As It Was in the Days of Noah and Lot
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In “As It Was in the Days of Noah and Lot,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about angelic messengers, Satanic opposition, eternal life and hope. Drawing especially from Luke 17, Romans 14, 1 Corinthians 4, Matthew 24, the teaching emphasizes that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes.
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Odle focuses on biblical creation while working through Luke 17, Romans 14, Matthew 24. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on the Nephilim and judgment. The message argues that the conquest narratives are interpreted in connection with the Nephilim and God’s judgment of entrenched evil. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on angelic messengers. The message argues that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Genesis 6. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on family discipleship while working through Genesis 18, Genesis 19. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on eternal judgment. The message argues that the reality of final judgment gives urgency to repentance, salvation, and faithful witness. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Revelation 12. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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but god teaches to worship you lord when we uh don't feel like it teaches lord to give thanks lord when it seems like there's nothing but troubles on every side and attacks on every side well we just ask you the holy spirit to come and to teach us really teach us how to worship god teach us how to draw near lord we pray this this morning we ask that you give us ears to hear this morning i really pray that lord that you give us ears to hear [Music] your word and that you prepare our hearts prepare us for the things ahead of us prepare us for the days that are ahead of us lord we pray this this morning in jesus name amen and amen praise god [Music] and turn to we're gonna go to matthew i'm sorry luke 17. let's go to luke 17 first as we keep studying this um actually i just tell you this earlier in the week the lord had me get up i don't know if it was monday morning now or tuesday morning i'm losing track of my day he's here but uh early um maybe monday morning i don't know but early the lord woke me up and i went up and prayed and he started giving me this um direction in this that we needed to address this subject and this is just more um we're going to look at some of the things jesus said but if we were going to call this something i guess we would say more of the of the signs of the end of the age but some things that jesus said that um we need to look at more closely in luke 17 and let's just go over let's see we're going to go over to oh gosh let's see we'll just go to luke 17 we'll start in about verse uh i guess verse 20 and we'll start reading from there all right luke 17 verse 20 and when he was demanded of the pharisees when the kingdom of god should come he answered them and said the kingdom of god cometh not with observation neither shall they say no here or no therefore behold the kingdom of god is within you now of course jesus was saying this to them not saying that there would not be a day that the physical kingdom of god comes on the earth because that was taught in the book of isaiah and daniel and other books but jesus was trying to get across to them that that's not my purpose right now my purpose is to build the kingdom of god within you now what is the kingdom of god within you just so you know i mean
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romans 14 says the kingdom of god is not meat and drink but it's righteousness peace and joy in the holy ghost and then in first corinthians 4 20 he paul said the kingdom of god is not in word only but in power so what jesus was trying to say is right now what i'm concerned about most with you guys and with my disciples is that you have to understand the kingdom of god being within you righteousness peace joy in the holy spirit the power of the holy spirit so he wasn't saying that the kingdom was not going to come the physical kingdom matter of fact he went on to talk about the signs right after this and he said unto them this is the next verse 22 and he said unto the disciples the days will come when you shall desire to see one of the days of the son of man and you shall not see it and when they say unto you see here see there go not after them nor follow for as the lightning that lighteneth out of one part under heaven shineth unto the other part under heaven so shall also the son of man be in his day now this is similar to what jesus said in matthew 24 it's just another uh another way he said it but that you know don't when if they say christ is over here or christ is over there especially in the latter times don't believe it because everybody's going to see when he comes so he says that's lightning but that he says but then he goes on to tell them and tries to explain to them but first he must suffer many things and be rejected of this generation now look at verse 26 and it was he says and as it was in the days of noah so shall it also be in the days of the son of man they did eat and drink 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 likewise also as it was in the days of lot they did eat they drank they bought they sold they planted they built it and the same day that lot went out of sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all even thus shall it be in the day when the son of man is revealed then he says in that day he which shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house let him not come down to take it away and he that is in the field let him not likewise uh turn back remember lot's wife whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it and it whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it i tell you that in that night that there shall be two men in one bed i think this is very interesting you just got through talking about the days of lot we know that the homosexuals were militant and aggressive in that day and we're going to look at that in a second but he says two men shall be in one bed so he's making it clear you know and he says one shall be taken and the other one left and i'll deal with that later two women shall be grinded together and one shall be taken the other left two men shall be in the field the one shall be taken the other left so jesus said two things here these are
