“Just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be.”

(Matthew 24:27)

Jesus explained to his disciples that in Noah’s day “the Flood came and swept them all away” and added: “So the presence of the Son of man will be.” (Matthew 24:39) The apostle Peter confirmed that “the world of that time suffered destruction when it was flooded with water” and hence the deluge foreshadowed “the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly people.” (2 Peter 3:6, 7) “So the circumstances relating to the end of our world order at Armageddon will be similar to those associated with the ancient Deluge.” – From Kurukshetra to Armageddon – and Your Survival, page 18.

For a while after the flood, there had been only righteous people on earth. But very soon “after the flood of Noah’s day, his great-grandson Nimrod became a tyrant, ‘in opposition to Jehovah.’” (Good News to Make You Happy, page 91) “Then, 352 years after the Flood, Abraham was born,” and at that time most of the world was already “steeped in Babylonian idolatry.” – My Book with Bible Stories, Introduction to Part 2; Insight on the Scriptures, volume I, page 974.

After Armageddon – the antitypical deluge – the joy will be short-lived, too. After only 1,000 years the number of ungodly people will be “as the sand of the sea” again. (Revelation 20:8) God will destroy them another time, and once more only the righteous will survive. Then Jehovah will improve the security of his new capital, so that “anyone who does what is disgusting and deceitful will in no way enter into it.” (Revelation 21:27) But obviously such persons will exist again. Regardless how often “God will destroy the wicked” – he will not succeed in the long run. – The Watchtower, December 1, 2011, page 10.