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The door is closing, and the world—even much of the Church—is asleep. Awake, O sleeper, and rise!

As we look around the world, we see rising evil and increasing darkness. Maybe you’ve noticed the spiritual warfare has seemed more intense lately. Maybe the enemy is working overtime to wear down, discourage and distract the saints as time is running out. Perhaps you’ve experienced more of a shaking in your life lately. Have you considered that God may be trying to get your attention? Maybe He is drawing you near in this hour for a very specific reason. Maybe He is shaking the things in your life that you have falsely depended on in order that you may build your life on an unshakable foundation. Maybe the storm you are facing is meant to drive you to seek refuge—a refuge that can only be found in Him. Maybe you’ve heard of Him but don’t truly know Him. Maybe you’ve drifted from Him, and He is calling you back.

Are you paying attention or are you ignoring the alarms and stirrings of the Holy Spirit?

Maybe you’ve heard the scoffing of those who say, “Jesus is coming back soon.” Maybe you’ve even been one of those scoffers. “Yeah, yeah, Jesus is coming back. I’ve heard that my whole life! Believe it when I see it!” This very thing is written in the Word of God:

Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?”
—2 Peter 3:3-4

We are living in prophetic days. Time is running out. Take heed. Prepare your heart. Pray. Draw near to God.

The door is closing.

As It Was in the Days of Noah

Approximately 4,400 years ago, a flood swept across the earth, and only those who entered the ark were preserved.

When Jesus’ disciples asked Him what the sign of His coming at the end of the age would be, He responded in great detail of the events that would unfold. He warned of a time unlike any other this world has ever seen, of great darkness and tribulation. Jesus called His followers to remain watchful and declared that the time of His coming would be “as it was in the days of Noah” (Mt 24:37).

It is not just the world that is asleep to the times we are living in; many believers have also fallen into a state of spiritual apathy. Some quote the words, “No one knows the day or hour and He will come like a thief in the night,” as though this means we cannot recognize the season and shouldn’t be looking. But they leave out what Paul says immediately afterward that because you are not in darkness but are children of the light, this day should not surprise you like a thief. Do not be like others who are asleep! (1 Thess 5:4-6). We may not know the exact day or hour of His return, but that does not mean we shouldn’t know the season. We should. Every sign given to us in the Bible is happening in the world around us right now. We are called to watch, pray, and remain alert. We should be eagerly looking for Him, living as a watchful and prepared Church—not merely as sleepy churchgoers. There is a difference between attending church and being the Church. It is time to wake up!

Since Jesus said as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at His coming, we should deeply consider what it was like in those days. What was happening in the world that prompted God to bring judgment upon the earth?

Before God commissioned Noah to build the ark, Scripture says, “The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time” (Gen 6:5). In a world consumed by evil, Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. He was the only righteous man in a crooked world and walked faithfully with God. The world was so corrupt and violent that God said to Noah He would bring judgment upon the earth and gave Noah specific instructions to build the ark.

Second Peter 2:5 describes Noah as a “preacher of righteousness.” Noah preached of the coming judgment and yet, the people continued on like normal in disbelief. They thought nothing would happen, as we see today. As darkness, violence and moral corruption increased in the world, the people continued on with their daily lives like usual, eating, drinking, and marrying, totally unaware of the judgment that was coming to the world. The world was totally depraved, spiritually bankrupt, and yet, they were utterly unconcerned. And when it started raining, it was too late.

Imagine the years he spent building the ark, somewhere between 75 to 100 years, while warning his neighbors, friends and those around him of what God was about to do, yet they refused to listen. I wonder how often he was mocked and scoffed at, how many people dismissed him, and how many relationships may have been strained or even lost because he refused to stop proclaiming the truth. Imagine people gathering around, pointing at him and laughing as he built a massive ark for a flood they believed was nothing more than an imaginary threat. People today do much the same, pointing at believers and laughing at their faith in Jesus, even dismissing Him as nothing more than an imaginary friend.

Throughout that time, God demonstrated patience as Noah proclaimed the coming judgment, yet the people ignored the warnings. They were totally content living in their ungodly wicked ways, rejecting the very One who created them. Their hearts were set on this world, and so they perished with it.

