Matthew 24:37-42

 

But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.  For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

 

Up until verse 37 these are verses concerning the Second Coming at the end of the Tribulation. The language seems pretty clear plus there are the indicators of the Fall Festivals--great trumpet and "no one knows the day" (Rosh Hashanah).

 

However, in verse 37 there is a subject change and apparently a different kind of return. It seems most people have taken this as another illustration of the same event, but if it is not, then it seems pretty clear that this is the Rapture. Here when He comes it will be a surprise--the thief in the night to the unbeliever doing busines as usual. This of course cannot be the case in the preceding events where there is the Tribulation, the darkening of the sun, etc. Using the day counts of Daniel/Revelation and the Fall Festivals--it should be obvious by then.

 

This quiet coming of the Lord is then associated with the day of entering the Ark and then the day the Flood came. So Rosh Hashanah is the Second Coming whereas the Rapture is associated with Heshvan 10 or 17. Does this not seem to make perfect sense in dividing the Scripture this way?

 

Daniel Matson

 

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