The gathering of the church and the Lord's return to the earth to end the age, are two separate events, with different purposes. When He comes for the church, He descends to atmosphere and calls up the dead. After that, we who still here and still alive will be caught up with them. At that point the entire church from beginning to end will be gathered in the air, where in fulfillment of John 14:1-3, the Lord will take His bride back to the Father's house to those places that He went to prepare for us. Our gathering must take place in order to remove us from the earth prior to the on-set of God's wrath, which begins at the opening of the first seal.
The other event is when the Lord returns to the earth to end the age and His called, chosen and faithful followers will be with Him, which will be the church/bride who will have previously been resurrected and caught up.
Well, at least you are consistent in that you are batting a 100% with wrong interpretations! You are right, I will not get into a discussion about Antiochus being the little horn of Daniel, because he isn't. The imposing horn mentioned in Dan.7, is that future antichrist/beast. Regarding him, it states that "He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High for time, times and half a time, which is referring to the last 3 1/2 years of that seven year period, which is also referred to in Rev.13:5-7, when the beast, that horn, is given authority to make war and conquer the great tribulation saints for 42 months, which is also referring to that last 3 1/2 years.
You need unlearn what you have learned from this false teaching, which I have heard and contended against many other times. This is a known false teaching. And by these teachings, you are continuing to spread the lies.