As the Lord is explaining the circumstances of the period just before the Great Tribulation and His return to this earth He mentions several activities, which one could reasonably view as normal day-to-day living. He further refers to two periods of human history wherein these activities were taking place just prior to a cataclysm of huge proportions. One was the Flood and the other was the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. People are dining, drinking, getting married, conducting business activities, and farming as well as constructing buildings. On the face of the comments these activities seem innocent enough and don’t appear sufficiently evil to warrant a world wide Flood and the destruction of two cities in divine retribution. What the Lord is saying here is their preoccupation was with these activities and not Him. You will turn from the way (Deut. 31:29); you will all fall away this night (Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27); many will fall away (Matt. 24:10); when persecution comes he falls away (Matt. 13:21; Mark 4:17); they believe for a while and in time of temptation they fall away (Luke 8:13); the day of the Lord will be preceded by apostasy (2 Thess. 2:3); in the l
