Deception Work

Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.  Matthew 24:23

The ones from verse 5 claiming to be the Christ have indeed come in our time and done their deceiving work. Here in our verse for today we have rumor doing its deception on some people who must be set up for it without preparation. They must be in a desperate state, which would point to tribulation, but not prepared by the word such as believers are now. The Rapture has received quite a bit of pushback on social media these days. However, these desperate people ready to believe the Christ has come could be set up by being left behind. Without the guidance of the Church, and with the Restrainer removed so that the Antichrist can have his way for a time, those who are seeking but not yet believing will be in such a desperate state. 

Proof? Hardly, that's a lot of if-then, could be, maybe, and so on. The Rapture itself is a structure of faith not spelled out directly for us in one place and in chronological order in the Bible. We have this invitation to study the clues, to ponder, meditate, and discuss among ourselves several disparate scriptures which could mean our great hope for the snatching away from this world. It is that faith thing that we work out and cling to on our journey home to Jesus the Christ!

Have faith and do not doubt!

Bucky