Who are the elect gathered in Matthew 24:31?

Chuck Smith read the gathering in Matthew 24:31 through the prophets: "those elect that God will be gathering together from the four winds of the earth are actually the nation Israel, not the church." The elect here are the gathered nation, not a soteriological category. Read Chuck on Zechariah 2:5 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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