God also promised that next time it would be fire.
2 Peter 3:3-10
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
The ark is metaphorical and you can prepare for the flood of fire and brimstone by storing up treasures in heaven, where they will not melt and burn away.
An ark of churches content on letting the world do whatever it does.
What authority does the church have to regulate people's lives? What authority does Jesus give any one of us over another?
We have the Constitution for a reason. People need to choose Jesus for themselves because it's what they want. Scaring people into loving Him with the threat of hell has NEVER worked. And when it does, it produces a breed of Christian that is fearful of everything and massively insecure about their faith and life. Source: me. Telling people they are sinners and going to hell unless they perform a magic ritual is arguably taking His name in vein. Fear is the tool of Satan. Fear is evil. Fear of god is a misnomer. I do not fear Him. I have respect and reverence for Him, but I do not fear Him. Jesus never once used fear to convince anyone. He used love. And you may have your disagreements with people on what love is. That's fine. It does not mean you are right. We can definitively say we know one eight billionth the mind of God. Beyond that is educated guessing.
I'm saying we need to get back to a moral standard based on biblical values. That's not teaching kids the Bible or anything like that. Our country was founded on those same values.
God promised he'd never flood the world again.
We don't need an ark. That's what we've had the past 70 years. An ark of churches content on letting the world do whatever it does.
God also promised that next time it would be fire.
2 Peter 3:3-10
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
The ark is metaphorical and you can prepare for the flood of fire and brimstone by storing up treasures in heaven, where they will not melt and burn away.
What authority does the church have to regulate people's lives? What authority does Jesus give any one of us over another?
We have the Constitution for a reason. People need to choose Jesus for themselves because it's what they want. Scaring people into loving Him with the threat of hell has NEVER worked. And when it does, it produces a breed of Christian that is fearful of everything and massively insecure about their faith and life. Source: me. Telling people they are sinners and going to hell unless they perform a magic ritual is arguably taking His name in vein. Fear is the tool of Satan. Fear is evil. Fear of god is a misnomer. I do not fear Him. I have respect and reverence for Him, but I do not fear Him. Jesus never once used fear to convince anyone. He used love. And you may have your disagreements with people on what love is. That's fine. It does not mean you are right. We can definitively say we know one eight billionth the mind of God. Beyond that is educated guessing.
I'm not saying school should be a church.
I'm saying we need to get back to a moral standard based on biblical values. That's not teaching kids the Bible or anything like that. Our country was founded on those same values.
What values specifically. "Biblical values" led to karen mobs demanding Family Guy be taken off the air because Seth MacFarlane made a Jesus joke.
So again, your values? Someone elses? What do YOU think are the values and why are they important?