Who said anything about scattered? The word is 'harpazo' which means to be seize by force; snatch up, suddenly and decisively . The same word is used to describe when Paul was 'caught up' to the third heaven, and when the Male Child is 'caught up to God's throne and when Philip was snatched away from the eunuch.
The reason that the word church/ekklesia is not used again, is because the church is no longer on the earth. In chapters 1 thru 3, the word ekklesia is used 19 times and then it is never used during the narrative of God's wrath. Revelation 4:1 is a prophetic allusion to the church being gathered up by that voice that sounds like a trumpet, which is the Lords, saying "come up here"
"Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
"Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen."
The teaching that the 'one taken' is the gathering of the church is an old teaching and a false one. Those who are taken in the parable are the wicked at the end of the age, for they are being compared to those wicked who were taken away in flood. So the comparison is wicked to wicked. These are the ones who are collected by the angels at the end of the age and will be brought back to where the Lord is to be killed by that double-edged sword which proceeds from His mouth, which is figurative for the word of God. In Luke's version when the Lord says 'one will be taken and the other left' the disciples ask "Where, Lord?" That is, where are they going to be taken? And the Lord replies with "wherever there is a carcass, there will the vultures gather." This is in reference to Rev.19:17-18 where when Jesus is returning to the earth and angel will be gathering all of the birds of the air to eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people. The church is not in view here, for this event takes place when the Lord is returning to the earth to end the age. Those who are taken will be the wicked. Those who will be left will be the remnant of Israel and the great tribulation saints.
No one is worthy of the resurrection and being caught up! It is a promise to all who are having faith, regardless of what level. Those who received Christ and turned back to willfully living according to the sinful nature and are therefore not watching, these will be gathered. These are those whose lamps have gone out and have no extra oil when the bridegroom comes.
To answer the OP question "Why did our Lord say that the Tares are harvested FIRST?" Because they are going to be gathered by the angels to be killed by that double-edged sword. Those left will be Israel and the great tribulation saints who will enter into the millennial kingdom and repopulate the earth. This has nothing to do with the gathering/rapture of the church, but has to do with the wicked who at the end of the age are gathered by the angels. Those who are left, will be the remnant of Israel and the saints who come out of the great tribulation.
As I continue to make known, the church cannot be on the earth during the time of God's wrath. And if you have the church as being the 'ones taken' then it would put them through all of the seals, trumpets and bowl judgment which is the wrath of God and which believers within the church are not appointed to suffer. Because Jesus already took upon himself God's wrath, satisfying it completely, God's wrath no longer rests upon those who believe.
Now if you are wondering as to why the great tribulation saints will be here, it is because they will not have been believers prior to the time when the church is gathered. They become believers after the gathering of the church which puts them on the earth during the time of God's wrath.
The reason that the word church/ekklesia is not used again, is because the church is no longer on the earth. In chapters 1 thru 3, the word ekklesia is used 19 times and then it is never used during the narrative of God's wrath. Revelation 4:1 is a prophetic allusion to the church being gathered up by that voice that sounds like a trumpet, which is the Lords, saying "come up here"
"Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
"Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen."
The teaching that the 'one taken' is the gathering of the church is an old teaching and a false one. Those who are taken in the parable are the wicked at the end of the age, for they are being compared to those wicked who were taken away in flood. So the comparison is wicked to wicked. These are the ones who are collected by the angels at the end of the age and will be brought back to where the Lord is to be killed by that double-edged sword which proceeds from His mouth, which is figurative for the word of God. In Luke's version when the Lord says 'one will be taken and the other left' the disciples ask "Where, Lord?" That is, where are they going to be taken? And the Lord replies with "wherever there is a carcass, there will the vultures gather." This is in reference to Rev.19:17-18 where when Jesus is returning to the earth and angel will be gathering all of the birds of the air to eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people. The church is not in view here, for this event takes place when the Lord is returning to the earth to end the age. Those who are taken will be the wicked. Those who will be left will be the remnant of Israel and the great tribulation saints.
No one is worthy of the resurrection and being caught up! It is a promise to all who are having faith, regardless of what level. Those who received Christ and turned back to willfully living according to the sinful nature and are therefore not watching, these will be gathered. These are those whose lamps have gone out and have no extra oil when the bridegroom comes.
To answer the OP question "Why did our Lord say that the Tares are harvested FIRST?" Because they are going to be gathered by the angels to be killed by that double-edged sword. Those left will be Israel and the great tribulation saints who will enter into the millennial kingdom and repopulate the earth. This has nothing to do with the gathering/rapture of the church, but has to do with the wicked who at the end of the age are gathered by the angels. Those who are left, will be the remnant of Israel and the saints who come out of the great tribulation.
As I continue to make known, the church cannot be on the earth during the time of God's wrath. And if you have the church as being the 'ones taken' then it would put them through all of the seals, trumpets and bowl judgment which is the wrath of God and which believers within the church are not appointed to suffer. Because Jesus already took upon himself God's wrath, satisfying it completely, God's wrath no longer rests upon those who believe.
Now if you are wondering as to why the great tribulation saints will be here, it is because they will not have been believers prior to the time when the church is gathered. They become believers after the gathering of the church which puts them on the earth during the time of God's wrath.
Jesus framed the one taken/left as BEFORE THE FLOOD.
Pretrib gathering of half the church.
100% in harmony of the 10 virgin parable...also half taken.
Another obstacle is you have a vile devil servant with the mark of the beast in bed with a believer.
Not plausable.