KFLCC Kingdom Economics

F INANCIAL S ECURITY IN THE L AST D AYS

overlooked are the many activities occurring on the earth in Noah’s time and in Sodom at Lot’s time, prior to God striking His swift hand of judgment in both narratives. P ARALLELS OF L OT AND N OAH Here is a list from both Matthew 24 and Luke 17 of the business and busyness that was happening on a daily basis prior to the wrath of God being poured out:  Eating  Drinking  Marrying Wives  Given in Marriage  Selling In the Genesis stories not much detail is given. Christ gave more detail of the activities than Moses did in his Genesis account. Moses wrote that in Noah’s day the earth was wicked (6:5), filled with evil imaginations (6:5), corrupt (6:12) and violent (6:13). In the city of Sodom during the days of Lot, we know there was sexual perversion because we read of young and old men performing acts of sodomy on one another (Gen. 19). Peter also adds that Lot was vexed daily with the filthy conversation of the wicked” that grieved Lot’s soul (2 Pet. 2:7-8). The prophet Ezekiel added to the list of Sodom’s sins when he said: Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit. E ZEKIEL 16:49-50 (NKJV) Prophetic expositors point out the many sins that led up to the destruction, and which parallel the times in which we now live. However, there is a “code” that is very obvious, yet often remains concealed under layers of other, more obvious negative happenings. Here is the often-overlooked parallel. P ROSPERITY U NTIL THE D AY C OMES  Planting  Building

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