Do you think the below Scripture is referring to some pre-tribulation rapture?

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." -Matthew 24:34-42

Many believe or teach that the "took them all away" part is referring to the rapture. People will use Noah's ark as a rapture example, and say that just as Noah and his family were saved in the ark, so too will the rapture be. This passage isn't referring to the rapture, and I can show you that, clear as day. The above passage is referring to a completely different event, which is given in more detail in Revelation, and many of the Old Testament prophecy books. We'll get into that event in a few moments, so hang on.

First, what is the generation that shall not pass "till all these things be fulfilled?" It is the generation that saw the events prophesied earlier in the chapter. That generation will see the fulfillment of the tribulation, and then Christ's second coming. Then, one thousand years after the tribulation, heaven and earth will "pass away," and be reformed. This is what "Heaven and earth shall pass away" above means. We can see more detail about this part, in the below Scripture:

"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?" -2 Peter 3:10-13

The day of the Lord is from Christ's second coming at Armageddon, until after the one thousand years, when the heavens and earth are melted in fervent heat. Then begins the day of God - the heavens and earth being burnt, and then recreated as new heavens, and a new earth, finally and fully releasing the curse that was put on all creation since the fall of man with Adam. No more supernovae and other violent space anomalies, no more cursed earth. All creation will be returned to how it was, before the fall.

The above is further expounded upon in Revelation:

"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." -Revelation 20:7-21:1

Next, our Matthew 24 passage says "but of that day and hour knoweth no man." What day? It's not the rapture. The rapture occurs mid-trib, at the seventh (last) trumpet. We were already shown the rapture happening in Matthew 24:30-31. See also 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 and Revelation 11:15-18. The day and hour is for Christ's second coming - not the rapture. It's true, we don't know the day or hour of the rapture, and because of that, we also don't know the day or hour of the second coming. We know this portion of the passage must be referring to the second coming, and not the rapture, because it already described the rapture before this passage, in this chapter. For more information and study of this, see A Matthew 24 Parallel.

Next, our key passage in this article tells us that in the days preceding Christ's second coming, it will be like how the days of Noah were. Recall that God flooded the world, because:

"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them." -Genesis 6:5-7

When Christ comes back, the world will largely be back in that condition again. All Christians will have already been raptured, so the only Christians on the earth during that time will be ones who became Christians after the rapture occurred. This world can continue getting more and more evil, but it cannot be brought completely back like the days of Noah, of "the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually," until after Christians are removed in the mid tribulation rapture. Christians are the restrainers, the withholders. In the Old King James Bible language, we're called those who let - let meant to stay, keep back, withhold, or restrain:

"For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way." -2 Thessalonians 2:7

The same chapter as the verse above also tells us that the rapture cannot occur until after a great falling away, and the revealing of the son of perdition:

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition" -2 Thessalonians 2:3.

As per Daniel 11 and 12, Revelation 12, Daniel's seventieth week and the abomination of desolation, this doesn't happen until the middle of the tribulation, which means the rapture is mid-trib, not pre. For more Scriptures and information about this, see Pre-Trib Rapture Deception.

As the above Scriptures clearly show us, the world cannot fully return to full sinful condition as of the days of Noah, pre-flood, until after the mid-tribulation rapture of the Christians.

The people being 'taken away' in our Matthew 24:34-42 passage cannot be the rapture, because the rapture had already happened by this point. Further, notice it says "they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage." The subject here is of the people who are sinning, NOT Noah and his family. Now see "Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away." Who are "them?" If you think it's Noah and his family, you are mistaken. The antecedent of "them" is the original "they" in the passage, which clearly refers to the sinners, not to Noah and his family. How were "they" taken away? They were destroyed. They were drowned. They were killed in the flood. Don't take my word for it. Let us let Scripture interpret Scripture. Luke tells us the same thing as the Matthew passage, but goes into more detail. Let's take a look, and then it should all come clear. First, though, let's review our main Matthew passage, to refresh our memories of what it says, and then following that will be the parallel Luke passage. Here we go:

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." -Matthew 24:34-42

And now for our Luke parallel passage:

"And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 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. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together." -Luke 17:26-37

The Luke passage makes it clear that the ones who are taken away are the ones who are killed. The ones taken away during Noah's flood are the ones who died in the flood waters. The ones taken away during the judgment of Sodom were those who were killed. We can also now see that where it gives us examples of two people, one taken and the other left, that the one taken is the one who dies, and the one left is the one who survives. Dies from what? Survives what? Think about it. When Jesus comes back, the Bible says he'll be coming in the midst of the battle of Armageddon, and He then makes an end to the war, in which the nations are basically fighting against God. There will be a very high death toll. Notice our Luke passage ends with "Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together." This is our cue that Armageddon is the scene here. Compare our Matthew and Luke passages with the below, and see for yourself:

"And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh." -Revelation 19:14-21

When interpreting Scripture with Scripture, it is abundantly clear that Matthew 24:34-42 is not referring to the rapture, but rather to Christ's second coming and Armageddon. The day of the Lord.