Originally posted by isshinwhat
Matthew 24
37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left. Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
I'm guessing the main part of this chapter you were referring to was the part about one man being left and one remaining. I've heard this used in defense of a pre-trip rapture, which I understand you do not believe in, but I think it says the exact opposite. Notice this "snatching" is linked to the flood of Noah. In the flood of Noah, the ones left behind weren't the evil ones, they were members of Noah's family, the Holy ones! I believe this is referring to the threshing of the field which Christ spoke about.
What do you think?
Neal
YES!! I agree!! Those who were 'taken' were killed, and those who were 'left behind' were saved by God's grace. Well that's how I look at it =)
By the way I believe Matthew 24:15-16 were fulfilled in the first century at the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
Therefore when you see the "abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand), "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains (Matt 24:15-16, NKJV)
By the way, here's what
Eusebius Pamphilus said concerning this passage:
"
But the people of the church in Jerusalem had been commanded by a revelation, vouchsafed to approved men there before the war, to leave the city and to dwell in a certain town of Perea called Pella. "
"--all these things, as well as the many great sieges which were carried on against the cities of Judea, and the excessive. sufferings endured by those that fled to Jerusalem itself, as to a city of perfect safety, and finally the general course of the whole war, as well as its particular occurrences in detail, and how at last the
abomination of desolation, proclaimed by the prophets, stood in the very temple of God, so celebrated of old, the temple which was now awaiting its total and final destruction by fire,-- all these things any one that wishes may find accurately described in the history written by Josephus." (Ecclesiastical History, Book III, Ch. 5)
Then there's
St. Chrysostom:
"For this it seems to me that the
abomination of desolation means the army by which the holy city of Jerusalem was made desolate." (The Ante-Nicene Fathers)
Clement of Alexandria:
"For he said that there were two thousand three hundred days from the time that the
abomination of Nero stood in the holy city, till its destruction... These two thousand three hundred days make six years four months, during the half of which Nero held sway" (The Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2, p. 334)
Fascinating isn't it? =)
-Jason