I keep seeing those on the Pre-tribulational Rapture doctrine wrongly interpret what our Lord Jesus was teaching below using the flood of Noah's day in connection with events for the last days...
Luke 17:26-27
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
KJV
The Matthew 24 version...
Matt 24:38-39
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
KJV
In both accounts, Jesus is declaring how those outside the ark were destroyed, and taken.
In Luke 17, further down towards the end of the Chapter, Jesus shows about one taken and the other left. His disciples then ask Him, "Where, Lord" in the last verse, wanting to know where those would be taken to. His answer was about wherever the fowls eating dead carcase, that's where they would be taken to. So to be TAKEN, or being the first one TAKEN, is NOT... a Salvation analogy in God's Word at all.
Even in Isaiah 28, we are warned about those who refused to heed God's Word line upon line, precept upon precept, and God revealed the result of refusing to do that...
Isa 28:13
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
KJV
That actually is our Heavenly Father's Message there, that those who refused study of His Word in that line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little, type method, then His Word would become a snare to those who refuse, and this so they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. In the Hebrews, the pronouncing of the words for "precept upon precept...", etc., is like a mocking song. It's about God mocking their refusal to do it His Way.
Because of this, God's Word has become a "rock of offense" for many. Those who heed the way God showed to study there can easily distinguish those preachers who grab a couple verses out of God's Word and go to town with it talking more about uncle Bob, their new house and car, etc., instead sticking to God's Holy Writ line upon line. A line upon line Bible teaching also keeps the opportunity for man to misteach, take away, or add to Scripture at a minimum. That's why those whom God did not call, that do not really know His Word, cannot teach His Word line upon line, chapter by chapter. They'll even laugh at you if ask them to do it that way.
That is why things happen like Pre-trib Rapture folk's misuse of the 'taken' idea from Luke 17 and Matt.24, when it is not a good thing at all, because it refers to the wicked and deceived being 'taken', i.e., those outside... Noah's ark.
Luke 17:26-27
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
KJV
The Matthew 24 version...
Matt 24:38-39
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
KJV
In both accounts, Jesus is declaring how those outside the ark were destroyed, and taken.
In Luke 17, further down towards the end of the Chapter, Jesus shows about one taken and the other left. His disciples then ask Him, "Where, Lord" in the last verse, wanting to know where those would be taken to. His answer was about wherever the fowls eating dead carcase, that's where they would be taken to. So to be TAKEN, or being the first one TAKEN, is NOT... a Salvation analogy in God's Word at all.
Even in Isaiah 28, we are warned about those who refused to heed God's Word line upon line, precept upon precept, and God revealed the result of refusing to do that...
Isa 28:13
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
KJV
That actually is our Heavenly Father's Message there, that those who refused study of His Word in that line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little, type method, then His Word would become a snare to those who refuse, and this so they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. In the Hebrews, the pronouncing of the words for "precept upon precept...", etc., is like a mocking song. It's about God mocking their refusal to do it His Way.
Because of this, God's Word has become a "rock of offense" for many. Those who heed the way God showed to study there can easily distinguish those preachers who grab a couple verses out of God's Word and go to town with it talking more about uncle Bob, their new house and car, etc., instead sticking to God's Holy Writ line upon line. A line upon line Bible teaching also keeps the opportunity for man to misteach, take away, or add to Scripture at a minimum. That's why those whom God did not call, that do not really know His Word, cannot teach His Word line upon line, chapter by chapter. They'll even laugh at you if ask them to do it that way.
That is why things happen like Pre-trib Rapture folk's misuse of the 'taken' idea from Luke 17 and Matt.24, when it is not a good thing at all, because it refers to the wicked and deceived being 'taken', i.e., those outside... Noah's ark.