"THE BRITISH ARE COMING!"

Luke 17:26-37               (ESV)
"26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot-they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,
29 but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all-
30 so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
31 On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.
34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.
35 There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left."
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37 And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather."


On April 18, 1775 Paul Revere sat out on his ride to alert the colonials that the British Army was advancing.  Everyone is aware that the Revolutionary War followed and the United States won its liberty.  The "people listened" to the warning that "THE BRITISH ARE COMING" and in 1776 the United States of America declared its freedom.  In 1783, the Treaty of Paris ended the war and recognized the sovereignty of the United States.

In the scripture above, JESUS foretold that mankind would ignore all warnings of the END TIMES.  HE said there would be "eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building", ON THAT DAY!  Everybody was so consumed with themselves that they did not see destruction coming.  Verse 29 of Luke 27 tells that the inhabitants of Sodom were consumed as "fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all"!

"Just as it was in the days of Noah" said JESUS!  Most people seem to think it is all about how much money is in their account, or how many titles they can accumulate, or some other worldly measuring stick.  But the results are as is written in 1 Corinthians 3:12-13 "Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw- each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be REVEALED BY FIRE, and the FIRE will TEST what sort of work each one has done."

The colonials adhered the warning from Paul Revere that "THE BRITISH ARE COMING" and won their freedom.  The HOLY BIBLE, GOD'S WORD, is filled with warnings for mankind.  I pray that I am not so caught up with making a dollar, or earning a title, or any other "WOOD, HAY, and STUBBLE" activity that I am not prepared for HIS return.