Matthew 24:29-31
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they
will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
No, you have to realize that the Rapture and the Second Coming are two different events. In the Second Coming, Jesus sets foot on ground with His saints following Him (Zachariah 14:1-4). In the Rapture, WE go to Him and He never actually comes down (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). That is false about 2 Thess 2. The 'man of sin' will not be revealed until the falling away happens. (2 Thessalonians 2:3-10) Therefore, the he will not be revealed until 'He who restrains is removed' (the Holy Spirit). Since the Holy Spirit is imparted upon each and every believer upon his/her conversion, it is reasonable to say that if the Holy Spirit is no longer here, then Christians are no longer here. Additionally, in Matthew 24, only a few things have come to pass, including the destruction of the Second Temple, Herod's Temple by Rome in 70 AD(Matthew 24: 1-3), and the rebirth of Israel in 1948 (parable of the fig tree)(Matthew 24:32). In reference to the Blessed Hope, promised by the Apostle Paul, who also wrote the letters to the Churches in Corinthians and Thessalonians, is in reference to the Rapture and Glorious Appearing. (Titus 2:11-13) How would it be a blessed hope if we are punished twice for the same sins? In fact, why would Christ have had to die at all if we were in fact going to be punished anyway? The simple answer is He wouldn't have. We will be saved from the trials that will be poured out on unbelievers (Romans 1:18,32, Romans 2:12 & 2 Thess. 1:6-10). We will be saved from the Wrath of God and from the evil of the Antichrist, who has not yet come (1 Thessalonians 5:9). We WILL be present at the Bema (Judgement) seat of Christ and judged, not as sinners but for what we have done for Christ (Matthew 16:27, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Luke 14:12-14). Then will come the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (Rev 19:9) I read and study and live what I research. I have read the entire Bible from cover to cover, except for the last few books of the Old Testament, which I am currently working on. I have heard sermons, arguments, and lectures on all sides of the end time arguments. I have searched for God's Will. The Spirit has led me to preach out against the apostasy currently running rampant in the Churches regarding the end times. We are closer than ever before to witnessing these events. Jesus Himself said that a generation would not pass who sees Israel become a nation again until He returns. We are in the season of our Lords return. Look up and see our redemption draw near. The Lord would not have put something in the Bible that would not aid the Church. The amillenialist and the Posttribulationist along with everything in between are 'doctrines of demons' (1 Timothy 4:1-Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils). Now, make sure YOU read the verse closely.