[aruanan]

Nope...I said showing up on earth...We during the Rapture are heading up, well above the earth to meet Jesus...

There is a single Day of the Lord, a single parousia, visible to all, believer and unbeliever alike, and that day marks the end of everything.

If you had read the selection from Matthew you posted, you would have seen Jesus's repudiation of the secret, seen by Christian's only, pre-trib rapture. He explicitly warned that those who preach such a restrictive, localized, secret return were no agents of his.

[CynicalBear]

>>He explicitly warned that those who preach such a restrictive, localized, secret return were no agents of his.<<

Except that He doesn’t “return” to earth at the rapture. We leave to meet Him in the air. There is no “localized” and won’t be secret. All who are called away will know as well as all left on earth. The missing people will not go unnoticed though the reason may be denied by most. Don’t confuse the two.