In the secret rapture it is taught that the saints will be secretly ‘taken’ to heaven then that is when the Antichrist will be revealed then he will be destroyed 7 years later when Christ comes in glory…Let us examine this point.
2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the COMING [parousia] of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him,
2:2 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 [parousia] is at hand.
2:3 Let no man DECEIVE YOU by any means: for THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME [parousia] , EXCEPT there come a falling away first, and THAT MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED [antichrist], the son of perdition;
2:4 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, showing himself that he is God.
Notice that Christ’s coming [parousia] will not take place “except that man of sin be revealed” and notice when the antichrist is destroyed;
2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed [antichrist], whom the Lord shall CONSUME with the spirit of his mouth, and shall DESTROY with the brightness of HIS COMING [parousia]:
Clearly the bible teaches that the coming [parousia] of Jesus will not take place until the Antichrist is revealed first and rules then he will ultimately be destroyed at the coming [parousia] of the Lord. On this point, the rapture is inconsistent with scriptures.
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