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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].(A) 40 At that time two men will be in the field; one will be [a]taken [for judgment] and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:40 This is not the removal of the church described in 1 Thess 4:13-18 and Rev 3:10. The one taken is taken for judgment just as the wicked were taken by the flood in Noah’s day. The one left is left to enter the kingdom that Christ will establish.

39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.(A) 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.(B) 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.(C)

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