Why does Les disagree with reports about revivals and spiritual awakenings?
He disagrees because today's world, like Noah's day, is consumed with normal business, building, marrying, and intense activity amid corruption and violence. Though the door of salvation remains open, few respond, so reports of widespread revival and spiritual awakening seem inconsistent with Scripture's depiction of the end times.
Les explains that the passage says, as the days of Noah were, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. In Noah's day, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage—normal activities—while the earth was corrupt and filled with violence. They were under intense activity and heading for doom. The ark was finished, and God left the gangplank down and door open for seven days, yet none entered except Noah's family. Les sees the same condition today: the world is so busy and wrapped up in the things of the world. So while he hopes reports of so-called revivals and spiritual awakenings are true, he tends to disagree, because few seem to respond to the open door of salvation.
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Why does Les disagree with reports of revival and spiritual awakening today?
Les doubts the reports of revivals and spiritual awakenings today because he believes the world today is almost in the same condition as Noah's day—the world is simply too busy.