Gospel of Matthew Chapter 24 Vs. 37

 No One Knows That Day and Hour

Matthew 24:37 “But as the days of Noah [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”

as the days... The days of Noah before the flood. There were giants in those days and also after that, i.e., after the flood. Jesus’ emphasis here is not so much on the extreme wickedness of Noah’s day (Gen. 6:5), but on the people’s preoccupation with mundane matters of everyday life (eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage (verse 38), when judgment fell suddenly.

They had received warnings, in the form of Noah’s preaching (2Pet. 2:5), and the ark itself, which was a testimony to the judgment that was to come. But they were unconcerned about such matters and therefore were swept away unexpectedly in the midst of their daily activities.

But for those who are not watching, it will be too late-it will be with them as with those who lived at the close of the very first dispensation, who were "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the Goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore, be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

But the period before His coming will be like the time in the days of Noah. People then were enjoying the normal pursuits of life, with no awareness of imminent judgment. Life continued normally for the people of Noah’s day for they were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage. But the Flood came and took them all away. It was sudden and they were unprepared.