The Days of Noah (Part 1)

Christ warned us that in the last days before his return that our societies, our lifestyles, our economies, our world would be just as it was during the Days of Noah: 'But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ' Matthew 24:37 Now what occurred during the days of Noah to make God decided that he wanted to destroy the entire world? Some would say sin, but "Sin" is breaking Gods Laws and/or doing anything that is forbidden of the Lords Commands. Did God Command the world during the days of Noah to follow his instructions, his laws, his ways? Did they start to stray from the ways of God, like we are today and is this the real reason why God destroyed the world during the days of Noah: "And when Enoch had ascended into heaven, all the kings of the earth rose and took Methuselah his son and anointed him, and they caused him to reign over them in the place of his father. And Methuselah acted uprightly in the sight of God, as his father Enoch had taught him, and he likewise during the whole of his life taught the sons of men wisdom, knowledge and the fear of God, and he did not turn from the good way either to the right or to the left. But in the latter days of Methuselah, the sons of men turned from the Lord, they corrupted the earth, they robbed and plundered each other, and they rebelled against God and they transgressed, and they corrupted their ways, and would not hearken to the voice of Methuselah, but rebelled against him." Jasher 4:2-4 Noah preached to the world for 120 years. Proclaiming to them to follow the Laws, Ways, Commandments of the Lord, but they refused to listen: “And after the lapse of many years, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the life of Noah, when all those men, who followed the Lord had died away from amongst the sons of men, and only Methuselah was then left, God said unto Noah and Methuselah, saying, Speak ye, and proclaim to the sons of men, saying, Thus saith the Lord, return from your evil ways and forsake your works, and the Lord will repen