Matthew 24:39
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And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
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Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”