Well actually I think you misread my post but you can think as you wish. What I said is the pre trib Is Not Found in Mat 24. And it isn't. Matthew 24 is not speaking about an event where believers before the great tribulation are caught up in the air. Are you saying it is speaking of that ?
Yes I'm saying part of Matt 24 is about the pretrib rapture. These verses are about the pretrib rapture.
Matt 24
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I realize that you don't think the verses about Noah in Matt 24 are about a pretrib rapture.....because you believe that the flood destroyed the ones that are taken....as you can see in Luke 17.
Luke 17
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
However, there are things that should be considered. One these thing is that they were eating and drinking until the day that Noah entered the ark. We know that Noah entered the ark
7 days before the flood. In other words destruction does not come until the flood comes. The flood does not come when Noah enters the ark.
Something else we should consider. Jesus says we can escape ALL THE THINGS THAT WILL COME TO PASS. That means that Noah enters the ark...BEFORE......this verse.
Matt 24
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
The church can escape all the things that will come to pass 7 days before the flood. The church will also not know when he is coming.
However, there are others that are told to lookup when they see these things begin to come to pass. They will know that there redemption is near. They will be raptured before the wrath of God. It will be like the days of Lot. The very day Lot left Sodom, destruction came. And notice that Lot went out from Sodom when destruction came.
