I often hear it quoted that the "end will be like the days of Noah" in that everyone will be carrying on as usual, when all of a sudden it hits. Like a tsunami. A few may be watching and expecting it. I imagine that if you know a terrific earthquake has occurred, you might be wise to leave a coastal area that could be affected. But the warning does not always go out in time, and many may be unaware that they are in the path of a great wave. Tsunami's are not apparent until they are right in front of you.
In taking the story of Noah at face value, "the flood" was clearly a planned event. It did not occur until Noah was ready for it to happen and had entered the ark.
But what I want to talk about is the next verse down from that comparison of "days of Noah" in Luke. Specifically Luke 17: 28-30
28"It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 "It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
According to the scriptures, what happened in Sodom and Gommorah was not some mysterious "fire and brimstone" from outer space. It was not a volcanic explosion or a meteor. It was a deliberate jihad.
The two men "angels" came to town with a mission to destroy the place. It is evident in the conversation between Lot and the angels. Lot is trying to figure out where he will go to get out of town. The angel told him to (basically) head for the hills; but Lot wanted time to get to another village which was a bit farther. They negotiated and the angel said, "I shall not be able to do a thing until you enter there. Lot entered into Segor." (Genesis 19:21)
Very clearly, this was a planned detonation.
The common thread in both of these warnings were that, whatever happened, it was not just a 'natural disaster'. It was something that had been planned.
Would this not indicate that an Armageddon event will not be a natural disaster, but rather a deliberate destruction that is planned by evil men?
Do you think something is in the air?