MATTHEW 24:32-41
DEEPER STUDY # 3
(24:38) Eating (trogontes): to gnaw; to chew. It has the idea of grabbing and gnawing greedily like a hungry dog. Here it
means the habitual practice of eating with a gluttonous appetite, eating excessively.
DEEPER STUDY # 4
(24:38) Drinking (pinontes): to drink; to participate in the partying spirit of drink; to participate in the abomination of drink-
ing. The idea is a habitual practice, drinking to excess (cp. Gal.5:21; cp. Eph.5:18).
“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares” (Lk.21:34).
“Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the king-
dom of God” (1 Cor.6:10).
“Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him
drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!” (Hab.2:15).
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(24:40-41) Jesus Christ, Return: the coming of the Lord will be a time of separation and judgment. Several things are
seen in these two verses.
1. On the day when Jesus comes, no one knows He is coming, not even believers. All go about their affairs, their oc-
cupations as usual.
2. On the day when Jesus comes, while people are going about their affairs, all of a sudden one shall be taken and the
other left.
3. On the day when Jesus comes, there will be separation from those nearest us—from those right by our side. The be-
liever will be caught up to be with the Lord; the unbeliever will be left behind to face judgment (v.30-31, 50-51; cp.
2 Th.1:7-10).
“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the rea-
pers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the
wheat into my barn” (Mt.13:30).
“So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked
from among the just” (Mt.13:49).
“And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats” (Mt.25:32).
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal”
(Mt.25:46).
“And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would
pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence”
(Lk.16:26).
“I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the
other shall be left” (Lk.17:34).
Thought 1. The basis of separation and judgment is belief. In Noah’s day no one believed the message of righ-
teousness. Only the man who believes the message of righteousness and adheres to it will be taken
(2 Cor.5:21 cp. Jn.3:16; Mt.24:13).
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