As In the Days of Noah

Outside the Ark

Have you ever thought about what it must have been like for the people "outside" the ark? I mean  the scripture tells us it rained day and night for 40 days and then,
..." the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days." (Genesis 7:24) 



I don't know about you, but I never really thought too much about those outside the ark. All he teachings I heard about Noah and the flood were always focused on Noah and his family and touched very briefly on how everyone else were sinners and basically just turned down their chance at Noah's offer of salvation...
You  know, a kind of, "Oh well...so sad." kinda teaching.


Which is really in itself  literally a, "So sad." kind of teaching.....(if you ask me...basically "grace free" and hypocritical) 


I found myself this morning thinking about all those people....as I was reading through the book of Revelation, again.
Just think about it. The flood waters had to cover the earth long enough to kill all life.


That means every person. Every, man woman and child drown. Just take a moment....really think about that....The recent flooding' s we've had have nothing on Noah's flood.
 
It took time for the water to cover the earth and for people to drown....just imagine how horrifying that was for Noah and his family to hear all those people dying.


These were people that Noah knew. People that his wife knew. People that his sons and daughter in laws knew. 


Yes, they were sinners......Yes, in the end they chose to reject God's way out......but they were people just like YOU and ME.


My point here?.................*(see also again the bottom when you're through reading)


When Jesus was asked by when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered and said,  
..."And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man,..." Luke 17:20-3o full 


I think most would agree in the world today, it is surely as "in the days of Noah".


My question to all of us, myself included, what are we doing to reach out to those "outside the ark". (the unbelieving ones).
If we look at the story of Noah, and at the scripture referencing his commission from God to build the ark. Pretty much life went on around him as he build the ark. Everyone pretty much though he was crazy until the rain started coming down. Until the door of the ark was closed. Until it was too late.


Now I know we are not building an ark. Our commission is different. I believe it is far easier than Noah's. At least for the vast majority of s followers of Yeshua/Jesus...and at this time. For we are only at the beginning of sorrows as the Word of God speaks of.


Still, my question is, "What are we, what will we do about it?"


I know that a great number of believers truly think and believe in their heart that they will be ushered out, taken up, or raptured away before the great tribulation. I have heard this my entire life as a believer. Honestly, as much as I have heard the arguments over and over. I don't see the scriptural foundation for it.


Am I worried about it? No. Not a bit. Why would I be? 
As a believer I am protected from God's wrath. The seven woes spoken of in the book of Revelation are very plainly and pointedly for those that are not God's Own and have chosen to receive the mark of the Beast.


I truly believe that many, unfortunately, have confused Persecution from Antichrist and Wrath from God.
They are not one in the same thing.  


In Revelation 13 it says, .."It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe,tongue, and nation."


However, Jesus warned in Matthew 10:28, “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (The Lord G_d of Abraham Issac and Jacob)”


Remeber ~

The wrath of God is far worse, is far worse than ANY PERSECUTION from ANY man, as it will destroy and condemn to Hell. The true wrath of God means eternal destruction. Whatever an antichrist may do, no matter how evil, mean and destructive he becomes, he can only destroy the body, not the soul. Regardless of the power given to him, no antichrist is capable of pouring out the wrath of God. Only God can do that. Those that believe in the rapturng before the great tribulation, often confuse the wrath of God with the persecution from the antichrist. They are not the same thing. The wrath of God is intended for the ungodly and will be poured upon them and them only. 

This is why, among many other encouraging scriptures I am not worried , anxious or afraid!


As lovely as it sounds ..."rapture before the great tribulation".... all that would serve is to escape the great tribulation period.... and this just isn't scriptural. 

God's promise of protection for his church isn't "removal" from the earth. It never has been. It is "Protection from His wrath". Just look into the Holy Scripture......all through the days of His People.....the Israelites. The Passover is a perfect example. A bodily removal of the church would not be a “protection” from wrath, but an “escape” from wrath.  While an escape may be man’s preferred way, it is not God’s planned way. To correctly interpret God’s promise of protection, one must stay with Scripture and avoid man’s concepts and theories. God’s power and glory will be evident as He delivers His bride throughout great Tribulation.  

 And

 HE Shall Come in the Clouds 

Immediately after the tribulation 

Matthew 24:29-31

Matthew 24:29-31 = Immediately after the tribulation the sun and moon shall be darkened, the stars shall fall from heaven, the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (31) He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

So I will leave you today with these thoughts:

Awake O Sleeper!

Keep your oil in your lamp and stay alert for you do not know what the future holds!

Reach out to those outside the Ark...those who do not believe. Even yourself Because just as peace and safety is proclaimed all around do not be deceived for there is no peace and there is no safety. For it is just as it was in the days of Noah, people giving and taking. Going about about their ways. Getting married and ignoring the call of their maker.

*(note from top) Let's reach out to all those people around us who don't believe. Who even , maybe are mocking us, before they are completely locked out of the ARK; God's presence. i.e. Have taken the mark of the beast and will not be able to enter the kingdom of God. Just like in the days of Noah when God shut the doors of the Ark. We WILL see people around us that we know take the mark and we WILL know in our hearts that we may have - should have- could have at one time or another said something to them that may have lead them to the cross. So My encouragment to us all is to take the time NOW to reach out and be obedient to everyone arund us and share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Be a watchman and reach out to the lost and dieing world!