I see much of the same today, and it breaks my heart. Maybe you feel that same heartache or grief in the Spirit when you think about your unsaved family members and friends—those you love dearly, those you have prayed for, those you have pleaded with to turn to the Lord, yet they continue on without Him. How painful it is to watch those we love remain unaware of the times we are living in and indifferent to the eternity that awaits them. If this is your burden, you are not alone. Just as Noah did, we must continue to walk faithfully with God, pray, speak the truth in love, and never stop pointing them to Jesus, while the door of salvation remains open. Our hearts should break for what breaks His heart.

There is another detail about the days of Noah that deserves our attention, especially when we consider what is unfolding in our world today. Genesis 6:1-4 records the account of the sons of God coming into the daughters of men, resulting in the corrupt line of the Nephilim (giants).

In our world today, we see the altering of human DNA, genetic manipulation, and the pursuit of transhumanism, all of which raise serious questions about humanity’s willingness to cross the boundaries of God’s created order. If a hybrid being does not already exist, there is the push for the merging between humans and artificial intelligence. This push and these developments should be another reason we should be paying close attention to the times we are living in.

But the conditions of Noah’s day were not only marked by corruption and the crossing of boundaries; they were also marked by a world whose hearts had turned away from God.

The Last Days: A World Growing Cold

Paul writes in his second letter to Timothy that in the last days, “there will be terrible times.” Look around and consider whether the following description reflects the world we are living in. Paul carries on to say: “People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without control, brutal, haters of good, betrayers, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God” (2 Ti 3:1-5).

You cannot deny this is the world we are living in. Hearts are growing increasingly bitter and the love of many is growing cold.

Turn on the news today, scroll through social media, or simply read the comments beneath a post, and you will see a resemblance to the days of Noah. And this will only continue to escalate and worsen until the day of the Lord.

The Door Is Closing

After the ark was completed and Noah had faithfully warned the people, God instructed Noah to enter the ark with his family and the animals. Then God said, “Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made” (Gen 7:4).

Have you noticed the remarkable detail here?

Noah entered the ark, yet the door remained open for seven days before the flood began. God had announced that judgment was coming, but there was still a window of time before even a drop of rain fell or the springs of the great deep burst open. Was this an opportunity for others to enter the ark? Did God allow the door to remain open a little longer for others to get in? The Word doesn’t tell us, but we know that God is patient and does not desire that anyone should perish (2 Pe 3:9).

So, Noah got on board and the door remained open. Seven days later, “the LORD shut him in” (Gen 7:16). God Himself shut the door.

And today, I have an urgent message: The door is closing.

Jesus Christ Is the Door

What is the door today? Or rather, who is the door? Jesus Himself says in John 10:9: “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved.”

Noah and his family entered through one door and were preserved. God Himself shut that door, and those who remained outside faced destruction. Today, there is only one door through which we can be saved: Jesus Christ.

Those who reject Him will face the consequences of that rejection. There will come a time when the opportunity to enter will be gone. Now is the time to enter the ark of salvation where you are sealed with the Holy Spirit in Christ.

Today is the day of salvation (2 Co 6:2). Do not let this day pass you by. Do not be left outside banging on the door.

Jesus is the only way. He is the Door. He is our refuge from the coming judgment. Those who are in Him are not appointed to wrath, but eternal life.

The door is closing. Will you enter before it is shut?

And to my brothers and sisters in Christ, I exhort you: do not fall asleep in this hour. Do not become so distracted by the things of this world that you lose sight of what matters eternally. The times will not become easier, but harder. Greater persecution is coming and we must be prepared to withstand it: hold fast to Truth, to God’s promises, and do not move from the hope held out in the Gospel. Even if we are poured out like a drink offering, let us not abandon His Name, but rejoice in it. Pray for discernment so that you will not be deceived. Keep watch. Keep praying. Keep sharing the Truth in love. Keep pointing people to Jesus while the door remains open.

Look up, for your redemption draws near (Lk 21:28).