Matthew 24:37

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For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

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  • Luke 17:26-27 : 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage– right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
  • 1 Pet 3:20-21 : 20 after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water. 21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you– not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God– through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,
  • 2 Pet 3:6 : 6 Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.
  • Gen 6:1-7 : 1 God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose. 3 So the LORD said,“My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men. 5 But the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. 7 So the LORD said,“I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth– everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”
  • Gen 7:6-9 : 6 Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed the earth. 7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters. 8 Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, 9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him. 10 And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month– on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12 And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives. 14 They entered, along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah. 16 Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in. 17 The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. 18 The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters. 19 The waters completely inundated the earth so that even all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered. 20 The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains. 21 And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 So the LORD destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.
  • Job 22:15-17 : 15 Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked– 16 men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations? 17 They were saying to God,‘Turn away from us,’ and‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
  • Matt 24:39 : 39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

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  • Luke 17:26-31
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    26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

    27People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage– right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

    28Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

    29but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

    30It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

    31On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

  • Matt 24:38-40
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    38For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

    39And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

    40Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    26So then, if someone says to you,‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

    27For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Luke 12:40
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    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

  • Matt 24:33-36
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    33So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.

    34I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

    35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

    36Be Ready!“But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven– except the Father alone.

  • Gen 7:10-12
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    10And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

    11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month– on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

    12And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Matt 24:29-30
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    29The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  • Matt 12:40
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    40For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

  • Matt 24:50
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    50then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

  • Gen 7:24
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    24The waters prevailed over the earth for 150 days.

  • Luke 21:27
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    27Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

  • Matt 24:21
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    21For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

  • Mark 13:26
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    26Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • Luke 17:22
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    22The Coming of the Son of Man Then he said to the disciples,“The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

  • Mark 13:31-33
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    31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

    32Be Ready!“But as for that day or hour no one knows it– neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son– except the Father.

    33Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

  • Mark 13:29
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    29So also you, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, right at the door.

  • Mark 13:36
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    36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

  • Gen 7:4
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    4For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

  • 2 Pet 3:10
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    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

  • Gen 7:1
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    1The LORD said to Noah,“Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

  • Matt 24:48
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    48But if that evil slave should say to himself,‘My master is staying away a long time,’

  • Gen 6:13
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    13So God said to Noah,“I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

  • Matt 24:19
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    19Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

  • Luke 11:30
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    30For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

  • Gen 7:6
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    6Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

  • Matt 24:17
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    17The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

  • 2 Pet 3:6
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    6Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water.