2 Thessalonians 2:1-3. “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, (2) That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. (3) 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;” (Emphasis added).
The Bible is here in 2 Thess. 2:1-3 talking about “our gathering together unto Him,” that is, when he comes with the trumpet to get or gather together His people. The Bible says do not be troubled or deceived by any sort of message “that the day of Christ is at hand,” in other words that it could just or simply come at any moment unexpectedly! Paul warns that some certain things must come first! That is (1) there would be a general falling away from the true message of God among His people (and certainly this item has already happened!) (2) the “man of sin” would be revealed. This “man of sin” is commonly referred to by all Christians as the “Anti-Christ.” The Bible says Christ will not come to “gather” His people until these items occur FIRST! We should believe no word other than that. This fact spells trouble for the rapture theory since many Christians have been taught to believe that Jesus will come to rapture away all the Christians in an instant and then that the anti-Christ will come afterwards during some “7 year” period to cause trouble. The Bible order is (1) Anti-Christ figure appears “first” (2) The real Jesus Christ will come to “gather” His people. The rapture theory is entirely backwards; rapture, then antichrist.
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Many Christians will really be caught off guard! They will not be ready to face the troubles that are coming upon us and are being prepared to easily be led astray by the false teachings of the anti-Christ, who comes with a Christian guise! They are not expecting to be here when he arrives! Additionally, many will be unprepared to face the tribulation that is soon to come upon us! Please view the warning of Holocaust survivor Corrie Ten Boom on this very point – she speaks of experiential facts and even the idea of the rapture!
