From ADAM to the FLOOD a total of 1656 years (Ref. 41) 3 January 2018 (From the pen of Celia Joy Martins)
Messiah warned us that the last days (years) will be the same as in the days (years) of Noah [and Lot (Luke 17:26-30)].
People THOUGHT they were LIVING NORMAL LIVES:
In Noah's time it appears that the people THOUGHT that they were LIVING NORMAL LIVES, but Gen. 6:5 tells us a different story: "... YAHWEH SAW that the WICKEDNESS of man was GREAT in the EARTH, and that EVERY INTENT of the THOUGHS OF HIS HEART WAS ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY. :6 And YAH REGRETTED that HE HAD MADE MAN on the earth, and HE WAS GRIEVED AT HEART."
SO WILL IT BE In the END TIMES:
In Luke 17:26-27 Yahshua tells us that just as it was in the days of Noah, SO WILL IT BE in the TIME of the Son of Man. People ATE, they DRANK, they MARRIED, the were GIVEN in MARRIAGE, RIGHT UP to the DAY when NOAH WENT INTO the ark, and the FLOOD CAME and DESTROYED them ALL.
Messiah continued in verses 28-30 in saying that so ALSO [it WAS the SAME] as it WAS IN THE DAYS OF LOT. People ATE, they DRANK, they BOUGHT, they SOLD, they PLANTED, they BUILT; but on the very DAY that Lot went OUT of Sodom, it RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE FROM HEAVEN and DESTROYED them ALL. That is the WAY IT WILL BE on the DAY THAT THE SON OF MAN is REVEALED.
END-TIME SCENARIO - (community life)
The apostle Paul tells us in 2 Tim. 3:1-8:
"But UNDERSTAND this, that in the
LAST DAYS
WILL COME (SET IN)
PERILOUS (dangerous, unsafe, death-defying, extreme) TIMES of
GREAT STRESS (pressure, strain, worry, trauma, tension, anxiety) AND
TROUBLE (difficulty, dilemma, suffering, distress, danger, trial, tribulation)
[HARD to DEAL WITH and
HARD to BEAR (tolerate, stand, allow, accept, endure, put up with)].
For people will be
LOVERS OF SELF and
UTTERLY (extremely, entirely, fully) SELF-CENTERED (selfish, self-interested, egocentric, egotistic, self-absorbed, self-seeking, narcissistic),
LOVERS OF MONEY and AROUSED (stimulated, provoked, stirred, roused) by an INORDINATE (undue, unreasonable) [GREEDY (materialistic, gluttonous, excessive, hungry)] DESIRE (graving, yearning, wish, want, longing) for WEALTH,
PROUD and
ARROGANT (over-confident, self-important, egotistic, haughty, big-headed) and
CONTEMPTUOUS (sneering, despicable, dreadful, appalling, awful, horrendous, wicked, vile) BOASTERS (KNOW-IT-ALLS, loudmouths, windbags, braggers, showoffs, attention-seekers, spoilt brats),
They will be
ABUSIVE (rude, unmannerly, insulting, foul, offensive, violent, cruel, vicious, sadistic, obnoxious, rough - BLASPHEMOUS [profane, disrespectful, wicked, irreligious, unbelieving, godless, ungodly, improper] SCOFFING [sneering, mocking, ridiculing, make fun of, laugh at])
DISOBEDIENT to PARENTS,
UNGRATEFUL [thankless, unmindful, ungracious, unpleasant, unsatisfying],
UNHOLY [ungodly, secular, immoral, evil, disgraceful, scandalous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious], and
PROFANE [disrespectful, wicked, irreverent, mocking, rude, cheeky, flippant, superficial].
They will be
WITHOUT NATURAL [HUMAN] AFFECTION [love, fondness, warmth, friendliness, care],
CALLOUS [heartless, unfeeling, cold-hearted, uncaring, cold, cruel, hard, pitiless, thick-skinned] and
INHUMAN [cold-hearted, heartless, merciless, otherworldly, weird, strange, unfeeling, eerie, brutal, cold-blooded, vicious, inhumane, sadistic],
RELENTLESS ([unyielding, ruthless, harsh, unforgiving, unkind, unsympathetic, callous, severe] admitting of no TRUCE or appeasement);
They will be
SLANDERERS [attackers, backbiters, aggressors, invaders]
(false ACCUSERS,
TROUBLEMAKERS)
INTEMPERATE [self-indulgent, uncontrolled, unrestrained, unbalanced, extreme, unreasonable] and LOOSE in MORALS AND CONDUCT [behavior],
UNCONTROLLED [wild, hysterical, mad, crazy, uninhibited, unrestrained], and
FIERCE [violent, aggressive, brutal, angry, furious, vicious, intense, savage],
HATERS of GOOD.
