Translation
and they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away; the coming
Go to footnote numberof the Son of Man will also be like that.
Paraphrase
they were clueless about the danger until the flood came upon them and swept them all away. The glorious arrival of GOD’S ANSWER TO MAN’S PROBLEM will be just like that.
Footnotes
1: “the coming”
Once again this is the word for when a king shows up to do what no one else can do.
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN WILL ALSO BE LIKE THAT
People will be living their lives in what they consider to be normal ways, not paying attention to God, and they will be caught off guard. The people of Noah’s day should have known that a flood was coming for Noah had been preaching and building for many years. Some of them ignored him and were not ready. Some of them probably thought they had more time and were caught outside the vessel of salvation. This is another example in which people should have known that it was coming but they could not predict when. As the flood actually began, they knew it was true, they knew it was upon them, and they knew it was too late. The point is not to try to figure it out ahead of time, the message is “be ready because the timing is unpredictable.”