Business as Usual

"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:37-39 (NIV)

The world today is experiencing most, if not all, of the signs of the Last Days mentioned in Matthew 24--wars and rumors of wars, uprisings, famines, earthquakes, an increase in wickedness, false prophets and persecution, just to name a few. Yet in many churches it is business as usual. The pastor is preaching about love and peace while half the people in church are not prepared for Christ's return. There is no talk of the signs that are everywhere, no urgency to share the gospel with the lost, no repentance on the part of believers. The Bible says that the people of Noah's day were completely caught off-guard and were destroyed.  Jesus tells us that it will be the same when He returns to earth. Is this not scary?