Watching for what ?
You have already determined in your view that the rapture is not going to take place until after the great tribulation - so why are you watching now for the rapture as you claim?
You are not watching for the rapture to happen at any time. And you ridicule my any time rapture view.
You are making every effort to discourage others to the possibility that the rapture could happen pre-trib.
Doug, do you have to misunderstand everything you read and make a fool of yourself incessantly? Is that just something you have decided to do?
Why didn't you just ask me the question "Watching for what?" and let me answer before saying the rest of your nonsense?
What did Jesus say to watch for? Just for Him to return and nothing else?
Matthew 24:4 Jesus answered: “
Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.
Matthew 24:23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time. 26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
Matthew 24:42 “Therefore
keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So
you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Watching isn't just looking up at the sky to see if Jesus is returning. It's watching out that we're not deceived. It's keeping watch on our spiritual status so that we are ready for when He comes.
I ridicule your anytime rapture view because it ignores that certain things had to happen first before the rapture occurs, as indicated in 2 Thess 2:3. Such as a mass falling away from the faith. Also, I ridicule it because you have a bunch of things happening even after Jesus comes and the rapture occurs even though scripture does not teach such a thing.