FINAL WARNING: Setting the Stage for Destruction
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1
Thessalonians 4:16-17)“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more,
they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.” (Job 14:12)There is no reason that we can’t take these verses literally. We can see
that when Jesus returns, there will be a resurrection of the dead, and
then a ‘catching away’ of the living. This will occur when the “heavens
be no more.” In John 6:44, Jesus says: “No man can come to me,
except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up
at the last day.” If He would return before the Tribulation, that wouldn’t
be the “last day.”So, when is He going to return?“And the gospel must first be published among all
nations.” (Mark 13:10)“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world
for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. When
ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place ... For then shall be
great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be ... Then if any man shall
say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there
shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great
signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall
deceive the very elect ... Wherefore if they shall say unto you,
Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the
secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out
of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be. For as the lightning cometh out of
the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be. Immediately after the tribulation of those
days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the
Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth