After the Rapture, the final seven-year Tribulation begins, and it ends with Christ's Second Coming and the establishment of His Kingdom.
Les Feldick teaches that the Rapture immediately ushers in the final seven years, which he calls the Tribulation (Clip 1, Clip 3). As soon as the Church is gone, the Antichrist appears and God resumes dealing with Israel (Clip 7). At the end of the seven years, Christ returns visibly, destroys the Antichrist, and raptured believers come back with Him to rule and reign (Clip 4, Clip 5).
1 Thessalonians 4:17 — This is the Rapture itself — believers are caught up to meet the Lord in the air, the event that begins the end-time sequence.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 — After the removing of the restrainer, the man of sin is revealed; the Lord destroys him at His coming.
Matthew 24:29-30 — These verses describe what happens immediately after the Tribulation, leading to the visible Second Coming of Christ.
The Bible shows that the Rapture itself is the catching away of believers to meet the Lord in the air: 'Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord' (1 Thessalonians 4:17). With that removal, the way is opened for the final sequence of end-time events. Paul writes that 'the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 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' (2 Thessalonians 2:7-8). The Lord Himself described what follows the tribulation: 'Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory' (Matthew 24:29-30). Scripture also ties Israel's hardening to the fullness of the Gentiles coming in (Romans 11:25), which is the period that ends at the Rapture.
Les Feldick teaches that the Rapture ushers in the final seven years, which he calls the Tribulation and which is associated only with the prophecies concerning Israel (Clip 1). He is emphatic that the Church does not go into the Tribulation, because God's dealings with the Church are under Grace while the Tribulation is connected with Law and the prophetic program — 'you cannot mix them' (Clip 2). As soon as the Church is taken out, the Antichrist makes his appearance and the world enters that seven-year period when God starts dealing with Israel again; Israel's blindness is removed at that point (Clip 7). Les contrasts the fullness of the Gentiles, which ends at the Rapture, with the times of the Gentiles, which ends at the Second Coming (Clip 3). After the Tribulation, Christ returns — standing on the Mount of Olives — and raptured believers come back with Him to rule and reign (Clips 1, 4). While the Rapture is a silent, unknown event, the Second Coming is a visible event accompanied by cosmic signs (Clip 6). He also teaches that the Holy Spirit's role as indweller ends at the Rapture, but the Spirit remains omnipresent on earth during the Tribulation (Clip 5). Finally, the revived Roman empire — pictured by the iron and clay of Nebuchadnezzar's image — is coming on the scene in Western Europe before that final seven-year period (Clip 0).
Les Feldick is emphatic: the Church is taken out at the end of the Church Age before the Tribulation begins. He maintains there is no way the Church can go into the Tribulation, primarily because when God began to deal with the Gentiles, the Apostle Paul made clear they are not under Law but under Grace, and 'you cannot mix them.'
The Rapture ushers in the final seven years, which Les calls the Tribulation. That seven-year period is associated only with the prophecies concerning Israel. As soon as the Church is gone, the Antichrist makes his appearance and God begins dealing with Israel again (Clips 1, 7). The fullness of the Gentiles ends at the Rapture, while the times of the Gentiles end at the Second Coming (Clip 3).
Les teaches that the Holy Spirit's role as the indweller of the believer ends at the Rapture, yet the Holy Spirit remains the omnipresent Spirit of God on earth throughout the Tribulation (Clip 5). The Antichrist — called 'that wicked one' — will be revealed after the Church is gone, and the Lord will consume him with the spirit of His mouth and destroy him with the brightness of His coming at the end of the seven years (Clips 5, 7).
When the seven years end, Christ returns at the Second Coming. He will stand with His feet on the Mount of Olives (Clip 1). After the Tribulation, cosmic signs are given — the sun darkened, the moon not giving light, stars falling, and powers of the heavens shaken (Clip 6). Then Christ sets up His Kingdom, and raptured believers return with Him to rule and reign with Him (Clip 4).
Les stresses the graphic difference between the two events. The Rapture happens just before the Tribulation and, in his words, is a silent, unknown event — the world will not know the church is gone. The Second Coming occurs after the Tribulation and is a visible event with cosmic signs and the appearing of the Son of Man (Clips 1, 6).
Revived Roman Empire in End-Time Prophecy
Les connects Nebuchadnezzar's image of iron and clay to a revived Roman empire coming upon Western Europe, setting the political stage for the period after the Church is removed.
Sequence: Rapture, Tribulation, Second Coming
Les explains that the Rapture is followed by the final seven years — the Tribulation — which then ends with Christ's Second Coming when His feet stand on the Mount of Olives.
Why the Church Cannot Enter the Tribulation
Les is convinced the Church is taken out before the Tribulation because the Church age is under Grace, and the Tribulation is under Law; you cannot mix Law and Grace.
Fullness of the Gentiles Ends at the Rapture
Les distinguishes the fullness of the Gentiles, which ends at the Rapture, from the times of the Gentiles, which ends at the Second Coming.
Christ's Kingdom and the Raptured Saints
After the Tribulation, Christ returns and sets up His Kingdom, and raptured believers return with Him to rule and reign.
The Holy Spirit's Role and the Antichrist's End
At the Rapture the Holy Spirit ends His role of indwelling believers, but remains omnipresent on earth; the Antichrist is revealed and destroyed at Christ's coming at the end of the seven years.
Rapture Is Silent; Second Coming Is Visible
Les contrasts the Rapture — a silent, instantaneous, unknown event — with the visible Second Coming that follows the Tribulation and its cosmic signs.
Antichrist Appears and God Deals With Israel Again
As soon as the Church is gone, the Antichrist appears and the world enters the seven years when God deals with Israel and their blindness is removed.
1 Thessalonians 4:17: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
This is the Rapture itself — the church is caught up to meet the Lord just before the Tribulation begins.
2 Thessalonians 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.
This points to the removal of the restrainer, after which the Antichrist can be revealed.
2 Thessalonians 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:
This describes the revelation of the Antichrist after the church is removed and his destruction at Christ's coming.
Matthew 24:29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
These cosmic signs mark the end of the Tribulation and immediately precede the visible Second Coming.
Matthew 24:30: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
This is the visible, glorious return of Christ after the Tribulation — different from the silent Rapture.
Romans 11:25: For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
This explains Israel's temporary blindness, which ends when the fullness of the Gentiles (the church age) concludes at the Rapture.
No. Les Feldick teaches that the Church is taken out before the Tribulation begins. He maintains the Church cannot go into the Tribulation because when God began dealing with Gentiles, the Apostle Paul made clear they are not under Law but under Grace, and 'you cannot mix them.'
Les calls it the final seven years. He associates it only with the prophecies concerning Israel and says it begins immediately after the Rapture.
The Holy Spirit's role as the indweller of the believer ends, but the Holy Spirit remains the omnipresent Spirit of God on earth during the Tribulation.
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