Let's get ready for a big..OH DUH moment...
Speaking to the disciples, he says..when YOU SEE the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place.....and he says to his disciples...if anyone says to YOU behold there is Christ, don't believe him....
Now if Christians are to be raptured out of the tribulation, why would Jesus say to HIS disciples, when YOU see and when YOU hear?
If Christians are raptured out, they would have nothing to see or hear!
Some may say, well Jesus means if you see this while i heaven..Well how could someone in heaven be deceived about a false Christ? Jesus is warning them not to be deceived, how can they be deceived while in heaven?
He's not speaking to a large crowd of believers and non believers. This is just Jesus and the disciples here. And he saying YOU YOU YOU.
Matthew 24
3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
15 “Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17 [h]Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18 Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21 For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22 Unless those days had been cut short, no [j]life would have been saved; but for the sake of the [k]elect those days will be cut short. 23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the [l]Christ,’ or ‘[m]There He is,’ do not believe him. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will [n]show great [o]signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the [p]elect. 25 Behold, I have told you in advance. 26 So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. 27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 Wherever the corpse is, there the [q]vultures will gather.