Jesus said plainly: “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man” (Luke 17:26). That one sentence ties the past to the present, and the present to the end of the age. When we look at what the world was like in Noah’s day, and what we see today, across America, Europe, and the globe, the connections are sobering.
1. The Days of Noah, Then and Now
Genesis 6 describes a world on the edge of collapse:
- The earth was filled with violence (Gen. 6:11).
- Every thought of man’s heart was evil continually (Gen. 6:5).
- People ignored the warnings of God, living as if judgment would never come (Matt. 24:38).
Sound familiar? Today, we see mass shootings in America, wars raging across continents, and corruption broadcast into every home through media. Sexual perversion is not just tolerated, it’s celebrated. Rebellion against God isn’t whispered in corners, it’s legislated into law. Just like Noah’s generation, the imagination of man has grown darker, and the mockery of God’s people louder.
But the comparison goes even deeper. In Noah’s day, creation itself was corrupted, “all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth” (Gen. 6:12). Today, we see boundaries blurred with genetic engineering, gender reassignment, transhumanism, and AI-driven identity confusion. Humanity is once again tinkering with God’s blueprint.
2. The Rise of Islam in Europe – Echoes of the 8th Century
As if cultural collapse wasn’t enough, we also see a rising force on the world stage: Islam’s growing influence in Europe. In the 8th century, Islam spread by the sword—sweeping across North Africa, the Middle East, and into Spain. Today, the method has changed, but the results may look the same.
- Demographics: Native European birthrates are plummeting, while Muslim birthrates remain high.
- Immigration: Refugee waves from the Middle East and Africa have permanently altered Europe’s cultural and political balance.
- Institutional Power: Mosques, Sharia councils, and Islamic schools are increasingly shaping local communities.
- Political Leverage: Muslim voters now hold sway in European politics, with parties catering directly to their influence.
This mirrors the weakness of Europe in the 8th century. Then, fractured kingdoms couldn’t resist conquest. Now, post-Christian Europe, hollowed out by secularism, has little will to defend its Christian heritage.
3. The Muslim Brotherhood Project – A Modern Blueprint
The Islamic expansion in Europe isn’t accidental, it’s strategic. In the 1980s, the Muslim Brotherhood released The Project, a long-term plan for Islamic influence in the West. It outlined:
- Mass migration.
- Higher birthrates.
- Building Islamic institutions.
- Gaining political footholds.
- Silencing critics through accusations of racism/Islamophobia.
- Aligning with progressive movements for cover.
- Playing the long game, multi-generational takeover.
Europe is deep in Phase 2–3. America is in Phase 1–2, with heavy emphasis on education, media influence, and local politics.
4. Why America Is Different
But here’s where the story shifts. America is not Europe. For all our cultural decay, the U.S. still has:
- The Second Amendment – a heavily armed citizenry.
- Patriotic DNA – a people historically unwilling to bow quietly to domination.
- A Christian Remnant – tens of millions of believers who still hold the line.
- Scale – America is vast, decentralized, and hard to control from the top down.
The Brotherhood can chip away at the edges here, but if they ever push too far, they’ll face something Islam has never faced before: a massive, armed, and stubborn populace that doesn’t surrender easily.
5. How It All Ties to the End Times
When you put this together, the picture is chilling but also clarifying:
- Days of Noah = global violence, corruption, rebellion against God.
- Europe’s Fall = Islam rising through migration and demographics, echoing ancient conquests.
- The Brotherhood’s Project = deliberate strategy to weaken Western culture from within.
- America’s Resistance = a last stronghold where freedom and faith still have deep roots.
Prophecy tells us to expect exactly this: nations rising against nations, hostility to God increasing, and a global system forming that opposes God’s people. The corruption of Noah’s day, the hostility of Islam’s rise, and the complacency of secularism are not separate stories, they’re threads in the same prophetic tapestry.
6. What This Means for Us
We’re not called to despair—we’re called to discern. Jesus didn’t warn about the “days of Noah” to scare us, but to wake us up. We are closer now than any generation before to seeing His words fulfilled. That means two things:
- Urgency – we don’t have the luxury of spiritual laziness. This is the time to live with conviction.
- Hope – Noah wasn’t abandoned, and neither are we. God preserved a remnant then, and He will now.
✦ Final Word
The world is unraveling, violence, corruption, Islam’s rise in Europe, cultural decay in America. But this isn’t random. It’s not chaos. It’s exactly what Jesus said it would look like before He returned.
We are living in the overlap of Noah’s days and the last days. And while that should make us alert, it should also make us confident: God chose this time for us to live, to speak, and to stand.
Troy P Zehnder 