April 17, 2010 – Matthew 24:14-24:44

One of the things that has been pointed out with this talk of the end times and the books and the idea of being left behind.  When Jesus is talking about this, He talks about Noah and the flood and relates that to the end.  Right after that is when He says one will be taken and one will be left behind.  All the rapture and left behind novels are based on the idea that those that are taken are the holy ones and those left behind are left to fend in a different kind of world.  But in the story of Noah, those left behind are the holy ones, Noah and his family.  I don’t see how an interpretation of being left behind can ignore the context of Jesus talking about Noah just verses ahead of it.