~Matthew 24.37-42 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.
“Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.
“So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.
People enjoy food--even when judgement is at the door.
The second thing that stands out to me here is how much preparing for food was part of daily life, far much more than today. Today we may spend all day at an office or factory or shop or school then pick up something out of a package for dinner. In those days, the average person spent much more time growing and preparing food. Working in the fields, grinding grain--common scenes. I bet that fresh bread from the newly ground grain was delicious.
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