“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.  So the Lord said, ‘I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.’  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 6:5-8). (emphasis added)

As my readers are aware, I really love gotquestions.org. I have yet to find any topic from the Word covered by gotquestions with which I disagree.

What was it Like in the Days of Noah? (from gotquestions.org)

***I encourage the reader to click on the Scriptures in light blue – Although the commentary is good – God’s Word is most important.

Answer: The biblical account of Noah begins in Genesis 6. Approximately 1,600 years had passed since the creation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:26–27). As the earth’s population exploded in number, it also exploded with evil. Long forgotten was the righteous sacrifice of Abel (Genesis 4:4) as “the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5). Verses 11 and 12 say, “Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.” However, “Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord” (verse 8).

When Jesus described the events that will surround His second coming, He said, “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:26–27). Jesus was pointing out that, although the people of Noah’s day were totally depraved, they were not the least bit concerned about it. They were carrying on the events of their lives without a single thought of the judgment of God. Noah is described as “a preacher of righteousness” (2 Peter 2:5), meaning he had spent years warning his friends and neighbors what the Holy God was about to do. No one listened.

The depravity and ungodly lifestyles of the entire world at that time were enough to cause the Lord to “regret that He had made man” (Genesis 6:6). Many scholars believe that part of the need to destroy every human being except Noah and his family was the sin mentioned in Genesis 6:1–4, when “the Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.” As evil reproduced and overtook the world, the most merciful act God could perform was to start over.

It is interesting that God allowed Noah nearly one hundred years to complete the building of the ark. Through all that time, God patiently waited (1 Peter 3:20).

Jesus said that the world will be much the same before He returns to set up His earthly kingdom (Matthew 25:31–33). He warned us to “be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

Second Timothy 3:1–4 gives us a clear picture of the state of the world before Jesus comes and most likely also describes the world in the days of Noah. That verse says, “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” It is becoming increasingly obvious that, to understand what the world was like in the days of Noah, we only need to watch the evening news.  source

Let’s look at 2 Timothy 3: 1-4 again:

“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God”  (2 Timothy 3:1-4). (emphasis added)

• Times of difficulty
• Lovers of self
• Lovers of money
• Proud
• Arrogant
• Abusive
• Disobedient to their parents,
• Ungrateful
• Unholy
• Heartless
• Unappeasable
• Slanderous
• Without self-control
• Brutal
• Not loving good
• Treacherous
• Reckless
• Swollen with conceit
• Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God

Does this not describe what we see happening on the earth today?

I find it so interesting that the Word of God speaks of the “fullness of the Gentiles” entering the Kingdom of God:

“Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written:

‘The Deliverer will come from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob;
and this will be my covenant with them
when I take away their sins’”  (Romans 11:25-27).

God’s Plan Was Always to Offer GRACE (Salvation) to the Whole World

The Lord says to Abraham:

“And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice” (Genesis 22:18). (emphasis added)

Grace was given to Noah and his family by God. Grace was offered from that wretched Cross on Calvary upon which our King – our Savior Jesus bled and died to pay the penalty for all sin to those who would repent and believe.

GRACE is Unmerited Favor from our Holy God.

The definitions of Grace:

I believe that this speaks volumes about the times in which we live, and I had to include this in this piece.

Here is a current or “progressive” definition of the word Grace:

Dictionary Result for “Grace”

1. Simple elegance or refinement of movement.

“She moved through the water with effortless grace.”

2. Courteous goodwill

“At least she had the grace to admit her debt to him.”

Here is the older definition of Grace from Merriam-Webster:

1. Unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration and sanctification
2. A virtue coming from God
3. A state of sanctification enjoyed through divine assistance

Brethren, sometimes it’s hard to believe that the people who ignored the Ark being built by Noah were as evil as we see society is today. But the Word tells us that they only had thoughts of evil continually.

These Last Days

The Evil that pervades the earth is not subtle. It seems demonic to me. Satan is raging because he knows that his days are numbered. The heartless doctors who slaughter full-term babies for money; the blatant hatred that most of the world holds in their hearts for the Jewish people and for Christians;  the persecution which is coming to those of us who believe the Word of God and refuse to condone homosexuality, transgenderism and gay marriage. These are all signs of the times.

Evil is good – good is evil, as the Word says in Isaiah 5:20.

I want to pray always for the lost, but I must admit to the reader that some days I just don’t know the words I should speak in my prayers. I know that God is able to do anything, but I wonder if most of the unsaved have been given over by God to their reprobate minds. But I still pray as best I can.

I hope it’s not much longer, brethren, when we will be with our Savior and never be apart from Him again.

How Can I Be Saved?

Shalom b’Yeshua

MARANATHA!

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Before Stephen Hawking, well-known atheist and physicist, died, he warned the world of the dangers of continuing to build AI robots that would eventually think for themselves. Mr. Hawking said that this would endanger humans on earth.

It seems that the fears of Dr. Hawking are now being realized.

Facebook AI bots

Over a year ago, I read an article which stated that Facebook disabled two of their AI bots because they found them communicating with one another and actually writing new code.