They will be
TREACHEROUS (unfaithful, disloyal, deceitful, false, two-faced, untrustworthy, dangerous, unsafe, perilous, dodgy, instable, unsound) [betrayers],
RASH [and] INFLATED with self-conceit.
They will be
LOVERS of SENSUAL [carnal, physical, fleshly, animal, erotic, sexual, voluptuous] PLEASURES [desires, preferences, wishes, choices, likings, inclinations, hedonisms, self-satisfactions, pleasure-seeking, high-living] and
VAIN [useless, worthless, unproductive, hollow, empty] AMUSEMENTS [enjoyments, pleasures, delights] MORE than and RATHER than LOVERS of YAH.
For ALTHOUGH they HOLD a FORM OF PIETY ([devoutness, devotion, goodness, faithfulness, godliness, holiness, reverence] TRUE BELIEFS) they DENY and
REJECT and are
STRANGERS to the POWER of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession].
AVOID [ALL] SUCH PEOPLE, [TURN AWAY from THEM].
For AMONG them are
THOSE WHO WORM their WAY INTO HOMES and CAPTIVATE
SILLY and WEAK-NATURED and
SPIRITUALLY DWARFED women,
LOADED DOWN with [the BURDEN of their] SINS [and EASILY] SWAYED AND LED AWAY by various
EVIL DESIRES and
SEDUCTIVE IMPULSES.
[These WEAK WOMEN WILL
LISTEN to ANYBODY who will TEACH them]; they are
FOREVER INQURING and GETTING INFORMATION, but are
NEVER ABLE to ARRIVE at a
RECOGNITION and
KNOWLEDGE of the
TRUTH.
Now JUST as JANNES AND JAMBRES were HOSTILE [aggressive, unfriendly, argumentative] TO AND RESISTED MOSES, so these men also are HOSTILE TO and
OPPOSE [RESIST, DISPUTE, CONTRADICT, DIFFER from] the TRUTH. They have
DEPRAVED [immoral, corrupt, evil, wicked, corrupted, ruined] AND DISTORTED [one-sided, inaccurate, misleading, unclear, hazy, fuzzy, warped, twisted, falsified] MINDS, and are
REPROBATE [TROUBLEMAKERS, SINNERS, WRONG-DOERS, up to NO-GOOD] AND COUNTERFEIT [PHONY, an IMITATION of the real faith, FORGERY, COPY, FAKE, REPRODUCTION] and to be
REJECTED as FAR as the FAITH is CONCERNED."
The pre-flood DAYS: FROM ADAM to the FLOOD - 1656 years:
From Adam to Noah when he (Noah) started building the Ark (at age 500) 1556 years had passed after creation. But what happened in the times before the FLOOD that was so horrendous? The Book of Enoch tells us that the Nephilim came on the earth in the times of Jared.
JARED - 460 AC (After Creation)
By searching the Scriptures we determined that according to Genesis 5:
Jared was born in the year 460 after creation, and when Jared was 162 years old,
Enoch was born in the year 622. Enoch was 65 years old when,
Methuselach was born in the year 687 . Methuselach was 187 years old when,
Lamech was born in the year 874, and when Lamech was 182 years old,
NOAH was BORN in the year 1056. In 1556 Noah started to build the ark at the age of 500. Whilst busy building the ark that took 100 years, he had Sem, Ham and Japhet.
From the BIRTH OF JARED till the FLOOD were 1196 years:
The FLOOD came in the YEAR 1656 AFTER CREATION. Scripture tells us that the Nephilim walked the face of the earth BEFORE AND AFTER the FLOOD: Gen. 6:4-6 "The Nephilim were on the earth in THOSE DAYS - and ALSO AFTERWARD when the ANGELS of YAH went to the daughters of men and had CHILDREN WITH THEM. THEY were the HEROES [hijackers, captors, super-beings, conquerors, kidnappers, jailors, hostage takers, idols (gods)] of OLD, MEN OF RENOWN [victors, super-beings, idols (gods) INCARNATIONS, AVATARS, MANIFESTATIONS]. Yahweh saw how great man's WICKEDNESS [evilness, badness, impiety, ungodliness, transgressions] on the EARTH had BECOME and that EVERY INCLINATION [feeling] of the THOUGHTS of the HEART was ONLY EVIL ALL the TIME. Yah was GRIEVED that He had made man on the earth, and HIS HEART WAS FILLED WITH PAIN."
