The days of Noah leading up to the flood were marked by immorality of every sort. Never before in Ancient Israel had ungodliness prevailed to such extremes.
Careless attitudes towards the sanctity of sex, and marriage, plagued this morally bankrupt generation.
Jesus Christ remarked in the New Testament about these conditions when He said that people were "marrying and giving out in marriage". This phrase indicates a lax attitude about the construct of marriage, seen in our society today. All respect for the commands and words of God had been lost.
In fact, Genesis 6:2 says that the, "sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose".
It is interesting to note that the Hebrew word for "wives" means "woman", regardless of whether she was married or not.
Careless attitudes towards the sanctity of sex, and marriage, plagued this morally bankrupt generation.
Jesus Christ remarked in the New Testament about these conditions when He said that people were "marrying and giving out in marriage". This phrase indicates a lax attitude about the construct of marriage, seen in our society today. All respect for the commands and words of God had been lost.
In fact, Genesis 6:2 says that the, "sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose".
It is interesting to note that the Hebrew word for "wives" means "woman", regardless of whether she was married or not.