HI and I respect that you are aware of dangerous time approaching which is what REv 6 promises that peace will be taken from the earth and that men will kill one another and 1/4 die off as the price for a quart of wheat is now a days wage. Jesus did warn the Christians to flee Jerusalem when they saw it surrounded and in 70AD they took note and fled and were not there when the destruction occurred. The tribulation is coming and do the scriptures speak of what we should do when we see this day approaching? 1 thes 1 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Wait for Jesus who delivers us from wrath to come.. The tribulation is the wrath of God and we are delivered from that wrath as also the eternal judgment.
Mathew 24 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,[fn] but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour[fn] your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
The LORD comes when people do not expect on a day when they are eating and drinking like before the flood it hit them. This logically indicates that this parousa or coming of the LORD is different than the one that comes when antichrist armies are gathered against Israel in the valley of Armgeddon. Think is over of we see the abomination of desolation and the mark of the beast and the water turned to blood, the two prophets and all the other specifics this passage makes no sense as that would be the hour people would expect Jesus to come. In this rapture debate the coming of the LORD with his saints is a very specific day that is preceded by a great many specific signs. this is the day of vengeance and not the great day of hope. There is two ideas in scripture the coming of the LORD secretly, suddenly for His saints and the other Jesus coming with His saints on the day of recompense.
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
the wrath comes upon them we are delivered from this wrath. We are told to comfort one another..
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.[fn]
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. These words are a hope of deliverance from the wrath and this hope comes at a time when no one will know the day or hour. The 2nd coming is 42 months from the abomination of desolation.