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some of the signs he said as it was in the days of noah so shall it be in the time when the son of man is going to return he said as it was in the days of lot so those two things that we need to look at in more depth and see are these things happening in our world so let's go back to genesis chapter 6 real quick we're going to look at this genesis chapter 6 and see what it was happening in the days of noah all right genesis 6. it's always good to go back to genesis the beginning of mankind you know why because mankind really hasn't changed that's why solomon said there is nothing new under the sun he didn't mean that there's no new inventions or no new things that'll come on the earth but mankind's nature will never change there's nothing new about satan there's nothing new about sin there's nothing new about the lust of the flesh there's nothing new about false religion or deception there's nothing new and most of it all you can find originated back in genesis so genesis chapter 6 let's read this for a minute it says verse 1. and it says and it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them that the sons of god now these are angels if you look it up in the hebrew the word here sons of god means angels he says that the sons of god saw the daughters of men that they were fair and they took them lives of all which they chose and this of course began to grieve the lord and these are fallen angels and we're going to talk about this in a minute fallen angels taking human wives and this began to grieve the lord because the human race was now and it's still at a very young age beginning to be polluted by these fallen beings by these fallen angels and it says the lord said because of this he said my spirit shall not always strive with man for that he is also flesh yet his day shall be 120 years and this is before the flood man lived you know we know the oldest man lived in 986 years adam lived in 936 years god created man his physical body to live forever now sin came in and brought death but still god made man to live a very very long time but after he said after the flood he was going to change the entire climate of the earth through the flood and through the judgments he was bringing it was going to change man's lifetime and as you notice no one really lives anymore uh beyond 120 years i mean we just don't hear of it i mean i think the record books are 117 or something like that right now in in this modern time so again god's word proved itself to be true god put a limit on man's lifespan but look what he says in verse four he says there were giants in the earth in those days also after that the sons of god came into the daughters of men and
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they bear children to them and the same became mighty men which were of old men of renown and god saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that the imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually and it repented the lord or it made him sorry that he had even made man on the earth and it grieved him at his heart and the lord said i will destroy man whom i have created from the face of the earth both man and beast and creeping things and fowls of the air for it repenteth me that i have made them but look at verse 8 but noah found grace in the eyes of the lord and it says these and this is an important verse here these are the generations of noah noah was a just man and perfect in his generations and noah walked with god now it's important that we understand that it's interesting god is talking about not just that noah was a righteous man and not just that noah walked with god but that he was perfect in his generations meaning that noah's bloodline had not been tainted and polluted by this mixture going on between these fallen angels and the daughters of men satan was basically trying to destroy the earth now i'll just put up the next one here i want you to see this this is i mean there's some other pictures but fallen angels came and they took the daughters of men and this is pretty much recorded down throughout history um and it says it created a race of giants now the the hebrew word there that's the plural of it but the nephilim or nephilim is what they're called but what this just shows here of course god had to come in and judge and this is where we get the giants you know you you hear about you know david and goliath which was many years later but we're finding out that that this was a bigger problem and that almost every culture in the world has has stories and legends and myths about giants okay well the bible talks about this and and this is actually confirmed also in the book of enoch and the book of jubilees that i believe aren't necessarily they're not scripture but they are i believe they're true historical accounts we'll talk about that in a minute too but um it's important the reason i bring this out is because god said as it was in the days of noah jesus said it will be in the time of the coming of the son of man well when these fallen angels came down and took the daughters of men they were able somehow i don't understand it all but they were able to reproduce and have children these women these human women with these fallen angels and to reproduce and have these these nephilim these these giants and many believe that these uh that these giants uh became rulers became tyrants became powerful people now i want to talk a little bit i guess you can go to the next one i can't remember what's up here but um according to the book of
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