The 'serpent' SEED flourished:
From the birth of Jared to the FLOOD was a total of 1196 years in which the "Nephilim-seed" "flourished" on earth and ruined Yahweh's Handiwork. The Book of Enoch tells us that EVERYTHING was INVADED AND CONTAMINATED for the Nephilim (angel-human beings) began to DRINK BLOOD and ATE MANKIND - and when man could no longer sustain them they TURNED and SINNED (sexually) with the BEASTS, ANIMALS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND FISH creating (Dinosauria creatures and other creatures (found in Mythology [legends, folklores (traditional stories), traditions, customs, oral traditions etc.])
They had 1196 years of breeding and inbreeding - of destroying and vandalizing - and under them must have lived a few souls that Abba still had compassion on - a few that He waited for to TURN TO HIM as is described in 1 Peter 3:19-20 "In which He went and PREACHED to the SPIRITS in PRISON, [the souls of those] who LONG BEFORE in the days of NOAH had been DISOBEDIENT, when YAHWEH'S PATIENCE WAITED DURING the BUILDING of the ARK in which a FEW [PEOPLE] actually eight in number, were saved ..."
WIPE OUT ALL:
Gen. 4:7 "So YAH SAID, I WILL WIPE MANKIND, WHOM I HAVE CREATED, from the FACE of the EARTH - MEN AND ANIMAL and CREATURES that MOVE ALONG the GROUND, AND the BIRDS OF THE AIR - for I AM GRIEVED THAT I HAVE MADE THEM. :9 But Noah FOUND FAVOR in the EYES of YAH."
HE DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE:
Scripture tells us that Abba was GRIEVED - not for MAKING A MISTAKE for HE CAN NOT MAKE MISTAKES. He was GRIEVED in HIS HEART at what had HAPPENED and BECOME of HIS CREATION. SATAN AND HIS EVIL AGENTS RUINED EVERYTHING.
The ENTIRE WORLD had BECOME:
CORRUPTED and
DEFILED. It became
VIOLATED and
VANDALIZED -
DAMAGED and
DESTRUCTED -
ADULTERATED and
TARNISHED -
POLLUTED and
ABUSED -
INFECTED and
IMMORALIZED -
EVILNESS HAD TAKEN over -
BARBARITY and
ATROCITY -
MASSACRE and
KILLINGS -
MURDER and
BRUTALITY -
VIOLENCE and
INDIGNATION [anger, fury, offense, outrage] -
ASSAULT and
BATTERING -
ONSLAUGHT and
INTRUSION (meddling, infringement, interference, invasion, annexation, infiltration, incursion) and
LUST FOR POWER!.
There was an INFRINGEMENT [intrusion, violation, transgression, trespass] (breach) - an
INVASION [raid, infiltration] and
ANNEXATION [TAKE OVER] -
a SEIZURE [CONFISCATION, COMMANDEERING] AND
CAPTURE [seize, take, seizure] that were
BARBAROUS,
CRUEL,
BRUTAL AND
HORRENDOUSLY HIDEOUS (shocking, revolting, gruesome, repulsive).
IT WAS BEYOND REPAIR:
The entire creation of man and animal - reptiles and birds (also fish) of YAHWEH was so RUINED and DAMAGED that it was NOT REPAIRABLE - even the earth was RUINED, DEPRAVED (corrupted) with all the blood that was spilled, but NOAH FOUND FAVOR in the EYES of YAH.
AFTER the FLOOD:
With NOAH and his family to set foot on Mount Ararat, the INVASION JUST HAPPENED AGAIN: Gen. 6:4 "The Nephilim were on the earth in THOSE DAYS - and ALSO AFTERWARD.
Times of LOT:
In the times of Abraham and his nephew Lot, there were five SODOMISH CITIES, reigned by FIVE Nephilim (of alien origin) kings: Gen. 14:2
BERA of SODOM - BERSHA of GOMORRAH - SHINAB of ADMAH - SHEMEBER of ZEBOIIM - and ZOAR, king of BELA.
LOT WAS SITTING AT SODOM'S GATE:
Gen. 19:1-2 "It was evening when the two angels came to Sodom. LOT WAS SITTING at SODOM'S CITY GATE. Seeing them, LOT ROSE UP to MEET THEM AND BOWED to the GROUND. And he said, My lords, TURN ASIDE, I BEG OF YOU, into your servant's house and spend the night and bathe your feet. Then you can ARISE EARTLY AND GO ON YOUR WAY. But they said, No, we will spend the night in the square."
