Securing Grace in the Last Days
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:8 (NKJV)
Noah represents a preservation system of God, a pattern of whom God will preserve when He begins to bring judgement. The grace of God has a price, and from God's perspective Noah paid it. When God was unwilling to spare anyone, He spared Noah, because he met the criteria for preservation: he was a righteous man, he was perfect in his generation, and he walked with God.
This represents the generation that will be fit for the rapture in the end times. We must begin to press in to secure favour in the eyes of God for the dark days ahead of us.
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 14:14 (NKJV)
It is righteousness that will save a man, a church or a nation in the time of judgement.
The days of Noah are upon us, and so the ways of Noah must be insisted upon in the Church of Jesus Christ if we are to enter the ark of preservation. May God open our eyes to the importance of walking with Him in our generation. The only ones who will be safe in the end times are not churchgoers or ministers as such, but those who are righteous and perfect, and above all those who walk with God.
Grace can be understood in these ways.
- Grace is what makes a man attractive to spirits; it is the pleasure God derives from a man.
- When a man has grace, he has gained the pleasure and favour of spirits. He is attractive to God and to His angels.
- The spirit realm responds to a man who is attractive to God.
- Grace is a man's greatest advantage in the realm of men and of spirits, because such a man will have the backing of God in this life.
- The criteria a man must meet to find grace can be discovered only on the pathway of purity.
- Grace lies behind every manifestation of the glory of God in a man's life. A man who seeks the glory and presence of God must first find grace in the eyes of God.
- Notice that grace works on the eyes of God, and not necessarily on His heart; it is invoked by what God sees. It is what God sees upon a man that determines what God transfers to him. Purity, righteousness and justice are among the many virtues that draw the eyes of God to a man, because God takes pleasure in such things and will stop at nothing to make His favour upon that man seen. Marriage, for instance, is pleasant before God, and so the man who marries finds favour from the Lord.
Grace from God should be the pursuit of all God's people.