The modus operendi of those out of fellowship and those who reject Christ is an interesting study.
The more they degenerate, the more incessant their desire to exercise their volition and demand the volition of others comply to their whims, even to the point of seeking and demanding the worship by others of their person.
Since the Rapture is so well documented in Scripture, the adversarial ploy will first be to obfuscate the identification of the Rapture. Either by denial of its existence, misidentifying it with things past, things present, or even when it occurs to claim it still has not happened.
The later degenerate thinking will arise to substitute and/or prevent the Rapture from occurring. In an effort of rebellious arrogance, it is likely the Adversary will empower an antichrist to slaughter all believers in Christ.
A modern day event might be similar to the story of Shadrach, Mishach, and Abendigo. All believers might be rounded up, placed in concentrated areas, then simply ‘nuked from orbit’. Similar to the OT story, if such an event occurred, I could understand how we might be ‘caught up in the air’ and met by Him. Such a model is probably incomplete, as it doesn’t fully account for all 1st resurrection saints who will rule the Gentile nations in the Millenial Kingdom.
Such a scenario would be consistent, IMHO, with the arrogance of those who are enemies of Christ. When they know, but deny eschatological events, they are likely to flaunt their volition by attempting to substitute their volition for God’s Sovereignty.
I suspect this is the direction of modern day ecumenism within the RCC and Protestant Churches, which have fallen out of fellowship with Him. Their eschatologies insist they are the rulers of His Kingdom and whatever they decide is in their own minds, the righteousness of God. When they perceive anything different than their perspective, they will have a tendency to first give an opportunity to turn to their volition, then to attack those who are different than their perspective.
I suspect the RCC has been working with the Muslim communities to build a worldwide army of force to control all believers who are not members of the RCC. Once obtained, the RCC would then refocus its target on Islam after believing it had reunified its body.
Although I generally consider many believers happen to be members of the RCC, it is also prudent to recognize when evil is unopposed, it doesn’t remain ineffectual.
Except for those Catholics who study alone and in effect are not active members of the RCC, every RCC Catholic I have ever met, harbor hidden agendas with an extreme deep seated hatred for believers who are not members of their Church or do not place allegiance to the Pope before faith in Christ. That deeply rooted hatred is frequently abated by slowly formed worldly agendas, conspiring with others in worldly communities and within their RCC to secretly lay traps for other believers.
Articles such as this, are attempts to satiate their own thinking, while laying foundations to continue a charade even after the Rapture occurs, to control those who remain behind.
The next agenda might be a Sci-Fi campaign coupled with the occult, to rationalize the appearance of the the angelic domain when prophetic events begin to unfold.
WELL PUT.
The next agenda might be a Sci-Fi campaign coupled with the occult, to rationalize the appearance of the the angelic domain when prophetic events begin to unfold.
I agree because there is 'a spirit of the current age' that does not lead people to truth but gives them the impression they are right.
'Deception' is an interesting word ...it refers to when the one sheep wanders astray from the fold or from the truth into error. We are living in days he warned of almost 2,000 years ago, a time of spiritual deception.
Jesus is not warning the world, but the Church. “Many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.” ....Many, not a few,..... and it becomes obvious they must have a platform inside the church to do this.
A lie is not the opposite of truth but is void of truth, it replaces it by adding to the word or changing its meaning so it becomes harmful to those who eat it.
The idea of the Lord returning to remove His saints from the earth is to 'kingdom reconstructionists' and 'dominionists' a retreating and defeatist attitude. .... While many propose the idea that the Church will be preserved through the tribulation just as Israel was preserved in Egypt through the plagues, I see several flaws in this....
Israel all lived in a separate area in Egypt, Goshen, which was given to only the Israelites.... Revelation tells us that the believers everywhere are to be overcome by the beast, and lose their lives being killed in the tribulation;..... they are not supernaturally protected (except for the 144,000 who we are told will be supernaturally protected)..... One can look at chapters 6-7,11-14,17-18 and see the saints are consistently being killed. There is no safety for the saints IN THE TRIBULATION.
(let Us reason)