THE EVILNESS of the spirit of HOMOSEXUALITY - ALL the MEN BOTH YOUNG AND OLD - under its CONTROL:
Gen 19:3-4 Lot ENTREATED AND URGED THEM GREATLY UNTIL they YIELDED and with him entered his house. And he made them a dinner with drinking and had UNLEAVENED BREAD which he baked and they ate. But before they lay down, the MEN OF THE CITY of SODOM, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, ALL the MEN FROM EVERY QUARTER, SURROUNDED the house.
:5-6 "And they CALLED to Lot and said, WHERE ARE THE MEN WHO CAME TO YOU TONIGHT? BRING THEM OUT TO US, that WE MAY KNOW (BE INTIMATE WITH) them. And Lot went out of the door to the men and SHUT THE DOOR AFTER him.
:7-9 ... AND SAID, I BEG OF YOU, my brothers, DO NOT BEHAVE SO WICKEDLY ... only DO NOTHING to these MEN, for they HAVE COME UNDER the PROTECTION of my roof. But they said, STAND BACK! And they said, 'THIS FELLOW CAME IN TO LIVE HERE TEMPORARILY, and NOW HE PRESUMES TO BE [our] JUDGE! NOW WE WILL DEAL WORSE with YOU THAN WITH THEM. SO THEY RUSHED AT AND PRESSED VIOLENTLY AGAISNT LOT AND CAME CLOSE TO BREQAKING DOWN THE DOOR.
:10-11 But the men [THE ANGELS] REACHED OUT AND PULLED LOT INTO THE HOUSE to them AND SHUT the DOOR AFTER HIM. And they STRUCK the MEN WHO WERE AT the DOOR WITH BLINDNESS [which dazzled them] FROM THE YOUTHS to the OLD MEN, SO THAT THEY WEARIED THEMSELVES [groping] to FIND the DOOR ..."
It is TORTURE LIVING AMONGST the WICKED and the LAWLESS:
According to the verses of Scripture above, Lot KNEW the CONDITION of the CITIES of Sodom and Gomorrah. He KNEW the WICKEDNESS of their LIFESTYLE and JUST LIKE LOT, the CHILD OF YAH is CONSTANTLY TORMENTED by the LAWLESS DEEDS of the UNRIGHTEOUS.
In the Book of 2 Peter, the apostle Peter mentioned the days of Lot saying: (2 Peter 2:6-8) "And Yahweh CONDEMNED to RUIN AND EXTINCTION (destroyed completely) the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, REDUCING THEM TO ASHES [and thus] SET THEM FORTH as an EXAMPLE to THOSE WHO WOULD BE UNGODLY; And HE RESCUED RIGHTEOUS LOT, GREATLY WORN OUT and DISTRESSED by the WAYS of the UNGODLY AND LAWLESS. For that just man, LIVNG [there] AMONG THEN, TORTURED his RIGHTEOUS SOUL EVERY DAY WITH WHAT HE SAW and HEARD of [their] UNLAWUL AND WICKED DEEDS."
Abba, thank You for BEING OUR SAFE HAVEN in a WORLD of WICKEDNESS - a WORLD being RUN by the KINGDOM of EVILNESS. Thank You for SAFE-GUARDING US - for BEING OUR SHIELD and our PEACE no matter what goes on around us. Help us Father, to FOLLOW YOUR COMMANDMENTS - not HALF of them but ALL OF THEM - TEAR DOWN the VEILS of DECEPTION - of LIES - the ENEMY so CLEVERLY VEILED us with so that we are DEAF to YOUR VOICE - GIVE US EARS TO HEAR TRUTH - and DISCARD LIES - EYES to SEE TRUTH so that we can CONQUER the PERCEPTIONS of MAN IMPRINTED into our MINDS through TRADITION and RELIGION and DOGMA. O FATHER PLEASE SET US FREE. Thank You YAHSHUA for bringing SALVATION to us - for GIVING us the CHOICE to FOLLOW YOU - TO LOVE YOU - TO BE IN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with YOU. LET YOUR SPIRIT IN HIS MIGHTY MIRACLE POWER TOUCH US - and MAKE US YOUR OWN. In the NAME OF YAHSHUA MESSIAH - our KING - REDEEMER - the ANOINTED ONE. Amen.