The deceived brethren that get fooled by the false-Messiah that comes first, thinking he will be Lord Jesus, particularly point to those on man's false pre-trib rapture theory.
Those of us that understand there is a rapture before the tribulation will not be fooled by the false Christ as the Messiah will come a lightning from the east to the west.
Secondly we won't be here to be fooled.
They will not... be looking for the True Jesus Christ Who will come afterwards to destroy that false-Messiah. And their portion will be with the hypocrites, just like Lord Jesus said in the above, i.e., outside the gates of the beloved city, in the "outer darkness".
The wise are watching for Him as instructed. The foolish don't understand He is coming when they think not.
I'm amazed at how so many heed ignorant preachers that don't really know their Bible, and cannot reveal this matter which is a warning about the end for the Church that is well written of. I mean, just what do the pre-trib rapture churches teach about the timing of Jesus' warning of Revelation 16:15?
Revelation 16:15? The Church will be gone before the tribulation. The seed of the woman will be gone at the sixth seal, immediately after the tribulation. Rev 16 occurs during the 7th seal wrath of God. Believers will not be on earth during the wrath of God as we are not appointed to wrath.
1 Thes 5
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
They just make the false claim that Jesus wasn't really speaking to His Church, because they say the Church is already raptured by the Revelation 5 chapter.
Nothing false about that. The Church is in heaven before the seals are opened.
Yet there Lord Jesus is in Rev.16:15, within the 6th Vial timing, warning the Church that He comes "as a thief",
You have to be kidding. Revelation 16:15 occurs during the seal wrath of God. Believers are already in heaven before the 7th seal is opened.
Revelation 7
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation 7
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
and then the next events shown there is the final 7th Vial of God's Wrath poured out into the "air", thus ending this present world. That's yet another revealing that His coming is on the last day of this world, not prior to the tribulation.
The end of the age occurs at the 6th seal.
Matthew 24
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be?
and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Here is the second coming. It occurs at the 6th seal. The timing is marked by the signs of the sun, moon and stars.
Matthew
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Revelation 6
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Jesus remains in the clouds at the second coming which occurs at the 6th seal. He sends His angel to gather the elect.
Matthew 24
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Revelation 16:15 occurs AFTER the tribulation is over. It occurs during the one year Day of the Lord, wrath of God. No believers are appointed to wrath. Believers are in heaven. Those in Israel that flee to the place prepared for them remain on earth during the wrath of God.
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