ìFor as in the days that were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came,
and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.î Matthew 24:38-39
Noah endured tribulation (the testing of his faith) the entire time he was building
the ark. God had told him it was going to rain for 40 days and 40 nights and Noah
believed the LORD. But in the end, the total number of people saved on the ark
was indeed a remnant, 8 people in all!
ìÖthe longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while
the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were
saved by water.î 1 Peter 3:20b
After Noah and his family entered the ark, how many were saved as the wrath
of God fell upon the world in the form of a flood? Zero! Not one person was left
behind to preach to the masses about the salvation of the Lord.
ìLikewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But
the same 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 is revealed.î
Luke 17:28-30
Lot lived in one of the most godless places in the ancient world, known as
Sodom. This metropolis was comparable to New York City or San Francisco here
in the United States. Plagued by rampant homosexuality, it is from the name of
this city that we get the word sodomy. The Bible says that righteous Lot was
vexed by the wickedness of Sodom.
ìAnd [the LORD turned] the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into
ashes [condemning] them with an overthrow, making them an
ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And
delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the
wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing
and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their
unlawful deeds).î 2 Peter 2:6-8
When the LORD told Abraham of His intention to destroy the cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah: