From: Michael DePangher (mikedep@direcway.com)
Date: Sat Nov 01 2003 - 00:06:14 EST
Dear Vernon,
You have cited Mat 24:38-39 as evidence of the universality of Noah's flood. I quote the passage here in fuller context for everyone's ease of reference:
NAU Matthew 24:37-42 37 "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. 38 "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. 42 "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
The extended passage clearly argues primarily for the element of surprise in both the flood and the coming of the Son of Man. However, since vs 37 specifically says that "the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah" and vss 40-41 say that at the coming of the Son of Man 50% of all people will be "taken" and 50% will be left behind, we would have to conclude that Matthew is claiming that 50% of the people were killed in Noah's flood and 50% survived. Am I missing something?
Mike DePangher
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Nov 01 2003 - 00:15:00 EST