Question: Complete the following quotation of Jesus: "then shall two be in the field: the..."
Answer: "one shall be taken, and the other left." (Matthew 24:40)
Comments: Tim LaHaye's book series has contributed to the image of being "left behind" as part of common apocalyptic conjecture. The underlying presumption is that the pagan will be left to a turbulent world that the saint gratefully escapes from. This may not be the case. This passage begins with Jesus setting the context as "just like the days of Noah." Matthew 24:37) Baptist scholar George Beasley-Murray (1916-2000), who wrote an entire book on the little Apocalypse of Mark 13, contended that in the days of Noah, it was the righteous, not the sinner, who was left on the earth. (This also conveys a healthier attitude towards life on earth). Careful examination of the text reveals that nowhere in the text does Jesus claim which of the duo is left behind. It may very well be the saint. This would give an entirely new spin on the bumper sticker “In case of rapture this car will be unmanned."
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