{"id":5579,"date":"2019-10-03T15:02:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T22:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&p=5579"},"modified":"2019-10-03T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T03:45:15","slug":"left-behind","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/left-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLeft Behind\u201d in the Days of Noah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Nicholas J. Schaser \/ 20190628<\/p>\n

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The idea of the \u201cRapture\u201d comes from interpretations of Scripture that see believers being\u00a0taken out of this world into heaven<\/a>. According to this view, the clearest rapture-reference in the Gospels appears in the Olivet discourse, in which Jesus says that some will be \u201ctaken\u201d and others \u201cleft\u201d (cf. Matt 24:40-42; Lk 17:34-35). When read in isolation, this statement may sound like a record of the Rapture; however, the broader context clarifies that\u00a0those who are \u201ctaken\u201d are not whisked to heaven, but rather taken away in judgment, while those who are \u201cleft\u201d will remain with the Son of Man in the kingdom of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Olivet discourse, Jesus declares, \u201cTwo men will be in the field; one will be taken (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u1f71\u03bd\u03c9;\u00a0paralamb\u00e1no<\/em>) and one will be left (\u1f00\u03c6\u1f77\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9;\u00a0aph\u00edemi<\/em>). Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.\u00a0Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on which day your Lord is coming\u201d (Matt 24:40-42).<\/a>\u00a0The popular\u00a0Left Behind<\/em>\u00a0book series takes its title from these verses, and understand them to mean that some will be \u201ctaken\u201d to heaven in the Rapture, while others will be \u201cleft behind\u201d for the tribulation on earth.\u00a0However, the Messiah\u2019s actual message offers the opposite picture: those who are \u201ctaken\u201d will experience a tribulation, and those who are \u201cleft\u201d will be saved from it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just before Yeshua(Jesus) mentions those \u201ctaken\u201d and \u201cleft,\u201d he states, \u201cAs were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and\u00a0took them all away<\/strong>\u00a0(\u1f26\u03c1\u03b5\u03bd \u1f05\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2;\u00a0aeren hapantas<\/em>),\u00a0so will be the coming of the Son of Man\u201d (Matt 24:37-39)<\/a>. In this context,\u00a0Jesus asserts that just as people in Noah\u2019s day were \u201ctaken\u201d by the floodwaters, people will be taken in judgment at the second coming.<\/strong>\u00a0Conversely, just as the righteous Noah and his family were \u201cleft behind\u201d on the earth when everyone else was \u201ctaken,\u201d the righteous will be left behind when the Son of Man returns. Whereas the\u00a0Left Behind<\/em>\u00a0series understands being \u201ctaken\u201d as a good scenario \u2014 namely, being raptured to safety in heaven \u2014 in the biblical context being \u201ctaken\u201d is a very bad thing. On the other hand,\u00a0to be \u201cleft behind\u201d is to be spared from eschatological judgment and to join the Son of Man in his Father\u2019s eternal kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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