Who will be completely condemned in the tribulation?
Those completely condemned are people who have heard the gospel, plainly understood it, and were convicted by it, yet rejected it, saying “no thanks” or “later.” They are not the multitudes who never heard. These rejecters will be first to embrace the Antichrist and take the mark of the beast.
Les explains that the only ones completely condemned in the tribulation are those who have heard the gospel, plainly understood it, and were convicted by it, but then refused it, saying “no thanks” or “later.” He contrasts them with multitudes, even in America and in churches, who have never heard the gospel and remain candidates for the preaching of the 144,000. Those who heard and rejected will be condemned, and they will be the first to embrace the Antichrist and take the mark of the beast. Believers, however, have nothing to fear; the mark is for tribulation people.