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alone or will others come with Him?
What will He do to His enemies? What
will He do to the beast and the false
prophet? Will people see Him coming
(Matthew 24:30)? _______ What Name
will Jesus have written on Him
(Revelation 19:16)? _________________
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A Comparison to the
Days of Noah
Jesus once spoke to His disciples and
said, "But as the days of N___________
were, so shall also the coming of the Son
of man be" (Matthew 24:37). This means
that Jesus was making a comparison. He
was comparing the days of Noah with the
time of His coming. He was saying, "My
coming will be very similar to what
happened in the days of Noah. If you
understand what happened in the days of
Noah, then you will understand what will
happen when I come to earth."
Let’s think about the days of Noah and
this will help us to understand our Lord’s
second coming to earth:
Time of Trouble—Part 11,
Continued
THE DAYS OF NOAH
THE COMING OF CHRIST
In the days of Noah men were very wicked and God
had to judge them (Genesis 6:5-7).
In the days before Christ comes men will be very wicked
(Matthew 24:12) and God will have to judge the world.
In the days of Noah men made fun of Noah and did not
believe that God would really send a flood.
In the days before the coming of Christ men will make fun of
what the Bible says and will not believe that Christ is coming
again (see 2 Peter 3:3-4).
In the days of Noah God waited a LONG TIME before
sending judgment. God waited 120 years during which
time Noah built the ark (Genesis 6:3). God was very
LONGSUFFERING (waiting a long time before
getting angry).
In the days before Christ comes God will be very
LONGSUFFERING (2 Peter 3:9). For the past 2,000 years God
has been waiting and giving men an opportunity to be saved.
In the days before the flood Enoch was taken to heaven
before God judged the world
In the days before Christ returns to the earth believers will be
taken to heaven before the world is judged (John 14:3;
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
In the days of Noah the wicked people were surprised
by the flood. They were eating and drinking and doing
other normal things. Suddenly the flood came and
destroyed them! Then it was too late (see Matthew
24:36-39).
There will be wicked people who will be completely surprised
when Christ comes to judge the world. They will be eating and
drinking and doing other normal things. Suddenly Christ will
come, and then it will be too late!
In the days of Noah the righteous people (Noah and
those in the ark) were left on the earth. After the flood
those in the ark were still alive and their job was to
multiply and repopulate the earth (1 Peter 3:20; Genesis
9:1).
In the day when Christ returns the righteous people (the saved
people) will be left on the earth. These people will remain on the
earth and will become part of Christ’s kingdom (see Matthew
25:34). Their job will be to multiply and repopulate the earth
In the days of Noah the wicked people were taken away
(Matthew 24:38-39). This means that they were
destroyed by the flood.
In the day when Christ returns the wicked people will be taken
away (Matthew 24:40-41; Luke 17:34-37). This means that God
will judge them and they will be removed from the earth
(Matthew 13:41-42).
See comparison chart below, before
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