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Um, no, that is not what Paul was telling the Thessalonians. He was telling them to not be led astray by a false letter supposedly from him but not his writing.

That is false and misleading response. Try reading the passage in Second Thessalonians again. The Apostle Paul warned them for a specific reason and told them not to listen to the teaching that the "day of Christ" is at hand. The apostasy must come first and the antiChrist must be revealed first. So, no rapture for you, you will just have to persevere.

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 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. 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;
Second Thessalonians, Catholic chapter two, Protestant verses one to three,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

You asserted, "The apostasy must come first and the antiChrist must be revealed first." That is not what Paul taught to the Thessalonians, as evidenced by his referring them back to what he had taught them of the 'apostasia' then the one who is restraining being taken out of the way. The One Who is restraining is God's Holy Spirit, the very same Holy Spirit Who indwells believers, as the seal upon their human spirit. The Rapture of His Church takes the Holy Spirit accomplishing the work indwelling believers out of the way so the man of sin can be revealed in all his lawlessness. Read the passage I posted which comes as a restating of the premise of his letter sections to them regarding the lawlessness/the anti-Christ..

2 Thess 2 “Don’t you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things? Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way. Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill...”

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>> “The Apostle Paul warned them for a specific reason and told them not to listen to the teaching that the “day of Christ” is at hand. The apostasy must come first and the antiChrist must be revealed first.” <<

AMEN!

Pre-Trib Dispyism is Lucifer's Gospel.