[orionblamblam]

>this world will not recognize him for who he is because
certain events will not have occured (i.e. rapture) when he appears claiming to be Jesus.
People won't even know that they are in the tribulation.

Errr... if the "left behindeers" are correct, most of the world will suddenly be confronted with the fact that X million (however many) Christians just up and vanished. Were that to occur, the rest of the world would know that something is up, and since there's currently only one prophetic world view that includes the Christians suddenly going "poof," then the world would have a good idea what was up.

The Antichrist would have a hard time making any headway with hundreds of millions of people holding the script for the next seven years...

[Dianna]

Were that to occur, the rest of the world would know that something is up, and since there's currently only one prophetic world view that includes the Christians suddenly going "poof," then the world would have a good idea what was up.

Did everyone who saw that Jesus' tomb was empty believe that he was risen from the dead, repent and become Christian?

People largely believe what they want to believe. If a Bill Clinton figure explained that it (the rapture) was some atmospheric event caused by global warming, you don't think people would believe it?

[gawatchman]

Right, but contrary to popular belief, no one is going anywhere before antichrist appears on this earth at the sixth trump claiming to be Jesus come to take the believers home, and we will ALL be changed into a spiritual body at the same time at seventh trump following the tribulation and not until then. I do not know the exact miracles he will perform, but he is supernatural, and will be performing miracles as we are told in the following verse.

Rev 13:13 "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men."