For the benefit of those who would inform me that I omitted “Speak No Evil,” I purposely did so, because it is not relevant to what I have to say in this article.
We are currently
living in an age
of complacency,
or should I say,
“The” age of
complacency?
Judgment is at
the door, but
very few are
aware.
Hal Lindsey had
much to do with
re-kindling the
interest of our
times with his
book,
The Late Great Planet Earth in 1970. That was over forty years ago,
and God has
brought forth
many others who
have become
aware that we
are in the last
days of the
Church age (Age
of Grace). Since
then many
students of
Bible prophecy
have come forth
to announce that
our time is
running out and
to teach these
great truths.
Unfortunately,
some charlatans
have also
contributed the
whisperings of
Satan in an
effort to offset
the clear
message of God
about the days
we are now in.
Some are
listening to the
Lord Jesus’
warnings, but
many are not.
I am reminded of
Jesus’ comments
to His disciples
in Luke
17:26-30:
26 And as it was in the days
of Noe, so shall
it be also in
the days of the
Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank,
they married
wives, they were
given in
marriage, until
the day that
Noah entered
into the ark,
and the flood
came, and
destroyed them
all.
28 Likewise also as it was in
the days of Lot;
they did eat,
they drank, they
bought, they
sold, they
planted, they
builded;
29 But the same day that Lot
went out of
Sodom it rained
fire and
brimstone from
heaven, and
destroyed them
all.
30 Even thus shall it be in
the day when the
Son of man is
revealed.
Jesus said that
in both the days
of Noah and the
days of Lot
people were;
eating and
drinking,
marrying,
becoming engaged
to marry,
buying, working
their jobs, and
building.
Now honestly, is
there anything
wrong with those
things? No there
isn’t. Jesus
wasn’t
condemning those
things, but was
saying that they
were living in
the present and
planning for the
future as if
they had all the
time in the
world and not a
care in the
world.
Everything,
domestic and
otherwise, was
“business as
usual,” then
judgment came.
They lived their
lives as they
chose with no
thought of God,
their Creator.
Therefore, God
said, “That’s
enough” and
everything came
to a screeching
halt.
Marriages,
engagements,
jobs, building
projects,
everything in
their lives
ended, suddenly,
and without
further notice.
Our world today
is no different.
The flood of
Noah’s day and
the judgment of
Lot’s day are
now our day of
judgment that is
fast
approaching, the
Tribulation
period. In
Noah’s day and
Lot’s day there
were warnings,
complacency, and
then judgment.
We are in the
midst of the
warnings and the
complacency.
Next is the
judgment, the
final phase.
We have received
our warnings for
some time now.
How much longer
we will be
warned of the
coming judgment
is up to God.
We have become
more and more
complacent as we
draw nearer,
each day, to the
third and final
scene.
Again, the next
thing on the
agenda is
judgment. The
Day of the Lord
is near, even at
the door. In
Noah’s day,
eight people
were removed and
then the rains
came. In Lot’s
day, four people
were removed and
then judgment
fell. Could it
be that only a
very few will be
removed
(Rapture) prior
to God’s
judgment falling
upon this world?
I also notice in
the Scriptures
that when God
shut the door to
the Ark,
judgment
started. Also,
when Lot and his
daughters were
safe in Zoar,
judgment
started. Both
judgments came
swiftly and
lethally. This
leads me to
believe that
once the Church
is removed
(Rapture) to
safety in
Heaven, judgment
will start
immediately.
The title of
this article is
“Hear No Evil,
See No Evil,” so
I must mix
another
ingredient into
the pot; i.e.
evil. That makes
sense. If we are
being
complacent, the
question must be
asked,
“complacent
about what?” We
have become
complacent not
only about our
normal daily
living, but also
the evil that is
saturating our
society. So let
us consider
these verses
from Genesis
chapter six:
1 And it came to pass, when
men began to
multiply on the
face of the
earth, and
daughters were
born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw
the daughters of
men that they
were fair; and
they took them
wives of all
which they
chose.
3 And the Lord said, My
spirit shall not
always strive
with man, for
that he also is
flesh: yet his
days shall be an
hundred and
twenty years.
4 There were giants in the
earth in those
days; and also
after that, when
the sons of God
came in unto the
daughters of
men, and they
bare children to
them, the same
became mighty
men which were
of old, men of
renown.
