三十七节说，主的来临（巴路西亚）要和挪亚的日子一样。这指明主的巴路西亚将临到时，要像挪亚的日子一样，意即主来临前的光景，要像挪亚日子的光景。
三十八、三十九节说，“因为就如在洪水以前的那些日子，人又吃又喝，又娶又嫁，直到挪亚进方舟的那日，并不知道审判要来……”“因为”指明这节是解释主的巴路西亚，为何并如何像挪亚的日子。挪亚的日子有以下几种光景：人沉迷于吃喝、嫁娶；不知道审判要来，直到洪水来了，把他们全都冲去。在主的巴路西亚要临到时，人也照样沉迷于今生的需求，不知道主来临时，神的审判（洪水所象征的）要临到他们。然而，信徒应该脱离迷醉，清醒的知道，基督要来对这败坏的世界施行神的审判。
吃喝、嫁娶是神原初为着人的生存所命定的，但由于人的情欲，撒但就利用这些人生的需求占有人，使人不顾神的权益。到这世代的末了，将近主的巴路西亚时，这种光景要变本加厉。在洪水以前的日子，最显着的特点就是吃喝、嫁娶。这指明那些日子的人被他们属肉体、属世的享受麻醉了。同样的事也发生在今天的社会里。神的仇敌，撒但，利用生活的需求毒化神所创造的人。然而，这不是说，我们不需要吃喝或嫁娶。这一切都是我们生存所必需的。但我们不可让这些事麻醉我们，使我们的感觉迟钝。今天在人类社会中，每一个人，无论尊卑、长幼，感觉都麻木了，这指明人已被这世代吃喝、嫁娶的方式毒化了。这是挪亚日子的光景，也将是主巴路西亚要临到时的光景。洪水使审判临到挪亚时代被麻醉的人。巴路西亚要使神的审判临到这被麻醉且背叛的世界。
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The Situation of the Lord’s Second Coming – Matt. 24:37-39
Matthew 24:37 says, “For as the days of Noah were, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.” This indicates that the Lord’s parousia will be a period of time. This period will be as the days of Noah; that is, the situation of the Lord’s parousia will be like that in the days of Noah.
Matthew 24:38-39 say, “For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day in which Noah entered into the ark, and they did not know until the flood came…” “For” indicates that this verse is the explanation of why and how the Lord’s parousia will be as the days of Noah. It is because in the days of Noah the following conditions existed: people were befuddled by eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage; and they did not know until the flood came and took them away. During the Lord’s parousia, people will be the same: befuddled by the necessities of this life and not knowing that God’s judgment (signified by the flood) will come upon them by the Lord’s coming. The believers, however, should be de-drugged and soberly know that Christ is coming to execute God’s judgment upon this corrupted world.
Eating, drinking and marriage were originally ordained by God for man’s existence. But due to man’s lust, Satan utilizes these necessities of human life to occupy man and keep him from God’s interests. Toward the end of this age, this situation will be intensified and will reach its climax during the Lord’s parousia. The most striking features of the days before the flood were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage. This indicates that the people of those days were drugged by their fleshly and worldly enjoyment. The same thing is happening in society today. The enemy of God, Satan, utilizes the necessities of life to poison the people created by God. However, this does not mean that there is no need for us to eat, drink or get married. All this is necessary for our existence. But we must not allow these things to drug us and to dull our senses. In human society today the senses of every person, high or low, old or young, are numb, indicating that the people have been poisoned by the way of this age in eating, drinking and giving in marriage. This was the situation in the days of Noah, and it will be the situation at the time of the Lord’s parousia. The flood brought judgment upon the drugged people of Noah’s day, while the parousia will bring God’s judgment upon this drugged world.