It is no surprise that in this modern age, the subject of alien species is becoming common. For more than 70 years, there have been rumors, sightings, testimonies, and some physical evidence of alien beings and spacecraft visiting Earth. Governments all over the world have denied that these sightings are extraterrestrial.

Only now do we find that the United States Government is declassifying files that describe alien beings, spacecraft, and actual video footage confirmed by the US Military.

Early in the first century, Hebrew scholar Paul wrote to the Christian Church in Thessalonica about the last of the Last Days. He comforted the followers of Jesus who had some concerns after false teachers came into the church, saying that Jesus had already returned. If this were true, the believers wanted to know what happened to their loved ones who had passed away.

In chapter 4 of 1 Thessalonians, Paul gives comfort and assurance that the time of the Tribulation that God has determined for Israel, the Jews, and the Christ-rejecting world, will not begin until Jesus first removes every believer from earth. The Koine-Greek texts call this event the “harpazo,” to take persons quickly, violently, from earth to meet Jesus in the atmosphere of Earth.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up (harpazo) in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”

The reason believers are removed: The Tribulation is the time when Jesus will pour out His wrath in 21 judgments on Earth. Two-thirds of the people who live during those days will die by the 7 Seals, 7 Trumpets, 7 Bowl Judgments. Jesus’ church is not appointed to go through the wrath of God:

1 Thessalonians 5:9 “For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his wrath on us.

The people who are going through the Tribulation call this time, “The wrath of (Jesus) the Lamb.”

Revelation 6:16-17 “And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

In 2 Thessalonians, Paul writes again to clarify that the arrival of Jesus is not after the seven-year Tribulation, but before. John confirms that Jesus’ church will be in heaven before the Tribulation begins, in the Book of Revelation, chapters 4-5, where we see believers already in heaven wearing white robes, crowns on their heads, singing about the blood of Jesus that cleansed them of all sins. The only people who can sing this song are people saved by Jesus.

Revelation 5:9 “You (Jesus) were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.” Only the saved can make this statement; they are already in heaven in Revelation chapter 5.

The Tribulation begins in Revelation chapter 6, verse 1, when the Prince who will later be the antichrist is introduced to the world at the beginning of the seven-year Tribulation.

In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, Paul describes the arrival of the antichrist (lawless one) by great deception:

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11″The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie.”

What is the deception that Paul calls “the lie”? For two-thousand years, Bible expositors have tried to define what the lie is. It may be that, just as several Old Testament prophecies were not fully understood until the time of their fulfillment, this text by Paul may only be understood now.

Why are these people who enter the Tribulation being deceived? Paul says that “they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”

The people who go through the seven-year Tribulation did not receive the truth that they must repent of their sins, turn to Jesus as their Savior, and continue to trust in Him for all of their lives.

Paul says that because they did not love the truth about Jesus, God turns these persons over to be deceived by satan. The lie may very well be what we are seeing right now with the introduction of the movie, “Disclosure Day.”

Romans 1:28 “God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.”

There has been discussion that these beings and spacecraft we have been seeing around Earth for over 70 years were a part of the plan of satan to deceive the world. When the events of Jesus removing all believers from earth occur, what will be the secular explanation for this event?

Perhaps it’s an alien abduction.

In the 80’s, as I was teaching through the Bible at the two church were I was the pastor, publications were stating that there is a group of troublesome people on the earth right now who don’t fit in. They are keeping the people of Earth from evolving into the next level of advancement that is necessary for our species. Then, the people who were the cause of this problem were named, Christians.

When Paul begins to teach about the coming of the antichrist in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, he states that this man cannot be introduced fully to the world, “until that which hinders (him) is taken out of the way.”

2 Thessalonians 2:5-6 “Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you? And you know what is holding him (antichrist) back, for he can be revealed only when that which hinders him is taken out of the way.”

What is the force on earth today that is holding back evil from overtaking the world? The Holy Spirit is working through Jesus’ church. Once the church is gone, then the antichrist can be introduced.

An interesting scenario. The antichrist cannot be revealed until the church is taken out of the way; the church is defined by secular pundits as the reason mankind cannot take the next step in our evolutionary process.

The world has no idea about what I just told you in this short essay. They don’t read and study the Bible. They are not anticipating the return of Jesus. They don’t know that the war with Iran, the Trump Peace Plan between Israel and many nations, are the precise events that the prophets, and Jesus, told us would happen just before Jesus returns for His church.

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