5 And God saw that the
wickedness of
man was great in
the earth, and
that every
imagination of
the thoughts of
his heart was
only evil
continually.
6 And it repented the Lord
that he had made
man on the
earth, and it
grieved him at
his heart.
7 And the Lord said, I will
destroy man whom
I have created
from the face of
the earth; both
man, and beast,
and the creeping
thing, and the
fowls of the
air; for it
repenteth me
that I have made
them.
8 But Noah found grace in
the eyes of the
Lord.
In these verses
the Lord tells
us of the evil
He beheld upon
the earth at the
time of Noah.
Fallen angels
were having
intercourse with
earthly women in
an attempt to
destroy the pure
blood-line of
mankind and
therefore were
producing
inhuman beings.
This was an
attempt to
corrupt the
blood-line of
the Messiah, and
thereby nullify
Genesis 3:15, “And
I will put
enmity between
thee and the
woman, and
between thy seed
and her seed; it
shall bruise thy
head, and thou
shalt bruise his
heel.”
Satan did not
want the Messiah
bruising his
head, but guess
what; He did
anyway, at the
cross and the
empty grave.
God said that
the wickedness
of man was so
great on the
earth that man
continually
performed every
vile sin
conceivable.
That pretty much
leaves out
“nothing.” You
name it. They
did it …
continually.
Well, how about
the good folk of
Lot’s day? What
were they into?
In Genesis 18:20
we read these
words:
And the LORD
said, Because
the cry of Sodom
and Gomorrah is
great, and
because their
sin is very
grievous;
In reading the
entire account,
the sin that was
so indignant to
the Lord
concerning these
people is
homosexuality.
It doesn’t take
much to conclude
that if Sodom,
Gomorrah and the
other cities
around them had
reached this
degree of sin in
their society,
they were
already up to
their necks in
every other kind
of sin
imaginable.
Again, you name
it, they did it,
but God had
enough of the
nauseating
stench that
floated up from
earth.
So here we are
today. There is
not even a
microscopic
doubt in my mind
that the people
of Noah and
Lot’s day were
involved in
every
conceivable sin
the human mind
can possibly
conceive on its
most wicked day.
I know this,
because that is
exactly what
God’s Word says.
Do we qualify?
Do birds fly? Do
babies cry? If
Noah’s society
and Lot’s
society were
mirrors, we in
the 21st
century could
look within and
vividly see our
own image in
full color.
So far I have
stated that we
have become just
as complacent,
concerning the
evil in our
society, as
those in Noah
and Lot’s day.
But there is one
more thing we
have become
complacent
toward; being
saved from the
judgment to
come.
The folks in
Noah’s day had
120 years to
repent and get
on the Ark, but
instead, all but
Noah’s family
laughed it off
and perished.
Apparently, in
Lot’s case, none
but he and his
family were even
worth
considering for
repentance, they
were so corrupt.
However, it is
my opinion, they
were all warned.
We are being
warned today
that we can be
saved from the
wrath of God
that will soon
come upon the
whole earth, but
few are
listening. Are
the results
going to be the
same as
yesteryear?
Consider the
following:
"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments
never have
learned anything
from history, or
acted on
principles
deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." George
Bernard Shaw
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." George
Santayana
Let’s take a
peak at just a
few, just a “very”
few, of our
societal
lifestyle sins
against a Holy
God in the 21st
century.
Hollywood keeps
cranking out the
filth and we, as
a society, keep
watching it and
craving more,
and due to our
support, it gets
viler with each
passing year.
Murders are
increasing and
getting more
gruesome, and
the murderers
have more rights
than the
victims.
We are raising
children to
become Godless,
selfish,
heartless
monsters.
Our scientific
labs are racing
to produce
future man-made
“humans” by playing with DNA.
Unborn babies
are being
sacrificed on
the altar of
convenience.
There is now the
whispering of
considering
babies up to a
certain age for
this blood
sacrifice.
Lying, cheating,
theft,
promiscuity
consume the
ranks of our
society. No
respect, let
alone love, is
shown our fellow
man.
Our society
hates anything
associated with
the one true
God, but instead
bows before the
false gods of
false religions.
Our one true god
is greed,
whether it is
associated with
money, adultery,
fornication, and
power, anything
that puts us
over and above
anyone else.
The lowest and
most vile sexual
acts one could
conceive are out
in the open,
such as
homosexuality,
and the
innocence of
children stolen,
and that’s just
an introduction.
