KFLCC Kingdom Economics

The Code of the Last Days of Noah and Lot

In the earlier list, men who lived during both timeframes were eating, drinking, building and planting. Doing just these four things requires a steady flow of prosperity among the inhabitants of the land. Also, any man marrying a wife would need a house to raise a family and, in that day, land on which to farm. The overlooked factor was that there seemed to be great prosperity, economic development, and construction occurring up to the very day the water flooded the planet and the fire scorched Sodom and Gomorrah. This emphasis on the prosperity during the times of Noah and Lot is an often overlooked detail when comparing the ancient world to the present society. Why did Christ emphasize for all believers to watch and pray, lest we be caught off guard by His sudden coming? (Matt. 24:43; Mark 13:33). The simple answer is that since we do not know the day or the hour of Christ’s coming, we could be caught off guard by eating, drinking, drunkenness and abusing others (see Luke 12:45-48). In Luke 12, the servant said in his heart that the Lord was delaying his coming and thus began to live a careless lifestyle. Let me explain it this way as a minister of the prophetic word. I have observed two different cycles over many years of ministry: the expectancy cycle and the delay cycle. Anytime a major event transpires—a deadly terrorist attack, a destructive tsunami, a major earthquake, an economic recession, geopolitical upheaval and so on—the informed believers move into the cycle of expectancy. Believers begin to discuss the signs of the times and how the church is so near the return of Christ, based upon newspaper eschatology. After events settle down, employment figures improve, the economy recovers, no major prophetic events have happened and there are no immediate signs of the return of the Lord, then the delay cycle beings to encircle the minds of believers. A mindset of delay places the return of Christ at a later time, another season, or even future generations. These two opposite opinions are motivated by the number and intensity of either negative or positive signs that are found in the ancient Biblical prophecies. The cycle, especially for Western Christians, is generally tied to the level of national and personal prosperity. When things are going well, people move to the delay cycle. This is significant because Christ told His disciples in the parable of the nobleman to occupy until He comes (Luke 19:13). This word occupy is a Greek word meaning to busy oneself by doing business and trading. We refer to a person’s job as an occupation. The point in the parable is for a believer not to sit back and do nothing but wait for the return of the master; instead, do business until the very day He returns.

29