5A) Noah and his house FOUND GRACE in the eyes of God. They represent the FIRST REMNANT, FIRST RIGHTEOUS SEED from the corrupt First Generation of mankind.
5B) Similarly today, there is a SECOND REMNANT in the midst of this evil and wicked Second Generation of mankind, which also FOUND GRACE in the eyes of God and will be saved from the “Flood” of destruction which is coming upon this earth. The Church at large will not be saved from the Tribulation, but will be saved from the wrath of God (1Thess. 5:9// Rev. 16:1-17) which starts after the last trump. (1Cor. 15:52) Why so late?
Note that the last three trumps are also called woes! (Rev. 8:13; 9:12; 11:14) And woes were promised by God unto all those that “work iniquity” both in Israel and in the Church. As touching the Church, read Mt. 7:11,21-23; 13:41; 23:13-16,23-29// Lk. 13:24-28// Rom. 6:19// 1Cor. 3:16,17// Rev. 2:11; 3:5. As touching Israel, read Is. 5:20,21; 30:9,10; 31:1// Jer. 22:13; 23:1// Ez. 13:3// Mic. 2:1 and other applicable passages. So these woes are also designed by God to change these workers of iniquity into believers worthy of God and of His Kingdom. Even in these woes we ought to see the Love, Grace and Mercy of God toward believers.
6A) Then God destroyed all SINFUL FLESH in the earth according to His Word. This was the END OF THE FIRST GENERATION OF MANKIND, which began from the seed of Adam and continued through the seed of Cain and Seth until Noah. God did it both in the physical realm and also in the spiritual realm.
6B) God is going to destroy the SINFUL FLESH the second time, this time not by Flood but by FIRE… by the SPIRIT OF JUDGMENT AND BY THE SPIRIT OF BURNING. (Deut. 4:24-28// Is. 4:4// Ez. 1:12,13// Heb. 12:29) This will be the end of the SECOND GENERATION OF MANKIND. That will also be the beginning of the THIRD GENERATION OF MANKIND which will live during the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. There will also be natural people, who survived the Tribulation and will multiply until the end of the Kingdom. This will be possible since the Lord will shorten the days of the Tribulation otherwise no flesh would be saved. (Mt. 24:22)
7A) BY FAITH Noah did as God instructed him and warned him of things that were not seen as yet, and prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by which work of faith, he condemned the world and became the heir of righteousness which is by faith. (Heb. 11:7)
7B) BY FAITH today’s Remnant, the Man-child (Rev. 12:5) is preparing the Ark to the saving of Itself and shall thereby condemn the world and all those that keep living the worldly life in their soul. The Remnant shall become the heir of righteousness and will be caught up to the Throne of God. And the WOMAN, the WORLDLY UNCRUCIFIED CHURCH AND ISRAEL (that were made ONE – Eph. 2:11-15), shall flee to the wilderness, to the place prepared for Her by God. (Rev. 12:6)
8A) And after the Flood, God said to Noah and his sons the same words that He said to Adam and Eve: “Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.” (Gen. 9:1)
This is a new beginning for mankind, we may also say, this is the SECOND GENERATION OF MANKIND, which the Lord God established to bring Him the desired fruit of the earth. It came forth from the righteous seed of Noah, and we know that this generation has also failed and is failing miserably before our very eyes, just as the generation from the righteous seed of Seth failed and was destroyed.
Now, within this SECOND GENERATION OF MANKIND God established yet a NEW RACE from another righteous seed – Abraham, the Friend of God, the father of faith, and that new race, ISRAEL, has also failed… except for its Remnant.
And from this Remnant, from the righteous seed of Abraham, God started a brand NEW MANKINDfrom the HOLY SEED OF THE LAST ADAM, CHRIST JESUS and whosoever received His Seed FOUND GRACE in the eyes of God. And whosoever grew up from that Seed never failed and will never fail because this Seed and Its Fruit are ETERNAL!
But also out of this SECOND GENERATION OF MANKIND many failed because they had not received the Seed given by God in His Son, which are all the pagans of this world. And from those that did receive the Seed, the true believers, only few had grown up (or have been growing up also in these days) – this is the LAST REMNANT! He is considered worthy of the Kingdom already now (1Thess. 2:12// 2Thess. 1:5) and shall be taken up before the Great Tribulation at the latest, as mentioned above.