From forbes.com

Facebook AI Creates Its Own Language In Creepy Preview Of Our Potential Future:

Facebook shut down an artificial intelligence engine after developers discovered that the AI had created its own unique language that humans can’t understand. Researchers at the Facebook AI Research Lab (FAIR) found that the chatbots had deviated from the script and were communicating in a new language developed without human input. It is as concerning as it is amazing – simultaneously a glimpse of both the awesome and horrifying potential of AI.

Artificial Intelligence is not sentient—at least not yet. It may be someday, though – or it may approach something close enough to be dangerous. Ray Kurzweil warned years ago about the technological singularity. The Oxford dictionary defines “the singularity” as “A hypothetical moment in time when artificial intelligence and other technologies have become so advanced that humanity undergoes a dramatic and irreversible change.”

To be clear, we aren’t really talking about whether or not Alexa is eavesdropping on your conversations, or whether Siri knows too much about your calendar and location data. There is a massive difference between a voice-enabled digital assistant and an artificial intelligence. These digital assistant platforms are just glorified web-search and basic voice interaction tools. The level of “intelligence” is minimal compared to a true machine learning artificial intelligence. Siri and Alexa can’t hold a candle to IBM’s Watson.

Scientists and tech luminaries, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Steve Wozniak have warned that AI could lead to tragic unforeseen consequences. Eminent physicist Stephen Hawking cautioned in 2014 that AI could mean the end of the human race. “It would take off on its own and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded.”

Why is this scary? Think SKYNET from Terminator, or WOPR from War Games. Our entire world is wired and connected. An artificial intelligence will eventually figure that out – and figure out how to collaborate and cooperate with other AI systems. Maybe the AI will determine that mankind is a threat, or that mankind is an inefficient waste of resources – conclusions that seems plausible from a purely logical perspective.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence have phenomenal potential to simplify, accelerate, and improve many aspects of our lives. Computers can ingest and process massive quantities of data and extract patterns and useful information at a rate exponentially faster than humans, and that potential is being explored and developed around the world.

I am not saying the sky is falling. I am not saying we need to pull the plug on all machine learning and artificial intelligence and return to a simpler, more Luddite existence. We do need to proceed with caution, though. We need to closely monitor and understand the self-perpetuating evolution of an artificial intelligence, and always maintain some means of disabling it or shutting it down. If the AI is communicating using a language that only the AI knows, we may not even be able to determine why or how it does what it does, and that might not work out well for mankind. – source

Brethren, I read today a new article which is even more alarming. I want to share this with you.

From finance.yahoo.com

Robot that thinks for itself from scratch brings forward rise the self-aware machines:

The rise of “self-aware” robots has come a major step closer following the invention of a machine capable of thinking for itself from scratch, scientists have said.

Engineers at Columbia University claim to have smashed one of the biggest barriers in the field of robotics after a mechanical arm, which had not been programmed with any instructions, began performing practical tasks after just a few hours.

The team said this is the first time a robot has shown the ability to “imagine itself,” thereby working out what its purpose is and how to perform it.

Until now, some experts had pointed to the failure to achieve this as evidence that machines would never be able to develop their own intelligence in the complex way that humans do.

The robotic arm was programmed with no knowledge of physics, geometry or motor dynamics.

It spent approximately 35 hours moving about at random; however, intensive machine-learning computing was going on during this time.

Eventually, the robot was able to understand its own dimensions and capabilities.

It then began successfully performing exercises, picking up objects and placing them elsewhere.

Professor Hod Lipson, who leads the Creative Machines lab where the research was carried out, said: “This is perhaps what a newborn child does in its crib, as it learns what it is,” he says.

“We conjecture that this advantage may have also been the evolutionary origin of self-awareness in humans.

“While our robot’s ability to imagine itself is still crude compared to humans, we believe that this ability is on the path to machine self-awareness.”

The self-modeling robot was also used for other tasks, such as writing text using a marker.

Meanwhile, to test whether the self-model could detect damage to itself, the researchers 3D-printed a deformed part to simulate damage, and the robot was able to detect the change and re-train its self-model.

The new self-model enabled the robot to resume its pick-and-place tasks with little loss of performance.

“Self-awareness will lead to more resilient and adaptive systems, but also implies some loss of control,” the authors warn.

“It’s a powerful technology, but it should be handled with care.” The study is published in the journal Science Robotics. – source

I do believe that artificial intelligence will be used by Antichrist during the Tribulation. Could it be that Antichrist’s armies will be filled with killer robots?  A dreadful thought, but one which is now in the realm of possibility.

What a statement on the EVIL in our world when full-term babies are slaughtered like cattle, and the Left cheer for that right. And at the same time, universities and scientists are spending billions of dollars on AI robots.

Who would have thought that this would be happening even 20 years ago?

Pray pray pray… Pray for your lost friends and loved ones. PRAY for our government leaders.

And PRAY that our Lord Jesus comes SOON for His bride!

How Can I Be Saved?

Shalom b’Yeshua

MARANATHA!

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