(Matthew 24: 37-44)


『But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.  Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 』

Many church people want to experience miracles and see visions. So they want to confirm their faith. However, they can fall into Satan's test if they do wrong. Satan deceives

The Bible says in Revelation (12: 9).『And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 』

Satan deceives the whole world (people of the world). God knows how Satan will test humans. Thus, Jesus allowed the Devil's test. See and see the test of Jesus, and get out of the devil's test. The devil deceives those who repent and tempts them not to return to God. Today the devil deceives in the church. The Devil deceives, "You will be saved if you believe in Jesus." But those who do not die with Jesus Christ cannot be saved. The devil makes the subject of salvation as human beings can. The devil says, "If I believe in Jesus." "I die, and only Jesus exists" is salvation. Thus, the subject of salvation is Jesus. Those who enter into Christ will be saved by Christ.

The Bible says in 1 Peter (3:20).『 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 』 Likewise, only two people and children born in the wilderness entered the land of Canaan. The Bible says in Numbers (14:30).『 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 』 Jesus says, “the coming of the Son of man will be the same, some who they believe are taken, others who they believe are left. because they are not awake. They believed the word of God, but some took it, some left.

The Bible says in Luke (18: 8).『I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 』Faith in the coming of the Son of man is related to "quickly resolving the grudge." What is the grudge of the elect? Since the spirits in God's kingdom are driven out by Satan's deceptions, those who want to return to the kingdom would not make sense unless they had a grudge against Satan. How unpleasant it was because of Satan? But when Jesus said, "Will he see faith in the world when the Son of man comes?"People are not interested in this.

The Bible says in Luke 13: 23-24.『 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,  Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 』 A narrow door means that not many will be saved. Why did Jesus express it as a narrow gate? It is like saying that people do not know Jesus. People say they know Jesus well, but they do not know Jesus.

The flood of Noah did not know why it happened.『And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 』(Matthew 24:39)

The narrow gate is the gate of salvation, the gate of heaven where life is given. Jesus Christ is the door of salvation, the door of the sheep. The Bible says in John (14: 6).『 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 』

And in John 10: 7. 『If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.』

『Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 』 (10: 9)

By the way, it means that few people find and seek Jesus. Today, many churches say that church people believe in Jesus, which may not make sense to them.

In Matthew 23:13『 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 』It is only when Jesus is revealed that the door to heaven opens. However, the Pharisees closed the doors of heaven. Jesus Christ is hidden in the law, but not found.

The Bible says in Galatians (3: 23-24).『But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 』

If they were Pharisees and scribes who realized the word of truth, they should have discerned and explained to others the old and the new through the law. But they have not found the truth through the law. The Bible says in Matthew (13:52).『 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.』

The old is the law, the new is the gospel. The Pharisees had to abandon the old and grab hold of the new (Gospel), but only the old. Those who say that they can go to heaven by keeping the law are the Pharisees who hold on to the old. Those who seek to keep the law do not preach Jesus Christ. Thus, they are those who do not find Jesus. The Israelites are still adhering to the law even though Jesus came to this world.

『But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 』(24:37) We do not know when the time of the Son of Man is, but it is like Noah's time. It means that they did not realize until the flood came and destroyed them. They did not know why perished. Why were they destroyed? They were all those who left God. Those who have left God must be destroyed. The number of Christians today is huge. But the Bible says that not many are saved. Why? They say that they believe in God, but they have left God because they do not believe what Jesus Christ has accomplished.

Jesus died by law. Those who are in Christ have died by law. And died for sin, for the world. Those who have not died are still those who have left God. They believe in Jesus only by their words, but they do not know him exactly. Today, people must think about the ordinances and procedures of the church, the legal life in the church, the thought that daily repentance of sins can be saved, and whether so many things close the narrow door. Jesus said, "They do not know why people are destroyed, as in Noah's time." For drunkenness.

In the Bible, drunkenness means not drinking alcohol in the world, but it is basically changing the word of God. Do not speak the dual word of receiving the Holy Spirit and of doing the law. Those who do double words have no Holy Spirit. The Bible says in Ephesians 5:18.『And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 』

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