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Jesus' warning may include a moral parallel, but the emphasis appears to be in the context of verse 36, which states, 'of that day and hour no one knows'. Thus, the people went on with their lives, failing to heed the warnings of Noah, 'and did not know until the flood came and took them away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be' (Matt. 24:39). (148:3) Jesus' narration suggests that the people will not see the warnings, that while they are going about their personal business, as in the days of Noah, the returned Christ (the Son of Man) will have already led the faithful into the ark of deliverance. Their heedlessness of God's new Revelation will then bring about their inundation with suffering. This description aptly fits the unfolding of the world's response to Baha'u'llah's message, and the consequences which subsequently swept over the world.
(148:4)
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