Matthew 24:40. Then shall two men be in the field. Until that time Christ's people are to be in companionship with the world.

One is taken, i.e., gathered as one of the elect (Matthew 24:31). The one ‘taken' is the blessed one. There is no direct allusion to death. This differs from the event referred to in Matthew 24:16-18, where voluntary flight is commanded, and from the judgment (chap. Matthew 25:31 ff.) where all are gathered.

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Old Testament