We attempt to
feminize little
boys and make
tomboys out of
little girls.
The “for better
or worse, ‘til
death do us
part” has been
tossed out the
window of
marriage.
Divorce and
“shacking up” is
common place.
Worse yet,
spouses are
murdered by
their own mates
for convenience
and/or money.
Now that is just
some of the bad
stuff, and I
emphasize “some.”
Now let’s take a
gander at
another angle.
All this and
more is going on
around all of us
every day we
breathe, and
what do most of
us do? At best,
we may let out a
sigh, but
normally just go
on about our
business; pretty
much with the
attitude of, “As
long as it
doesn’t affect
me, who cares.”
I find that even
among honest,
everyday people,
some who even
claim to be
Christians,
there seems to
be no degree of
urgency about a
coming judgment,
a judgment that
is probably much
closer than we
dare realize.
We currently
have the most
dangerous,
anti-God
President this
country has ever
seen, and we
think it’s about
politics. We
have the most
corrupt Congress
this country has
ever seen, and
we think it’s
just politics.
It isn’t just
politics. It is
a satanic
movement
corrupting the
leadership of
this once great
God-fearing
country.
The so-called
music of our
times is
destroying our
children and
what do we do?
We continue to
allow our
children to
absorb it into
their little
brains.
The God some of
us claim to
worship is not
first-place in
our lives. Does
He even rank
within the top
ten?
Corrupt, evil
people are
destroying our
Constitution and
Bill of Rights,
hence our
country, and
what do we do?
We vote the same
people back in
office.
Corrupt, evil
people in the
pulpits and
seminaries of
America are
attempting to
destroy the real
truth of God’s
Word, the Bible,
and what do we
do? Since they
make us feel
good, we send
them more money,
so they can keep
up their lavish
lifestyle.
As long as the
church will
entertain us,
feed us, and
provide a warm
and fuzzy
feel-good
sermon, we do
nothing. Just
tell us how
great we are and
ignore our
sinful
lifestyles and
everything is
hunky-dory.
“Surely God
understands.”
Our country,
from the White
House to the
pulpits of
America, is
rapidly turning
its back on the
nation of
Israel. “Oh,
that’s okay.
It’s just
politics.” It
isn’t politics
folks, its
suicide.
Just as the twin
towers fell to
the ground on
September 11,
2001, we as a
society are
falling apart
because of the
sin in our lives
that we are
unwilling to
give up. We have
become
complacent and
there is nothing
left but the
judgment of God.
We can ignore
it, but that
won’t change the
outcome any more
than it did for
the people of
Noah and Lot’s
day.
So off to work
we go, or the
golf course, or
to the lake or
even the comfort
of our own home.
We shop for
groceries,
clothes and
anything else
that suits our
fancy. And
heaven forbid.
We would never
miss a ballgame
or our favorite
TV sitcom.
In all this
day-to-day
activity, how
much thought is
given that Jesus
may be right at
the door of
Heaven to begin
His judgment on
this world after
first removing
(Rapture) His
own (the
Church)? Many
God-fearing
Christians are
looking to the
skies eagerly
anticipating His
call, but that
is only a
minority. Most
don’t give a
hoot, because
they are just
too comfortable
in their own
little Godless
world.
Complacency
rules the day.
It really
surprises me at
the number of
people who “see
no evil, and
hear no evil,”
because they
seem to think
everything is
just going to
get better. It’s
going to be
okay. We’re in
the party mode.
No joke! Look
around you.
There is little
to no thought of
God within our
decadent
society.
“Let’s just love
everybody. If
those negative
Christians would
just shut up and
stop condemning
everything, we
could live in
peace.” My
friends, the day
will soon arrive
when you won’t
have to worry
about we
negative
Christians who
just keep
condemning
everything you
love. We’ll be
gone.
Jesus is coming
soon.
The people of
Noah’s day had a
chance to get on
the Ark and be
saved. All but a
handful died
without Christ.
The people of
Lot’s day had
the opportunity
to leave the
cities that were
to be destroyed.
All but a
handful died
without Christ.
People today
have the
opportunity to
call upon the
name of Jesus
Christ, the Son
of God, and by
faith put their
trust in Him.
Time is running
out. You can
shrug your
shoulders and go
your way, or you
can be saved
from the coming
judgment. It’s
up to you. Very
soon will be the
“last call.”
Grant Phillips
grantphillips@windstream.net
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