All who are not taken up to meet the Lord in the air when He comes will be left behind and killed.

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Spiritual Israelite

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I think you have misunderstood!

1.Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather

2.Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

3.Are the two men the same person? One is the flesh, one is the soul; one is sinner, one is Righteous.one is old, one is made New.
Did you read my post or not? You are not specifically addressing anything I said.

No, the two men are not the same. It's talking about one being bodily taken up to meet the Lord in the air and the other being left behind and killed, as I pointed out.
 

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"FALSE"! How Long Will You Continue?

Many just don't want to let go of their little pet 1,000 year kingdom on this earth that doesn't exist in scripture
Notice that he doesn't even attempt to address what I said in the original post. Very telling.
 

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34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.” [36] 37 “Where, Lord?” they asked. He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”

These are 2 different people, one is a saved person, the other is an unbelieving person.
Scripturally there is only 2 kinds of people, the saved and the damned

Those damned are those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel. They perish as without the Lord of Life being their God, they have no life.

We are all of us born with physical life in this world, but only believers have an eternal spiritual life and are prepared and made ready for the life to come with God after their natural death.

My POV is the ones taken are taken away to destruction and death, and the ones who remain inherit the new earth and reign with Christ.
I take that also from the parable of the Tares where they are removed out of His kingdom.
When Christ returns all the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdom of the Lord and His Christ, so God is thoroughly cleaning house.

The Parable of the Tares Explained
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

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Psalm 24

The King of Glory and His Kingdom​

A Psalm of David.​

1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.

2 For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the [a]waters.

3 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
Or who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah

7 Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory. Selah
It seems to me that Jesus is clearly only talking about what happens physically to the one taken and one left when He comes because He talks about that in the same context of what happened with the flood in Noah's day and what happened in Sodom in Lot's day. So, I don't think He had in mind what will happen at the judgment there.
 

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It seems to me that Jesus is clearly only talking about what happens physically to the one taken and one left when He comes because He talks about that in the same context of what happened with the flood in Noah's day and what happened in Sodom in Lot's day. So, I don't think He had in mind what will happen at the judgment there.
A part of their judgement is their being destroyed, at His second coming.
The wrath of God on them is a judgment of them.
The Day of vengeance of our God, I view as part of the judgment process.
 

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The "Day of Vengeance" is a significant biblical theme that appears in both the Old and New Testaments, often associated with God's judgment and justice. It is a day when God enacts retribution against His enemies and vindicates His people. This concept is deeply rooted in the prophetic literature and is integral to understanding the nature of divine justice and eschatology.


It's not just passive destruction by fire of the ungodly when Christ returns, it is active wrath. He takes vengeance on them
 

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A part of their judgement is their being destroyed, at His second coming.
The wrath of God on them is a judgment of them.
The Day of vengeance of our God, I view as part of the judgment process.
But, again, Jesus was comparing physical things with physical things by comparing what will happen at His second coming with what happened in the flood in Noah's day and what happened in Sodom in Lot's day. I know that judgment occurs right after that, but I don't think that is in view in that particular passage. But, believe what you want.