"Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left."
How do you interpret this passage of scripture? Particularly interested in hearing from Preterists or Idealists or Amillenarians/Postmillenarians.
To the man living during that time I believe it would have been easily understood;
1 Thessalonians 5:1, "But concerning the
times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I should write to you."
The 7 Moadim/Feasts of YHWH prophesy about the works of Messiah 1st and 2nd coming, the Feast of
Trumpets starts at the sighting of the new moon, thus
no man can know exactly when that will happen...
5. Feast of
Trumpets/Yom Teruah (
Trumpets) September/October/Messiah returns to earth ("Rapture")
Future, after the tribulation
the King is coming!
Mattithyah 24:29-31, "Immediately, but after the tribulation of those days will the sun be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then will all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His malakim with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of earth to the other."
1 Corinthians 15:50-54, "Now I say this brothers: that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of YHWH; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.Behold, I show you a secret truth: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed--In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory."
Psalm 104:19, "You
appointed the moon for setting the appointed times. The sun knows its going down."
4150 - moed
moed: appointed time, place, or meeting
Original Word: מוֹעֵד
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: moed
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-ade')
Short Definition: meeting
Word Origin from yaad
Definition -
appointed time, place, or meeting
Numbers 29:1, "In the seventh month,
on the first day of the month(moon), you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of
trumpets to you."
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible
And He will send His malakim with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds
one will be taken* and one will be left
Revelation 19:13-15:, "And He was wrapped in a tallit dipped in blood, and the Name of Him is called: Yahshua--The Salvation of Yahweh. And the armies in heaven clothed in fine linen, white and clean, *
followedHim upon white horses, And
out of His mouth goes a sharp, two-edged sword, that with it He
should strike the nations; and He will rule over them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty Yahweh."
