In the rapture of the church, we will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. As He comes down, we go up; and meet Him halfway.
I don't see how the Antichrist will ever be able to deceive anyone into thinking that he is Jesus and that he is going to rapture us. He can't be Jesus in the rapture if he is on the earth.
He can still do the same thing, descend down and rapture people upwards or perhaps he can give false memories that a rapture happened.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and
lying wonders
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Thayer Definition:
1) a prodigy, portent
2)
miracle: performed by any one
Part of Speech: noun neuter
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: of uncertain affinity
Citing in TDNT: 8:113, 1170
Lying wonders is the same as deceiving miracles.
What better way to fool Christians than to imitate what is going to do
but do it before Christ does. A false and deceiving miracle of a pretrib rapture would be perfect because a huge amount of Christians are pretrib. How exactly do you think the Apostasy happens? That's Christians leaving Christ for someone else.