For some reason, as I read the passage, Matthew 24: 36-41, it seemed to be saying something different than what I had come to believe, and what I think most Christians probably believe. Could I, we, be misinterpreting the left behind concept in this part of Matthew? As you read these verses, think about who was left behind.

            “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.”   Matthew 24: 37-41 NIV

            Scholars have varying opinions on who was left behind and who was taken. Below is a link to an article that leans toward unrepentant and unbelieving sinners who are taken away, not believers in the Son of Man:

https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/ice_thomas/Mat24-25/Mat24-25_Part34.cfm