The question related to this passage is who is taken and who is left behind. This describes a clear separation process. Also, in context, it is clear that one is a believer and the other is not. There will be a separation where one individual will be taken and the other left behind. The illustration used in this parable is straight foreword in both examples. While I tend to like songs about the rapture, (I generally like this song), I do not think Matthew 24:40-42 (compare Luke 17:34-37) is a reference to the rapture, instead, Christ has in mind His second coming. One disappears and one's left standing still. She hears a noise and turns her head, he's gone. This song about the rapture includes the following lines: I was involved in this movement and we rarely met when we did not sing Norman’s song. In the early 1970's, probably the most popular song within the “Jesus movement,” was one entitled: “I Wish We’d All Been Ready,” by Larry Norman. Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.- Matthew 24:40-42 Two women will be grinding at the mill one will be taken, and one will be left. “Then there shall be two men in the field one will be taken, and one will be left. AN INTERPRETATION OF MATTHEW 24-25 by Thomas Ice Part 34 - Matthew 24:40-42 One Will Be Taken
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