NOAH must be in the ark before the “fountains of the deep are broken up.” Lot must leave Sodom before the fiery tempest descends. Elijah must be taken up before the threatened evil falls on Israel. So the church will be “caught up” before the “man of sin” is revealed, or the great tribulation overwhelms this poor scene.
Before Christ comes for His people, nothing need necessarily take place. Before He comes with His saints (Rev. 19) the apostacy must come―the man of sin be revealed―the “time of Jacob’s trouble” begin and Satan be cast down to the earth. J. B. M.