The greater danger will be the deception and strong delusion that comes BEFORE the rapture.
Christ warned His disciples, and us indirectly, not to be deceived in the last days because deception will be a tremendous danger, even for the “elect”.
I think the precursor to this deception is the idea that Christians will escape tribulation and will not face the antichrist. I think when he and it arrive, many Christians will become disillusioned and “fall away”.
God will protect His elect through the time of tribulation, but we need to remain faithful now, through our present trials. Many Christians are already experiencing “great tribulation” even if it is not the final, worldwide one yet.
We disagree.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 says this:
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: