Today!

 

When the Son of Man comes, things will be just as they were when Noah lived.

People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day when Noah went into the big boat. Then the flood came and drowned everyone on earth.

When Lott lived, people were also eating and drinking. They were buying, selling, planting, and building.  But on the very day Lot left Sodom, fiery flames poured down from the sky and killed everyone.

The same will happen on the day when the Son of Man appears.

Luke 17:26-30

The stories of Noah and of Sodom give us insight into how God brings judgment on a city and even on the world itself. People who paid no attention to God had no idea what was about to happen. They were not struggling with the conviction of their sin before God. Life was "normal" in every way until the day that God brought the flood or the fire. And then it was too late!

Jesus tells us that both of those stories reveal what it will be like just before His return to earth to gather His own and bring judgment to the rest.

When God's judgment comes to a city, your job as a believer is to make sure that you and your family are not there when it happens. And of course, don't look back when it does. When judgment comes on the whole world, get in the boat before the flood comes.

The Bible does give us prophecies that point to the time of God's judgments and they are helpful in knowing what is about to come on the world. But the day and hour of God's judgment seems to always be a mystery until it happens. Here is the best advice. Plan for the return of Jesus Christ today. Let all of your thoughts and actions be those that are appropriate for that final day. If you need to repent, don't wait until tomorrow to do it. If you need to get in the boat of God's Mercy and Grace, then give your heart to Jesus today, not tomorrow.

And if Jesus does not come today, then do it all again tomorrow! When you live like that you will be ready when Jesus comes!