What happens to people who heard and rejected the gospel before the Tribulation?
People who heard and rejected the gospel before the Tribulation will be condemned because they did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Once the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel, they will be blinded, and they will immediately acclaim and embrace him as the god of this world, having no opportunity of salvation from the 144,000's message.
Les teaches that the lie running through Scripture is Satan telling a person they can be God. Those who heard the gospel, contemplated it, understood it, and rejected it will believe that lie again. As soon as the Antichrist signs the treaty with Israel, they will be the first to acclaim him as the God of this world. Paul writes that they are condemned because they believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Les explains that after the church is removed, this group will not have an opportunity of salvation from the message of the 144,000; they will immediately be blinded and embrace the man Antichrist. He then points to Ephesians 1:13, where Paul speaks of those who trusted.