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As in the Days of Noah

By T.W. Tramm:

THE BIBLE SAYS when Jesus returns it will be like the “days of Noah” (Matt. 24:37).

With the anniversary of the biblical flood approaching on November 21, it’s time to consider 10 parallels between Noah’s days and the last days.

1. LIFE IS NORMAL

When the Flood began, people were engaged in regular activities (Matt. 24:39).

When the Day of the Lord begins, people will be engaged in regular activities (1 Thess. 5:1-4).

2. THE RIGHTEOUS ESCAPE

At the Flood, the righteous escaped judgment by being caught up in the Ark (Gen. 7:7).

At the Rapture, the righteous will escape judgment by being caught up to heaven (Luke 21:36; Rev. 7:9).

3. MANY ROOMS

Noah’s Ark contained many rooms (Gen. 6:14).

Heaven contains many rooms (John 14:2; Isa. 26:19, 20).

4. THREE LEVELS

The Ark had three interior levels (Gen. 6:16). Noah’s family would have been quartered in the upper, or third, level (Gen. 8:6).

There are three levels to heaven (2 Cor. 12:2). The third level, God’s dwelling place, is where the saints will be quartered during the Tribulation (Rev. 7:9–14).

5. THE DOOR IS SHUT

After Noah and his family boarded the Ark, God shut the door behind them (Gen. 7:13, 14, 16).

In the Parable of the Virgins, after the wise virgins enter the wedding, the Lord shuts the door (Matt. 25:10).

6. LOCKED OUT

When the flood rains began, the people outside the Ark cried out to be let in, but they were not let in (Jasher 6: 18, 21, 24).

In the Parable of the Virgins, those locked out of the wedding cry out to be let in, but they are not let in (Matt. 25:10-12).

7. ALL FLESH DESTROYED

Noah’s Flood destroyed nearly all flesh (Gen. 7:21).

According to Jesus, if the coming days of wrath were not shortened no flesh would survive (Matt. 24:22).

8. AGE OF MAN

Noah was 600 years old when the Flood began (Gen. 7:6).

Humanity will be 6,000 years old when the Day of the Lord begins (2 Pet. 3:3–8; Epistle of Barnabas 15:7 –9).

9. EARTH TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

Geological evidence around the globe, such as fossilized plants and animals found at the wrong latitudes and misaligned magnetic orientations in lava flows, suggests that at the time of a worldwide flood, the earth’s crust shifted, altering the latitudinal position of the land masses. This scientifically acknowledged phenomenon is called “axial pole shift.”

The tilting of the globe to its current axis of 23.5 degrees in Noah’s day accounts for the drastic change in climate after the Flood, including the beginning of the hydrological cycle, the ice age, and the seasons.

What is awesome and terrifying to consider is that Scripture predicts another tilting of the globe in the last days. Passages in Isaiah show the earth being moved exceedingly, turned upside down, reeling to and fro, and every landmass being moved out of its place (Isa. 13:13; 24:1, 19, 20; Ps. 46:2, 3). Luke and Revelation describe roaring seas, strange tides, and the heavens receding like a scroll (Luke 21: 25, 26 NLT; Rev. 6:14). These phenomena collectively describe the effects of a pole shift.

Additionally, a pole shift would cause Earth’s protective magnetic field to collapse, allowing the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays to “scorch” people as depicted in Revelation (16:8). The slipping and sliding of the planet’s crust would account for the earthquakes and volcanism that darkens the heavens (Rev. 6:12; 8:5, 12; 11:13, 19; 16:10, 11, 18).

Needless to say, typically serene Planet Earth is going to be a horrible place to be in the days prior to Jesus’ second coming, which brings us to the most crucial correlation.

10. ONLY ONE DOOR

The Ark of Noah had only one door by which to enter (Gen. 6:16).

Similarly, there is only one “door” by which one can enter into heaven and eternal life—the person of Jesus Christ:

“Jesus said …. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture” (John 10:7, 9).

Do you know Jesus? He is the Son of God who died for our sins so that we may escape judgment—and He is returning soon.

One of the signs of the Lord’s coming is a blood red moon (Joel 2:31). Coincidentally, just a few days before the flood anniversary, on November 18–19, much of the world will witness one of the longest blood-moon eclipses in history, lasting just over 6 hours in total. What’s more, the eclipse will appear directly above the Pacific Ring of Fire, the horseshoe-shaped area of seismic activity responsible for most of the planet’s earthquakes and volcanism.

The term “ring of fire” also notably applies to the final painful stage of childbirth, when the mother is fully dilated and the top of the baby’s head becomes visible. “Birth pains” is an analogy used in scriptures pertaining to the resurrection–rapture and ensuing Tribulation period (Jer. 30:5-7; 1 Thess. 5:1–3; Rev. 12:1; Rom. 8:18–25).

A few days after November’s blood moon, NASA will launch a planetary defense mission called DART (Double Asteroid Redirect Test), which aims to strike an asteroid to see if its course can be redirected. The mission is said to be a “test run” for when Earth is inevitably faced with and incoming killer asteroid.

Despite NASA’s efforts, we know that at least one mountain-sized object is slated to crash into the planet:

“The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood, and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed” (Rev. 8:8, 9).

The anniversary of Noah’s Flood is a solemn reminder that the world will be caught unawares when the most terrible period in human history begins. Let us pray that before the Day arrives, many more will awaken and board the ark called Jesus Christ.

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NOTES:

1. Noah and his family entered the Ark on Cheshvan 17. On that day, the springs of the great deep burst forth and the floodgates of the heavens were opened (Gen. 7:11–13). Seven days later, the floodwaters were upon the earth (v. 10).

2. According to 2021’s Jewish calendar, Cheshvan 17 corresponds to October 23. However, as happens in certain years, the Jewish calendar is a month out of sync with the biblical (astronomical) calendar in 2021. When the New Year, Nisan 1, is correctly reckoned the first new moon after the spring equinox per the command to “guard the month of Aviv” in Deuteronomy 16, the flood anniversary corresponds to November 21–22.

3. That the globe tilted on its axis during Noah’s Flood is supported by passages in the extra-biblical Books of Enoch and Jasher. Also, ancient traditions from cultures worldwide speak of the world being turned upside down at the time of a great deluge.

4. Jesus paid the price for sin so that we may be spared the judgment reserved for a wicked world: “God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 5:9).

5. November 2021 blood moon:

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2021-november-19

https://earthsky.org/…/partial-lunar-eclipse-november…/

6. “Ring of Fire” in childbirth: https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/baby-crowning

7. NASA asteroid redirection program: https://earthsky.org/…/dart-mission-strike-move…/

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE: No one knows the day or hour of Jesus’ return (Matt. 24:36). However, a convergence of biblical signs and timelines suggests it is near. To escape the judgment reserved for a God-rejecting world, one must be in a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. If you have not yet done so, call on His name and believe that He is the Son of God who died for your sins and was raised from the dead (Rom. 10:13). Do it today. Time is running out.