No — believers will not see the Antichrist before the Rapture.
Les Feldick teaches that before the Antichrist makes his appearance, the Lord will take believers out. He says, "We're not going to see him. I don't think we'll even be able to put a thumb on who he is." The Rapture removes the Body of Christ first, and then the Antichrist appears.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 — Paul reveals that believers will be changed in a moment and caught up, the event Les places before the Antichrist's appearance.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 — Paul describes the Lord descending and believers being caught up to meet Him in the air, the event that takes the church out before the Antichrist comes.
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Paul describes the order of the event: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 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." These passages describe the Rapture as a meeting with Christ in the air, not as an encounter with the Antichrist.
Les is emphatic that the Church will not go through the Tribulation. He says, "When God began to deal with the Gentiles, the first thing the Apostle Paul made clear was, you are not under Law, you are under Grace. And I've always maintained you cannot mix them." The Body of Christ must first be completed; then God takes it out, and shortly after that the Antichrist signs his treaty with Israel. Les directly states that believers will not see the Antichrist: "Before he makes his appearance, we have to go. The Lord's going to be taking us out. We're not going to see him." He even says it will not be possible to identify him with certainty before the Rapture. Les points to globalism in religion, economics, and government as a sure sign the Antichrist's appearance is near, but before that happens believers are "snatched away" to meet the Lord in the air. He also traces the Antichrist's rise to a fragile Western Europe Consortium of Nations, pictured by iron mixed with clay. Once the Antichrist appears, he will have the world falling at his feet and will rule for seven awful, satanic years that will be worldwide, yet God remains sovereign over all of history. Les emphasizes that the Rapture is imminent and believers should be ready.
Les says plainly, "Before he makes his appearance, we have to go. The Lord's going to be taking us out. We're not going to see him." This is the core of his teaching: the Rapture removes the Body of Christ before the Antichrist's public arrival.
The Bible says the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then believers who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Paul also writes that in a moment, at the last trump, believers will be changed.
Les says no, not at all. He maintains there is no way the Church can go into the Tribulation primarily because when God began dealing with the Gentiles, Paul made clear they are not under Law but under Grace, and you cannot mix them. The Body of Christ will be completed and taken out first, and then the Antichrist will sign his treaty with Israel.
Les says, "I don't think we'll even be able to put a thumb on who he is. We may have some ideas. And of course, those have come and gone, so we have to be careful. You don't just glibly say, Well, I think he's going to be the Antichrist. Because we don't know."
Les expects the Antichrist to come out of the Western Europe Consortium of Nations, pictured as iron mixed with clay. These nations have hated each other for centuries, so even a political and economic United States of Europe will be fragile and unable to hold together strongly.
Once the Antichrist appears, he will sign a treaty with Israel, and the world will literally fall at his feet. He will rule and reign for seven years, satanically the most awful seven years in all of earth's history, and it will be worldwide — not limited to Europe. Yet the sovereign God remains in control of the whole course of history.
Les sees the rise of globalism in all its forms — global religion, global economies, and global government — as a sure sign we are getting very close to the appearance of the Antichrist. But before that happens, believers will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
Antichrist from a Fragile European Consortium
Les shows the coming Antichrist will rise out of a weak Western European grouping pictured as iron mixed with clay, not from a strong, united empire.
Rapture Precedes the Antichrist's Treaty
Les teaches the Body of Christ must first be completed and taken out, after which the Antichrist will sign his treaty with Israel.
Why the Church Will Not Enter the Tribulation
Les explains that the Church cannot go into the Tribulation because God deals with believers under Grace, not Law, and the two cannot be mixed.
The Rapture Secret Most Christians Miss — 1 Corinthians 15:51
So those who will alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not precede or go ahead of them who are asleep, or who have died, for because the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Believers Removed Before the Antichrist Appears
Les states directly that believers will be gone before the Antichrist appears; they will not see him and cannot identify him with certainty.
The Rapture vs. The Second Coming — What's the Difference?
Ephesians 2.15a "...for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not proceed, or go ahead of them who have died, for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, and then we who are alive and remain shall be caught …
Imminence of the Rapture
Les notes the Rapture has always been imminent, so believers should be prepared for the Lord's sudden coming, which fits with being taken out before the Antichrist.
Globalism as a Sign Before the Antichrist
Les sees globalism in religion, economics, and government as a sure sign the Antichrist's appearance is near, but believers will first be caught up.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Paul reveals that believers will be instantly changed at the last trump, the moment the Body of Christ is taken out.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 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.
Paul describes the order of the Rapture when the Lord descends and believers are caught up together to meet Him in the air.
No. Les teaches the Lord will take believers out before the Antichrist makes his appearance, so they will be gone before he comes.
Les says we may have ideas, but we cannot put a thumb on him and have to be careful not to glibly name anyone, because such guesses have come and gone.
No. Les says there is no way the Church can go into the Tribulation primarily because Paul made clear believers are not under Law but under Grace, and you cannot mix them.
Once the Body of Christ is complete, God takes it out, and shortly thereafter the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel, beginning the seven-year period.
Les points to globalism in all its forms — global religion, global economies, and global government — as a sure sign we are close to the Antichrist's appearance, but believers will be snatched away first.
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