"Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons... forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving..." — 1 Timothy 4:1-3 The original Greek word used for "forbid" (kōlyontōn) means to hinder, prevent, or block someone from doing something that is otherwise lawful and good. "For every creation of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving" (1 Timothy 4:4). The Bible reaffirms that marriage was created by God in Genesis as a foundational blessing, a command to be fruitful and multiply, and any belief or teaching that devalues marriage distorts God's original design. In Matthew 24:38-39, Jesus stated: "For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." In the last days, in which we are living society will be highly focused on self-fulfillment, social status, and personal gain in their own careers , while remaining completely oblivious to spiritual warnings and God's timeline. In the original Greek text, the words for "marrying and giving in marriage" imply a continuous, casual repetition. In other words, they had no regard for the Holiness and sanctity of marriage. Many Bible commentators note that this points to a perversion of the marriage covenant. Ancient Jewish and Christian traditions state that homosexuality and bestiality were widely practiced in the days of Noah. The biblical text of Genesis 6 describes the era as one of rampant, continual wickedness, and early rabbinic literature—such as the Midrash—details that the inhabitants fully legalized and celebrated these unions. The Midrash: The traditional Jewish commentary on the book of Genesis explicitly cites the legalization of same-sex marriage and bestiality as the final provocation that caused God to send the flood.