Shadows

• Luke 17:26-27 MKJV

And as it was in the days of Noah, so it also shall be in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and the flood came and destroyed them all.

• Genesis 6:17-18 MKJV

And behold! I, even I, am bringing a flood of waters upon the earth in order to destroy all flesh (in which is the breath of life) from under the heavens. Everything which is in the earth shall die. But I will establish My covenant with you. And you shall come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

• Hebrews 11:7 MKJV

By faith Noah, having been warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

There is a parallel here or a shadow being drawn out for Christians to heed in these last days. Jesus said it would be as it was as in the days of Noah that He would return.

Yes the world is falling further into sin as it did then. But there is more to it.

We are all Noahs!

God has called us to build arks to save as many people as possible instead of animals this time around. The flood is not going to be water but ever-lasting punishment for all those who reject Jesus.

As we build this "ark", people will ridicule us and condemn us for believing such "folly" of Jesus' return and that our preparedness for His return is a waste of time.

They will not heed our calls and go on doing their own thing right up til we are to enter the "ark" and as the trumpet heralds us out of this world and God's final wrath is poured out on the wicked; we can be rest assured that we will be safe.

But does it mean we should stop "building the ark" or sharing the gospel; because they ignore our call or think we are silly?

NO!

We must not fail in our final task of serving God!

God is counting on us to "build the ark" so that those He will bring to our "arks" will be saved from the "rain" coming as God did with the animals.

It doesn't matter where you are in life, what job you have, what school or home-life you have, or how old you are?

Build your arks! What matters is not what others say but what God is calling you to do!

On a side note:

The Old Testament holds shadows of what is in the New Testament and to what is to come...these shadows are so important to understand our identity in Christ and our destiny in Him.

Amen