8B) The “Flood” of destruction which is coming upon the earth is divided into two parts:
a) seven years of Tribulation, which will be upon the whole world and upon all the carnal, worldly and uncrucified believers until the seventh trump when the main body of the Church shall be raptured, as already stated above,
b) the wrath of God in the last days of the Tribulation contained in the seven vials, which shall be poured upon all the world (Rev. 16:1-17), but not upon the Church.
When the Kingdom of Heaven on earth is established, there will come forth the THIRD GENERATION OF MANKIND which shall have the same chance for 1,000 years to show itself, whether their heart will be after God or not; whether they will be willing to seek God, believe Him and walk and live in His Spirit or not; whether they will bring forth the fruit of the earth desired by God or not. What shall be the result? After 1,000 years Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go out to deceive the nations of this THIRD GENERATION OF MANKIND the number of whom shall be as the sand of the seas.
And these nations shall be deceived by Satan and shall compass “the camp of the saints and the beloved City” (Old Jerusalem). And FIRE will come down from God and shall devour them! (Rev. 20:7-10) Can we even imagine the situation described by this Word of God? Can we compare and realize the “ratio” of peoples in the “camp of the saints” and the nations as the sand of the seas? Isn’t it again very, very few against great multitudes?
We may ask ourselves a very simple but fundamental question: How is it possible that this THIRD GENERATION OF MANKIND that had an unheard of privilege of living in the PERSONAL PRESENCE OF THE LIVING CHRIST JESUS AS THEIR KING and in a total ABSENCE OF SATAN and of his temptations for 1,000 years, could again be so easily deceived and join Satan in his last quest for power? Do we know the answer to this very simple but fundamental question? Do we REALLY? The true answer should send shivers down our spine and should shake our whole being. Why?
THE ANSWER SHOWS THE ABSOLUTE, COMPLETE AND IRREVERSIBLE DEPRAVITY, EVIL AND WORTHLESSNESS OF HUMAN BEINGS AND HOW MUCH WE TRULY DESERVE HELL, DEATH AND A COMPLETE DESTRUCTION!
IT ALSO SHOWS THE ABSOLUTE, COMPLETE AND UNFATHOMABLE VALUE AND GLORY OF GOD’S GRACE TOWARD US ALL! WITHOUT HIS GRACE WE WOULD ALL WALK WITH SATAN AND THINK HOW GREAT WE ARE! THERE WOULD BE NOT ONE HUMAN BEING WALKING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH WORTHY OF SAVING HIS LIFE.
AND THIS GOD’S GRACE IS STILL AVAILABLE TO ANY HUMAN BEING, PAGAN OR BELIEVER, WHO DESIRES IN HIS HEART AND MIND AND SOUL TO LAY DOWN HIS OLD SINFUL LIFE BEFORE GOD AND RECEIVE FROM GOD HIS NEW SINLESS LIFE THAT WILL LAST FOR EVER.
Then all the peoples of THESE GENERATIONS OF MANKIND (except for the Overcomers) will be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment. (Rev. 20:11-15) The NEW GENERATION – NEW MANKIND that grew up from the Seed of the Son of God will be represented by the NEW JERUSALEM – THE BRIDE AND WIFE OF THE LAMB (Rev. 21:9,10// Rev. 3:12) and the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the Light of It. (Rev. 21:24)
Another book could be written about the New Jerusalem alone and all the magnificent features of this City of God, the Bride and Wife of Christ, and their spiritual meaning. They are all described in Rev. 21:10 to 22:5 and every reader is well advised to read them and ponder them in his heart and mind and conscience. We will not touch any features of this magnificent New Jerusalem except one, which feature has a special meaning for the topic of this book.
The twelve gates of the City were twelve pearls, each gate was one pearl! (Rev. 21:21a) The gate, of course, indicates the point of entry as nobody could get into the City except through the gates. The pearl is not a precious stone or a precious metal; rather, it is the product of a living creature. It is formed in the soft body of an oyster caused by a grain of sand which penetrated its shell and irritated or wounded its soft tissue. If the oyster could not get rid of it by pushing it out, the oyster went through a process of suffering and pain as it was patiently covering the grain of sand with the secretion from the glands of its own body until a pearl was formed. This may serve as an example of a believer, who similarly had to suffer and be in pain and in the process of overcoming by patiently covering the causes of his wounds and irritants with his grace, love and patience. THIS believer will have the right to “be the gate” of that City or become any other part of that City, because the Bride and Wife of the Lamb IS the City of New Jerusalem. (Rev. 21:9b,10) He that has the heart to understand, let him understand.
We stop here as any further consideration of the New Jerusalem would be far beyond the scope of this book.
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To be continued next week in chapter 8 – part 8
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