THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL COME FIRST BEFORE THE RAPTURE.
RAPTURE IS THE GATHERING OF CHRISTIANS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.
1. REIGN OF THE ANTI-CHRIST AND A FALSE PROPHET, & DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL
• Revelation 13:1-18
• Revelation 6:1-1=Ezek.5:5-17; Isa.66:19
• Revelation 16:13-16, Rev. 17:14
• II Thessalonians 2:3-4,9
• Luke 21:20-24; Matthew 24:1-28
5. CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
• Revelation 11:19
• Revelation 16:20-21
• Revelation 6:12-17
• Matthew 24:29-30 = Rev. 6:12-13
6. CHRISTIANS WILL BE GATHERED TOGETHER TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR
• Revelation 7:9-14; Rev. 14:1-5
• Matthew 24:31
• Matthew 24:40-41
• I Corinthians 15:52 = I John 3:2
• I Thessalonians 4:17
WATCH-OUT FOR THIS ANTI-CHRIST OR ONE-WORLD LEADER
21”He is a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of loyalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue. --Daniel 11:21
27”He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven’ (7 years). In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. – Daniel 9:27
23”After coming to an agreement with him, he will act deceitfully, and with only a few people he will rise to power. –Daniel 11:23
25”He will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed to him for a time, times and half a time.”
–Daniel 7:25
31”His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation. –Daniel 11:31
36”The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.” -- Daniel 11:36
11”From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days. –Daniel 12:11-12
32”With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. –Daniel 11:32
33”Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered. 34When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many who are not sincere will join them. 35Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time. –Daniel 11:33-35
40”At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries, and sweep through them like a flood.41He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand. 42He will extend his power over many countries; Egypt will not escape.43”He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Nubians in submission. 44But reports from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to destroy and annihilate many. 45He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
-- Daniel 11:40-45
HOLY BIBLE
--New International Version