Question on the Strong Delusion

Question: Will Christians be here for the “Strong Delusion” or will they be raptured out of the world beforehand?

Answer: The answer to this question is totally dependent upon the proper Biblical position of the idea of the Rapture itself. The general church positions on the Rapture vary. There are three general views about the Rapture; one placing the Rapture in a pre-trib setting, another placing the Rapture in a mid-trib setting, and yet another view placing the Rapture in a post-trib setting.

The Strong Delusion will definitely be played out during the Tribulation period, which is a seven year long time of trouble for Israel. 

My earnest position on this question corresponds to the pre-tribulations view! Therefore, Christians who presently make up the body of the Church will not be present on the Earth when the Strong Delusion is perpetrated on the world. Neither will Rapture eligible Christians be around for the rise of the Antichrist! 

If the passing of time and current events prove that the present generation of Christians indeed are the ones that shall be “Caught Up,” then we shall be fortunate enough to be the Last Days generation counted worthy to escape the entire Tribulation!

I 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.

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

In the Lord’s letters to the Church, there is a vital promise from the Bridegroom (Jesus) relative to this question. 

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

The Lord God has framed a “set time” in the course of world history to bring everything to a climax. The ages old War between Satan and God is quickly coming to an end! The key sign that the world is nearing the End; is the miraculous regathering of the Remnant of the Jewish peoples into their Promised Land. 

This “Set Time” is known as the Time of Jacob’s Trouble; or the Tribulation. It is also known as the “Hour of Temptation,” as is quoted in Revelation 3;10. It is a brief period of time when God will allow Satan to play his final hand, exalt his Seed, the Antichrist; so as to force mankind to choose sides. 

One last note: While present day Christians stand to “escape” the “hour of temptation, there are two groups that will not escape the Tribulation. These are the Jewish people of Israel and the newly converted Christians in the world after the Tribulation has begun!

Yes, there will be many that will become new Christians after the Rapture during the awful days of the Antichrist! (These future saints can be observed in Revelation 20:4)

Focus on the Bible

January 7, 2021

by: Darrell G. Young