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"The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah -
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everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away.
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"It was the same in the time of Lot - the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual
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right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp.
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That's how it will be - sudden, total - when the Son of Man is revealed.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.