Took Them All Away
Took Them All Away
38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Matthew 24:38-39
The Second Coming is going to be an amazing event. You have to realize however that it is simultaneously going to be the greatest and also the worst day ever in the universe. Millions if not billions of people will be saved from a life of sin. Those who struggled, suffered, and persevered against sin to stay close to Christ will finally be transformed. They will become perfect as their father in heaven is perfect. They will never have to be tempted by the Devil or sin ever again.
On the other hand, billions if not more will also be lost forever. There will be weeping and crying. There will be shouting, pain and suffering. God in one day will lose scores of his children which he loves with all his heart. He will also lose countless angels and Lucifer as well. God loves all who will be lost. No heart will be more conflicted than God’s.
When we look at the story of Noah, which is used as a comparison here, you’ll find that soon after leaving the ark, Noah grows grapes and gets drunk. Now we don’t know if it was done on purpose or if he just let his drinking get away from him but you have to realize that his heart and mind must have been in anguish. Stepping out of the ark and realizing that every other human being on earth was now dead must have been a shock. There must have been a pain in knowing that so many refused to follow God.
How will you feel when you experience the Second Coming? Have you ever taken time to think about this? How will you feel looking around you for family and friends? How will it be seeing some or even many but not all those you love? It will be an amazing day, no doubt, but will there also be some pain and sorrow?
Those who rejected Noah’s messages from God lived life as if nothing would change. They were similar to us before Covid struck and changed the world forever. This should be a wakeup for us that God’s Second Coming can be a lot closer than it appears. Things can change in a heartbeat. Let’s make sure we’re not part of that group who ‘did not know until the flood came and took them all away’. Let’s make the Second Coming as great as it can be. Let us make sure we are saved and let us also help those we love to make that choice as well.
God bless,
Pr. Steven Couto