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NASB | Matthew 24:40 "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:40 "At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left. |
Subject: Where does it say two were in the field |
Bible Note: This is an interesting thought. Matt 24:40 is not about the rapture at all. This event takes place after the tribulations of Revelation. This event is the gathering of God's elect after the tribulations and return of Christ. This is evident when one starts reading at Matt 24:29 which start out saying "Immediately after the tribulations of those days.....". This is a gathering of among all remaining alive on the earth at the time of Christ's return the ones that have remained faithful to Christ up to the time He arrives. Angels do this gathering on a command to do so. Matt 24: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The above is the same event as in Rev chapter 14. Sequence of events in this chapter. 14:1 Christ on Zion with 144000 who were sealed 14:6 An angel preaches the gospel to all on earth 14:8 An angel announces Babylon was destroyed. 14:9 An angels warns about the mark of the beast 14:15-16 An angel is told to reap the elect of God. This gathering is after Christ's return, but before the second gathering which is the gathering to Armageddon of those who will fight Christ there. To answer the question about who is left: The gathering of the elect by the first angel of God's elect, means the ones that are left are not gathered by this angel. The ones that are left are abandoned by this angel who does the gathering. This is in agreement with the New World Translation of Matt 24:40 which states Matt 24:40 Then two men will be in the field:one will be taken, and the other be abandoned.\ This gathering is not in the right place in the sequence of event to be talking about the "rapture" |