Extrapolating from Building the Ark

"But as the days of Noah 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.” (Matthew 24:37-39)

A picture of the present condition of the mass of mankind is here, drawn. The people of the last generation will be like that before the flood, while the ark was preparing.

--This shows that we cannot innocently be ignorant on the subject of the Lord’s soon coming.

--If they had had no means of knowing, they would, of course, have been innocent, and have escaped destruction.

But they might have known, for Noah warned them by his preaching, and yet more forcibly in building the ark. In this he.

“...condemned the world.” (Hebrews 11:7)

*He proved his faith by his works.

*They proved their unbelief, and were justly condemned.

They turned away from his warnings, and forgot his words, and so the flood came when they did not expect it,--they did not know,--and took them all away. So will it be when the Son of man is revealed.

“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)

Noah
--preached and warned the people of the coming flood, and they mocked.
--He built the ark and they scoffed.

He was a preacher of righteousness.
His works were calculated to give point to, and set home to the heart, what he preached.
Every sermon, and every blow struck in building the ark, condemned a careless, scoffing world."
A.T.Jones