
These structures are found throughout the entire world: North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and on various islands, both isolated (Nan Madol) and populated (Stonehenge). A great many of these structures lie submerged off the coasts of North America, India and Japan, among other places.
Some of the pyramid-type structures still remaining are very similar to each other and are located in Egypt, other parts of Africa, as well as in North and South America.
Of course, NONE of the many sources of information about such “mysteries” propose that these are the remnants of the pre-flood civilization.
8- There is an entire academic, cultural and media group dedicated to misleading men away from the real origin of these pre-flood megalithic structures (and other pre-flood artifacts). Any number of deceptions have been used to distract men from their true origins.
Sometimes, it is said that these structures were built using any number of discredited, ridiculous theories (e.g., Man used to have a lot of time on his hands.)
Sometimes, these structures and their stories are claimed to be hundreds of thousands (often MILLIONS), of years old. Their origins and how they were built is claimed to be “lost to history.”
Some are said to be “mysteries” to science.
Increasingly, these structures are used as proof that “ancient aliens” used to frequent the earth in time long past. In the case of artifacts which have been found composed of metals modern man STILL has no knowledge of (at least publicly), various combinations of the previously-mentioned deceptions are used.
The reader could easily devote hundreds of hours of research to these topics: both the artifacts and their deceptive explanations litter the Internet.
9- There are ancient records of how these huge stones (some weighing hundreds of tons) were moved.
From Peru to Central America to the South Pacific islands to Egypt to the Middle East and elsewhere: there exist ancient records telling how these great stones were moved. In every case, they were moved by demonic power.
The old records don’t call it demonic power (though in many cases, the people who moved these great stones were sometimes called “gods”). The records refer to usually some sort of “vibrations” or “psychokinesis” (both code words for the demonic) in many cases caused by musical instruments of some kind. In one case, the stones were said to have been moved by whistling.
10- Though remnants of the ancient priesthood still survive among various secret societies and cults, as well as in science and esoteric groups, much of the pre-flood knowledge has remained hidden to the public.
Still, there is one case of modern man using these same methods to move quite large stones–and doing it publicly: the Coral Castle in Florida.
So, these structures are located throughout the entire earth and it’s recorded that they were moved by demonic power. This confirms the religion used before the flood was worldwide.
It also helps confirm upon what the coming one-world religion will be based.
“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast…And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
–Revelation 13:4,8
Is the reader busy living his life? Has he listened to cunningly-devised fables? Will sudden destruction overtake him?
“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
–Matthew 24:37-39
There is yet still time to enter the kingdom of heaven.
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:”
–2Corinthians 4:3
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
–Ecclesiastes 1:9
“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.”
–Luke 17:26
PART THREE
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be”
Jesus talked about the times before He returned being like the days of Noe (Noah). He spoke of men so completely comfortable with sin, many did not even consider what they were doing to be wrong.
Specifically, he spoke of men in the end times being completely surprised by their sudden destruction (just as in the days before the flood).
He also spoke of people living their lives, both in the days before the flood and in the days before He returned.
“For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark”
–Matthew 24:37
By comparing what the Bible says about the days before the flood, we can also see what the days before Jesus returns will be like. Likewise, by comparing what the Bible declares about the end times, we can see what the times before the flood were like.
God’s Word has much more to say about the end times than the time before the flood.
It will be a very wicked time before Jesus returns.
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
–Genesis 6:5
The time before Jesus returns will be wicked indeed. Descriptions of what that wicked time will look like abound throughout the New Testament, particularly in Revelation.
It is a time of earthly-mindedness and carnal pleasures before Jesus returns.
“The earth also was corrupt before God…And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.”
–Genesis 6:11-12
In the time before Jesus returns, men will be totally consumed by affairs of the flesh and the activities and things of this world.
“They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;”
–Luke 17:27-28
Eating, drinking, buying, selling, going to weddings: living their lives. People will be so caught up in the distractions of day-to-day living, they will forget all about Jesus.
Until He returns.
Though they have been warned for the last 3500 years, men will be completely taken by surprise.
It will also be a very violent time before Jesus returns.
“…and the earth was filled with violence.”
–Genesis 6:11
Accounts throughout the New Testament, particularly Revelation, confirm the earth will indeed be filled with violence and death before Jesus returns.
These are a few of what can be deduced of the last days by referring to accounts of the time before the flood.
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be”
In the next installment, we’ll look at what can be inferred about the time before the flood by referring to the times before Jesus returns.
“But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”
—John 20:31
THE GOSPEL
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
–Matthew 24:24
Alternately surfing and stumbling across the Internet brings one to a dizzying number of websites.
