if you believe in the mid or post trib belief...are you looking for Christ or Antichrist??
I guess I would start by stating that the apostle Paul taught Post-trib doctrine.
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him,
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
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
This is very difficult for pretribbers to comprehend because of the desire to interpret the Bible by their doctrine rather than interpret their doctrine from the Bible.
There is a built in assumption within the wording of your question. Your question has a built in assumption that all mid and posttribbers are
looking for the anti-christ rather than Christ. Would I be safe to say that you and others are looking for the Revived Roman Empire or had in past looked for Israel to return to the land? Are there pretribbers that look for the building of the temple? How about that covenant of peace you mentioned at the beginning of this thread?
The point I am trying to make is, we all look of things to interpret the signs of the times. I do not look for the anti-christ to deliver me from this world and change this vile body to be fashioned like His own body. That is the blessed hope I look for Christ's coming for. I will take Paul the apostles advice and not be deceived by any means, that His coming (Christ's) and
our gathering unto Him will not come before the revealing of the man of sin (anti-christ). I look for this event to tell how close we are to the important event of our gathering unto Christ at His coming.
As Kent Hovind quotes "To ask a question with a built in assumption is like asking the question, 'Have you stopped beating your wife lately'. The answering of yes assumes that you used to beat your wife and the answering of no assumes that you still are."
That is precisely the same predicament that one puts a person in when stating that anyone but pre-trib looks for the anti-christ rather than Christ. Yes, we look for the anti-christ to tell of the signs of the times that in turn tell of the vastly more important event of the coming of Christ. Just as the above quoted question that Hovind gives regarding a built in assumption question, Yes I have stopped beating my wife by never starting to beat her.
Whiteknight