[Mark in the Old South]

Correction. Christ said it would be "just as in the days of Noe" not that there would be a flood. In fact there will be no flood and Christ's description was one of something else entirely. Many believe it will be Fire this time. Matthew 24:21 precludes a possible flood “For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be”

What Christ said: Matthew 24:37- 39 “And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark, And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.”

Christ is comparing the period before the Flood to what will be before the Great Tribulation which will be unlike anything that has happened since the world was created. Since a flood has happened since then it is not possible to be a great Flood. Also this marrying and giving in marriage is a turn of phrase many have seen as referring to marriage and divorce and remarriage. We sure have that today in the post Christian Western Democracies. Some think this may refer to same sex marriage as well. I find interesting Luke 16:34 “I say to you: in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.”

More from Luke 16:26- 30 “And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat and drink, they married wives, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark: and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it came to pass, in the days of Lot: they did eat and drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built. And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.”

Notice the plural in the words “wives”. Please remember this the next time a minister takes a soft position on divorce. I also find it interesting the mention of Sodom here. The passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 16 are most likely from the same lesson by Christ.

[Just mythoughts]

I did not say there would be a flood of waters!

I said what was going on that cause there to be a flood would reoccur. There will however be a flood of lies, reason Christ said "Let no "MAN" deceive you. The taking of 'women' is not done by mere flesh beings read Genesis again.

[Rytwyng]

Some think this may refer to same sex marriage as well. I find interesting Luke 16:34 “I say to you: in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

Wouldn't that mean that one man was saved and the other lost? In which case they couldn't be practicing sodomites -- both would be lost.

In pre-industrial economies, non-sexual sharing of beds was (and in some places, likely still is) the best way to keep warm. "How can one be warm alone?", said Psolomon psomehwere (I forget the chapter and verse). This was even practiced on our own frontier, which is the root of the latest "Lincoln was gay" libel. I'm sure that's what this verse is talking about.