These websites are an amazingly diverse cross section of what people across the world believe and are interested in–particularly, people from the English-speaking countries.
When one comes across a website of a particular flavor, it’s not hard to branch out from there, exploring links from that website to other like-minded sites which have banded together into (sometimes) far-flung networks.
It’s useful, from time-to-time, to go on these cyber journeys–if only to remind oneself of the sheer numbers of people who think and believe differently.
And so it was this past week: a number of websites were explored which served to remind this writer that many are NOT looking for a return of Jesus Christ.
Many are not looking for a return of Jesus Christ, but of another man who, Jesus declared would “come in his own name.”
“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
–John 5:43
This man, this supreme leader, this future ruler of the world: some call him The One; some call him The All; some call him the Christ; those in the counterfeit, apostate churches, which will soon enough worship him, call him the Antichrist.
The Bible calls him the man of sin.
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”
–2Thessalonians 2:3
MAN OF SIN: Preparations are being completed for the man of sin. The man of sin will arise from the midst of the apostate churches.
The Bible records the man of sin will rise from within the apostate churches and declare to the world that he is God.
“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
–2Thessalonians 2:4
And because the world is wicked, the world believes the man of sin IS God.
“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast…And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
–Revelation 13:4-8
Yes, the whole world will worship the man of sin and his worldwide empire, which will be composed of all nations, all kindreds, all tongues, across the earth.
Knowing all this (and knowing that the Bible is the Word of God and is true) and knowing the times in which we live, it is not surprising that many now are watching for the man of sin.
In fact, IF one believes in the complete, 100 percent accuracy of the Bible, then one would have to be disappointed to find otherwise.
One additional thing which was noticed during these journeys across the Internet: among those deceived individuals who work for the man of sin, there is a great desire to see a return to the pre-flood world.
These benighted folk have been deceived into believing the civilization which existed before the flood was a Utopia; a “heaven on earth”; the Golden Age of Man.
And in a way, it WAS the Golden Age of Man…
…IF one believes unrepentant man, without a Savior, is a wicked, lost creature.
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
–Genesis 6:6-7
“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”
–Genesis 6:11
This is the world which the armies toiling for the man of sin imagine to be paradise.
Because most of these worker bees are aware that man was not a simple cave-dweller before the flood, but part of a highly-advanced civilization (in many respects more advanced than today), they long for an unleashing of technology long held back from the public.
Because most of these faceless laborers are aware that demonic power was both worshiped and harnessed to do great feats, they yearn for a time when similar signs and lying wonders are displayed.
“And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do”
–Revelation 13:13-14
And because, first of all, they are deceived, they believe this coming time of rebellion against God (just as the earlier rebellion before the flood) will yield a time of peace and love and brotherhood–IF one belongs to the right groups, says the right things and swears the right allegiances.
The Bible declares this coming Second Golden Age of Man to be a time of immense slaughter–and that’s before the world is judged at the return of Jesus Christ. First, a fourth part of mankind dies.
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
–Revelation 6:8
Later, another THIRD perish of those who remain after the death of nearly two billion.
“And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.”
–Revelation 9:15
Altogether, HALF of the people on earth die–and this is not counting the numbers who die in the various judgments poured out on wicked men.
This is the Golden Age for which many yearn.
“Oh well, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.”
The coming rebellion against God will see success for forty-two months.
Three-and-one-half years.
One-thousand-two-hundred-sixty days.
THIS is the culmination of the generations of the wicked who have labored in darkness: this forty-two month season of sorrow and worldly power. In fact, their season of world power will be shorter than forty-two months because God cuts it short.
“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.”
–Matthew 24:22
These workers of iniquity represent a great cross section: some are pagans; some are satanists; some are witches; some use divination; some are embedded in the churches and worship other spirits; some are in secret societies, some are involved in various stages of magic: many are involved in more than one of these activities.
MOST are in pursuit of illegitimate supernatural power.
Along the way, it is certain the saints will be persecuted: some will even choose to forfeit their lives for the witness of Jesus Christ, ensuring their eternal glory.
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
–Revelation 12:11
But this Golden Age of Man crumbles, falls and is utterly destroyed–just as the first one was. And the inhabitants of the earth will be busy “living their lives,” completely shocked by their sudden judgment.
“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.”
–Luke 17:26-29
Sad, really–because many of the workers of iniquity seem to be genuinely nice and well-meaning–and so unnecessary.
But THIS is the end of those poor, deceived souls who choose to build on the crumbling foundations of illegitimate supernatural power: working for centuries in exchange for twelve-hundred-sixty days of earthly power.
“But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”
—John 20:31
THE GOSPEL
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”
–Proverbs 26:12
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