Please note that this blog IS NOT to calculate when the Lord Jesus would return. This blog is created to focus on the Rapture Timing according to the 7 Years Peace in the Middle East and Israel spoken of in Daniel. That said, let us first see what the 3 different views are:

1.    Pre-Trib    -    This means that the Lord Jesus would Rapture the church from the Earth before the 7 Year Peace Treaty is signed.

2.    Mid-Trib    -    This means that the Lord Jesus would Rapture the church from the Earth in the Middle of the 7 Years Peace Treaty and before the Antichrist is revealed.

3.    Post-Trib Pre-Wrath    -    This means that the Rapture would occur after the 7 Years Peace Treaty has finished but before God's wrath is poured out on earth.


Now these are the various views held by CHRISTIANS who reads the SAME Bible. Does this make sense? Let us (just for a moment) forget what we have been learned and see what scripture has to say.


2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 (KJV)

 
V1
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

Please note that this verse shows some important informations about the rest of this chapter. Firstly, it says "brethren" with other words these words are for believers not unbelievers. Secondly, this chapter is about our Lord Jesus second coming as well as the Rapture (gathering together).

v2
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.

Again in the second verse it shows that this chapter is about the Lord's second coming.

v3
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;

Now the message at hand starts with what? "Let no man deceive you". This message is a warning to us as believers. What should we not be deceived about? "for that day shall not come, except" - Something is witholding Jesus second coming, remember we have already established that this chapter is about Jesus second coming and the Rapture. What must happen before Jesus comes again? "Except there come a falling away first". Can this be unbelievers which is spoken of here? How can one fall away from something you were never into to begin with? Christians will lose focus on the Bible, the Truth thereby causing them to fall away from the truth. What must happen next? "And that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition". The Antichrist must be revealed before Jesus second coming. Let us see if this is correct.

v4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

The above continues by saying what the Antichrist will do and how he will be. Why would they mention this to the believers if the believers would be Raptured before hand?

v5
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

Jesus realised that we need to be warned before it happens so that we will know that it is the truth. Matthew 24 also has the warning of "I tell you this before hand". This must be important if that statement is said.

v6
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

What is withholding who of being revealed? Who? Our Lord Jesus. What prevents him from being revealed? The "falling away" must first occur and then the Antichrist must be revealed before Jesus will return.

v7
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will now let, until he be taken out of the away.

What is already at work? Deception. Satan is already out to deceive us. He will try to deceive us in the same way in which he tried to deceive Jesus, he will use scripture out of context and for us to be able to descern right from wrong we will need to know scripture. We need to know the truth - how else will we be able to identify the false if we dont know the truth?

v8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming

In verse 3 says that the "falling away" must occur first, now in this verse we see that then the "Wicked" shall be revealed, this is the Antichrist. Jesus will destroy him - the Antichrist - with the brightness of His coming. Once again we see that the Rapture will NOT occur before the Antichrist is revealed, therefore the "pre-trib" theory is a deception as well as the "mid-trib" which believe that the Antichrist will be revealed only after the Rapture.

v9-10
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

The Antichrist will come as the working of Satan with ALL power and signs and lying wonders, not just some of his works - as pre-trib or mid-trib would have you believe.

v11
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be dammed who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

If we are not willing to stand firm on the truth - even if we may lose friends or family - then God HIMSELF will send a strong delusion that we may believe the LIE. Do you realise what this means? Are you willing to take a chance with your soul?

With this, view this movie clip WARNING to have a better understanding on what scripture says about our Lord Jesus coming and the Rapture. Let us be careful not to read words in scripture which are not there and rather edify each other so that we may be found worthy when He returns. Email me at info@thefigtree.tk with any scriptures proving me this wrong and I will look into it.