Pattern of the Remnant and Destruction

When considering the remnant and the fate of those who aren’t part of the remnant, I think there’s a pattern that emerges. This struck me the other day from out of the blue when studying Isaiah.

PRE-FLOOD
Enoch – called out from the world
Noah – called from the world; world destroyed

PATRIARCH
Abraham – called out from the city (of Ur)
Lot – called out from the city (of Sodom); city destroyed

NATIONS
Jacob’s people – called out of the land of evildoers (Canaan)
Moses’ people – called out of the land of evildoers (Egypt); land destroyed

SAINTS
Christ 1 – Christians called out from the unbelievers (Come out from her)
Christ 2 – Christians called out (with the sound of a trumpet)  from the unbelievers; unbelievers destroyed

I know there’s more of this in the Bible, but these are the ones that immediately popped into my head.

I forget the exact train of thoughts that led to this idea popping into my head, but it had something to do with Isaiah’s promise of the remnant. And it got me to thinking that sometimes there’s a remnant, and other times, there’s a scorched-earth policy; sometimes the remnant are removed from evil and the evil are left to stand, and other times, the remnant are removed and the evil are destroyed. Somewhere along the line, this ‘pattern’ popped into my head, but at this stage, I don’t know if I’m imagining it or if there’s some credibility to it.

I’ve bounced it off some very Biblically knowledgeable people that I know and, so far, they do think there’s a definite pattern here.