A Judgment Worse Than The Flood Looms!

[325 words] “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth… ” (Gen. 6:5). Before moving in judgment against the most evil and corrupt society in history, God commanded Noah to build an ark. It soon became a symbol of life and salvation to the few who believed God. Even though they refused to accept it, for those who disbelieved it represented impending death and judgment. Peter described Noah during the time he was building the ark, calling him “a preacher of righteousness” (2 Pet. 2:5). Every board he cut and nail he drove was an illustration of the urgency of his message. God’s warning was stern, His message horrifying. But His patience and mercy prevailed for 120 years, for Scripture says, “… the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing (being built)” (1 Pet. 3:20). Though mercifully…