Matthew 24:40

 Matthew 24:40 says, Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  Jesus said people would be going about their normal lives and one would be taken and one left, and you do not want to be the one left.  Verse forty-one adds, Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  This is just another example of people going about everyday life, but I don't  believe that this means that half of the people will be saved and half left behind.  Verse forty-two states, Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.  We will never know when Jesus is returning, but we know that we are to continue to work and be ready when He does.  Verse forty-three adds, But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.  Jesus tells us that even though we do not know when He will return that we should always be ready.  Verse forty -four declares, Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.  Jesus tells us that we are not to try to pinpoint His return, but to be ready, because when we least expect it, He will return.  Verse forty-five adds, Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?  Jesus said a faithful servant will do his or her job responsibly because he or she has faith in their lord meeting his or her needs.  Verse forty-six says, Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.  Those servants who are doing what they should be doing will be rewarded when their lord returns.  I don't believe this means that we work for rewards from God, but that He rewards us for our faithfulness to Him.   Verse forty-seven declares, Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.  If we are faithful in doing what we should for God,  He will give us a great reward, and there is no greater reward than everlasting life with God.  Verse forty-eight warns, But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;  Verse forty-nine continues, And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;  Jesus then spoke of the evil servant, who when his lord did not return quickly, started to do whatever he wanted to do.  Some people, who claim to accept Jesus as their Savior and Lord, when time passes and things haven't gone as they wanted, will begin to question God and if Jesus really is going to return.  Then, too often, they revert to life as it was before.  Verse fifty declares, The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,  Verse fifty-one adds,  And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  Basically,  Jesus tells us that He is going to return when we least expect it, so we are to not concern ourselves with when, but are simply to be ready whenever He returns.