Both Jesus and Paul warns the Church that during the end times will come unsound doctrine. They foretold of the Big Pre-Trib Rapture Return Lie. Paul tells us specifically in 2 Thes 2 concerning the real return of Christ.
Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, [SUP]2 [/SUP]not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition...
The Pre-trib rapture lie is the means by which many are deceived!! There will be a false Christ event or several of them as Jesus warns in Mat 24:
[SUP]23 [/SUP]“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. [SUP]24 [/SUP]For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. [SUP]25 [/SUP]See, I have told you beforehand.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]“Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
DO NOT BELIEVE IT AND DO NOT GO OUT when they say Christ has come!! This warning is not for some made up Tribulation "Left-Behind" Saint, it is actually for Pre-Trib Rapture believers. You are the deceived. As Christ then reminds us:
[SUP]27 [/SUP]For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
When He comes it will be as a fast as a flash of lightening. He is coming slowly down in the "clouds" and hoovering around while believers slowly rise to meet Him in the air as the Tim LaHaye movies would have you think. Heck, even the "Left Behind" has been twisted and reversed. We Christians want to be the ones LEFT BEHIND. Those taken are the wicked as Christ continues, they go to the Body of the Beast, the dead carcass.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
Pretribbers have twisted everything and are deceived and will be slaughtered when they go out for the False Christ thinking he has come to rapture them away. They have allowed their fantasies and desires to avoid the Test that is coming, cloud their judgment and alter God's Word. Sad. As Jesus says:
[SUP]5 [/SUP]For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. “Take heed that no one deceives you.