For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing[3] that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."
"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."