My observations from day 2

I always seem to get my thoughts up the day after...oh well. Don't feel like you have to read this if you don't want. :)

• Matthew 24:37 says: "As it was in the days of Noah, so also shall it be at the coming of the son of man." Reading through the stories of Noah and then Sodom and Gomorrah reminded me of that. The sin of man was so great, that God had to destroy it, but he sent a provision for the few righteous - the ark. Noah was diligent to obey God and prepare for the disaster, so when it came, he was saved.
  
  The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was so great, that God had to destroy it. Yet, he made a provision for the righteous. Actually, I don't think Lot was all too righteous, but because Abraham pleaded with God, he saved Lot. The angel guys tell Lot to get up to the high place, but he says "Please no, my lords! Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die."
  
  Isn't that just like us? God makes a provision (get up to the high place!), but we fear that provision, and would rather stay down in the low place.
  
  I think that today we are very near the "end times." The sin of this world is so great, and God is going to have to judge it. We must let go of the sin "that so easily besets" us, and go up to that high place, away from the destruction!
  
  Okay, sorry. Just sorta preaching to myself. :)
  
• Like Sadie, I noticed how both Abraham and Isaac said their respective wives were their sisters. When I mentioned it to Audrey, she was like "talk about familiar spirits!" :) You'd think Isaac would learn from his dad's mistake! And this is what's funny! Abraham decieved this guy named Abimelech, and so did Isaac! They did it to the same guy!!!!!! Wow.
  
  So, that's what I came away with from yesterday. Comments?