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NASB | Matthew 24:39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:39 and they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be [unexpected judgment]. [Gen 6:5-8; 7:6-24] |
Subject: left during flood,left second coming |
Bible Note: Hello Markarios, Very interesting excerpts taken from that book. Jesus is talking about 2 separate comings in Matthew 24. One that comes in Power and Great Glory is not one that comes as a thief. Jesus is going to come as a thief in the night. Now when a thief comes in the night; he comes, he takes what he wants and he's gone, and nobody knows it. This is how the rapture will be. Jesus will raise the dead and we that are left behind will be caught up with him in the clouds. 1Thes. 4:17 "Caught up" is a Greek translation of the Greek word, which literally means to seize as a robber seizes a prize. The Latin word, from which we get he word "rapture", is raptus, meaning to seize by force. Thus we have as the meaning of rapture that one day, Christ is coming to rob the world of his jewels (or his redeemed ones) to take them into heaven with them. Another interesting thing Jesus said was that it will be as in the days of Noah. Matthew 24: 37) But as the days of Noe 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. Now in those days they were partying, without a care in the world. This is not going to be the case during the tribulation my friend. Rev. Chapter 8 7) Hail and fire……1/3 part of the trees and all the grass is burnt up. 8-9) 1/3 part of the creatures in the sea die, and 1/3 part of the ships are destroyed. 10-11) Many men die because the waters are made bitter because of a star slamming into the rivers 12) 1/3 part of the sun and moon and stars were darkened 13) and I quote “ Woe, Woe, Woe, to the inhabiters of the earth And on and on it goes….. Rev Chapter 16:9 The pouring out of the vials. “And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.” This sure doesn’t sound like giving to marriage and drinking. Acts 1:11 …"Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven." The whole world did not see Jesus taken up into a cloud, as we will be when he comes back for us. The whole world will see Jesus coming back in Power and Great Glory. Rev 3:10 clearly states that the Lord will spare his church from the hour of temptation to test those who dwell on the earth. Those who dwell on the earth, or earth dwellers are those who have no interest in Heaven. The church is not of this world. 1 Thes 1:10 “and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come”. We are already delivered from hell and death and this is not what it says. “Rescues” is something that hasn’t happened yet but will. 2 Peter 5:9 “then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the Day of Judgment”, You wrote, “"Peter simply repeats what he had been taught by his Lord- the truth that when Christ returns, He will come to simultaneously rescue His saints and destroy the wicked." Let’s not forget the 1000-year reign of our Lord while Satan is in the bottomless pit. If the wicked is simultaneously destroyed then who is on the earth to Judge and reign over during the 1000-year reign? Who is on the earth for Satan to deceive for a season when he is loosed from the bottomless pit? This my friend, is my humble view Love in Christ Barry |