The Bible accurately foretells specific events – in precise detail – sometimes even centuries before they occur.
Approximately 2500 prophecies appear in the pages of the Bible. About 2000, or 80%, have already been fulfilled to the letter, with no errors.
Because we know that the remaining 500 or so prophecies will definitely be fulfilled, we look for news, and trends, that you’d expect to be taking place.
You might call them the signs of the times.
One of the things that Jesus said would be characteristic of the End Times was that there would be a similarity to what He called “the Days of Noah.”
He said,
Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
Mat 24:39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Jesus was describing events close to His Second Coming, at the end of the future seven-year Great Tribulation on the earth. Nevertheless, you’d expect interest in Noah and his ark and the flood to become heightened well before the Tribulation.
To that end, I can report to you about two replica Arks. A recent article on breakingnewsisrael.com was titled, Noah’s Ark Sails Again.
Excerpts:
A Dutch Christian organization has announced plans to sail a replica of Noah’s Ark across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving in Brazil in time for the summer Olympics.
It took Dutch millionaire contractor Johan Huibers one and a half years and $4 million to build the ark according to the dimensions of the original as detailed in the Bible. His recreation is five stories tall, can hold more than 5,000 people, weighs roughly 2,500 tons, and measures 95 feet wide, 410 feet long and 75 feet tall.
As impressive as this sounds, it is half the size of the original, which was, in Biblical terms, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. It varies from the original in that it was constructed from American cedar and pine instead of the Biblical gopher wood, and is wrapped around a steel frame standing on a steel barge.
Similar to the original ark, Huibers’ creation does not have a motor, propeller, or sails. It will be towed 5,200 miles to Brazil behind another vessel and the voyage will cost $1.5 million.
The ark is a popular tourist site at its present location in Dordrecht, Netherlands, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors since it was completed in 2012.
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/66714/noahs-ark-sails/?utm_source=Breaking+Israel+News&utm_campaign=25d6eb6589-BIN_morning_5_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b6d3627f72-25d6eb6589-86610633#Fyiz3HXi8CADQ4hZ.97
Meanwhile, the Ark Encounter is a full-scale Noah’s Ark tourist attraction that is now expected to open in July 2016 in Northern Kentucky, with construction ongoing since August 2014. Answers in Genesis is partnering with a private for-profit company to build it.
The life-size Ark will be the largest timber frame structure in the world.
Jesus predicted there would be renewed interest in things related to Noah and his ark and the flood… And there is a great deal of interest.
While we look for signs of the times, there is one event that has no sign. It is presented as being imminent – meaning, it could occur at any moment.
Jesus will come and resurrect the dead believers, than snatch-away those who are alive. We call this the Rapture of the church.
Are you ready for the rapture? If not, get ready, stay ready, and keep looking up. Ready or not, Jesus is coming!