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ANTI-CHRIST COMES FIRST
If Jesus comes before the anti-Christ to rapture the church, then I would ask why Jesus said the following:
Matt 24:21-27
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, HERE IS CHRIST, or there; BELIEVE IT NOT.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, HE IS IN THE DESERT; GO NOT FORTH: behold, HE IS IN THE SECRET CHAMBERS; BELIEVE IT NOT.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(KJV)
Let me take this verse by verse to give you an idea of what I see here.
Verse 21 says, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be." I see he is talking about the time of the great tribulation. Never has it been as bad as it is going to be.
Verse 22 "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." I see the elect must be here or there would be no reason to save anyone. After all, isn’t God going to destroy the unsaved anyway? Then if the elect aren’t here there is no reason to shorten the days.
Verse 23 "Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
I must point out Jesus is saying if anyone says they have seen the Christ (during the time of great tribulation) then don’t believe them! Why does he say that? Let me show a little more first.
Verse 24 "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." How can the elect be deceived if they are not here? Yet there is much more here. It warns that the "false prophet" (along with the anti-Christ), shall deceive with great signs. My proof is found in:
II Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the FALSE PROPHET.
Rev 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, ...
You can see that it is the power of Satan that these signs come from. Why is Jesus telling us about the signs Satan will be using if we are going to be gone? Because we are not going to be gone as I will show more of in a moment. This speaks of the "beast" who works for Satan. The proof is found in:
Rev 13:11-15
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and THEM WHICH DWELL THEREIN (unsaved) to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth THEM THAT DWELL(unsaved) on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
(KJV) This person works for Satan and he is doing the great signs that could deceive the elect. He even made a statue come to life (give life to the image). If Christ had already come for the church, wouldn’t they know this isn’t him? Now let’s see more.'