Thus eagles in Luke 17:37 could refer angels. In other words, they will experience the glory and not the gory! Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. In this passage it is even clearer that Jesus was referring to His second coming because He said the coming of the Son of Man. This means the illustration of the two men in the field or the two women grinding is not about the rapture. Treasury of Scripture. But we cannot assume that the Lord is talking about the same people when He spoke of some who are taken and received to Himself while others are left; put away in judgment. See texts below. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds FIRST and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn. There we discover Luke 17:30-35 and Matthew 24:37-41 are illustrations of the Judgment of the Nations, which is also called the Sheep and Goat Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46). We are to keep His sacrifice in the presence of their persecutions by not returning evil for their evil. Therefore, we do not know if Jesus was referring to two men, two women or just two people, such as a married couple. For more information about this event, we must read Matthew 25:31-46. Is the Rapture in Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-36? There will be two women grinding together. In the same way it would be wrong to say Jesus was not speaking of the Church when He spoke of other sheep which are not of this fold. heaven, nor the Son,[a] but only the Father. One will be taken and the other left. Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy It only takes a minute to sign up. That is, Ezekiel 39 and Revelation 19 also appear to be parallel as apparent eschatological events of predictive prophecy, since both chapters also mention the birds of prey devouring those judged on earth at that time. After evoking the Great Tribulation in verse 1, the second verse of the song is a poetic restatement of Luke 17:34 and Matthew 24:40: A man and wife asleep in bed,/ She hears a noise and turns her head he's gone;/ I wish we'd all been ready. They will want you to return evil for their evil when they speak against you for receiving it. Whom did you cite saying this? (33) Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and That says, "I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.