What was it in Noah's day that caused such an outpouring of evil to cover the earth? Note it and note it well: it was their marriage discipline, their disregard of proper family relations, their gluttony and their drunkenness--all of which led to wars and carnality and corruption.
When Noah cried repentance to the people, they said: "Behold, we are the sons of God"--they claimed for themselves the blessings of true religion, thought they lived after the manner of the world--"have we not taken unto ourselves the daughters of men?" Men were marrying out of the Church because they preferred a lewd and lascivious way of life rather than the one decreed in proper matrimony. "And are we not eating and drinking, and marrying and giving in marriage?" Theirs was a life of gluttony and drunkenness. "And our wives bear unto us children, and the same are mighty men, which are like unto men of old, men of great renown" (see Moses 8:21).
Is it any different today? Never in the entire history of the world has there ever been such an assault on the family unit as there is now. In some nations women work and the state rears their children. Women are handed rifles and taught the ways of war, and they are employed alongside men in drudgery and labor that destroys feminine sensitivities. Homosexuality is becoming too common, and none of it should be accepted. Millions of couples live together in sin. Death-dealing abortions have legal approval. Courses given in public schools encourage and approve immoral practices. Prostitution is legal in some jurisdictions, or not controlled in others.
All this and all else prevailing in our social structure make us wonder how much worse things must become before the burning fires of destruction shall cover the earth.
Truly, "by the word of God," the earth in Noah's day was "overflowed with water," and its inhabitan6ts "perished". And so, the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men" (2 Peter 3:5-7).
So says the holy word, and so shall it be.
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