Do not hide behind the voice of the deceiver because of fear!

Know God! Know He will will never abandon His church, His People, His Children!

Go! Waste no more time on the things that do not matter but give head to life sustaining commission's, in the Name of Yeshua the Anointed One!

Let it Rain! ~ He will come to us like the rain!

"Let us acknowledge the LORD;
   let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
   he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
   like the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3

I had thee  most wonderful ~ incredible dream last night!!!

It was raining!!

Now I know most everyone reading this is probably laughing at that statement. NOT because it's funny, but because I sound insane. Seeing that here in Cincinnati alone we have had over 13 inches of rain in one month alone! Unprecedented amount of rainfall for us!

However, in my dream I was walking TO church and though it was raining "a little" in the streets....(this is the exciting part!!!!)....when I opened the doors to the church and looked inside.....it was packed with people and pouring rain!!!! 

Yep, 

that's what I said!

Pouring rain ~ INSIDE the church. No hole in the roof either!...I looked!

It was the most blessed site! I just walked and walked and walked around.

People all around were lifting their hands high in the air, singing and praising God. 

Some were crying and others shouting thanksgiving. Some were dancing in the rain!!! Oh ~ and the church was huge. Much, much larger than it appeared on the outside.

It was absolutely thee most glorious site I had ever seen, ever!

I believe ~ that this was a dream of the rain of Holy Spirit upon the Church!!! ~ The Lord showing me what is about to take place... A great awakening in the body of Christ....possibly  what was  spoken of by the Prophet Joel ch 2~

"In the last days, God says, 

   I will pour out my Spirit on all people. 

Your sons and daughters will prophesy, 

   your young men will see visions, 

   your old men will dream dreams. 

 Even on my servants, both men and women, 

   I will pour out my Spirit in those days, 

   and they will prophesy. 

 I will show wonders in the heavens above 

   and signs on the earth below, 

   blood and fire and billows of smoke. 

 The sun will be turned to darkness 

   and the moon to blood 

   before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 

 And everyone who calls 

   on the name of the Lord will be saved."

"Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking." Ezekiel 1:28

Inside the Gate

Inside the Gate

I had a dream that I was driving along a road in my car and I went off the main road and went up a steep, steep, hill. A one way road. I was driving like I was on a mission. I passed a drive way about half way up the steep hilly road, and there were a good number of guards that were trying to get my attention, trying to get me to turn into a particular drive way that was half way up then hill.  (hinds sight - I think they may have been trying to keep me from reaching the the top of the hill) However I was determined to make it to the top of the hill, so I kept driving. I pretended like I didn't hear or see the guards trying to waive me away from the top of the hill. As I neared  top of the hill the road got steeper and steeper and I could see that the atmosphere was brighter and brighter. Which made me even more determined to get to the top.

And I did.

I finally made it...to the top of the hill......there was a HUGE gate at the top. One gate.

The gate only opened IN.

Now that I had reached the top there was no way for me to turn around...and...as I found myself at the top of the illuminated hill I also found myself a teeny bit afraid....a sort of "holy fear" came over me.

Then the gate opened up...and my teeny bit afraid became much afraid...in a good way....as a HUGE...I mean very, very tall...maybe 20 foot angel opened the gate; he didn't look too happy either. He spoke to me and said, "You do not belong here."

He pointed inside the gate. At that, I drove inside the gate just enough so I could turn around....and enough to see something I do not have words to adequately to describe. Then I drove back down the hill and the angel closed the gate behind me.

After I made it safely down the hill...a very large storm began to brew.
The Lord has been speaking to me allot about storms.

THIS was an AWESOME encounter!!!!!

Storm Warning....How many will it take?

I dreampt I was in my home during a GREAT STORM

This storm came suddenly.No one; the people of the town, the church, nor myself, were expecting this storm.
It was as if it woke us up in the middle of the night and wrecked havoc throughout the area.


By morning you see the wide spread but very specific damage. My house was untouched. 


The house next door to mine, belonging to "my family", (although I do not believe it was my blood family. I am inclined to believe it was my family the the Lord...the Body of Christ; the church)





That house, though from the outside looked fine, as though it had not been damaged by the storm. Inside it was totaled. Water and wind damage, both. It was so bad off that those who lived there were told they should no longer do so, for safety sake.









Shortly after I had the first dream after waking and then falling asleep I had another dream.


I was in my home. It was a trailer that was attached, permanently attached, to the sanctuary of a HUGE cathedral.
My two daughters and I were sitting talking amongst ourselves and we felt and we felt a "pre" tremble. (a small earthquake)...and then another one. We felt several very small trembles. We all looked at each other and said about the same time,
"What IS this?"
Then the earth began to ....ShAkE........I said, "It's an earthquake. Come close."
My one daughter came to my side and my other daughter ran towards the church grounds with tears and concerns in her voice she said,
"What about our brothers? They need to be safe too!"

I went to her and touched her arm. I thought for a second,
"Maybe she's right, "Maybe it's safer in the big cathedral than in the small trailer."


Then I saw a man walking walking towards us, from the cathedral, he just gently shook his head and I knew we needed to stay put.

It was Jesus, and it was His peace I felt. More was coming we knew we needed to stay close to each other and to Jesus.