WILL UFO'S DISGUISE THE RAPTURE? BILLY CRONE, JAN MARKELL, MARK HENRY

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"Pastor Mark Henry and Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries, sit down with Pastor Jeff Kinley to discuss how the world may use aliens and UFOs to explain the events of the rapture. This excerpt is taken from the "Understanding the Times" prophecy event held at Revive Church on August 3, 2023." 

Billy Crone's slant on the recent UFO phenomenon is yet another example of futile pre-trib speculation and headline-grabbing. (1 Timothy 1:3-4). At the UFO Congressional Hearing on the 26th of July, former Air Force Major David Grusch claimed that "non-human remains from an alien craft" have been recovered at alleged crash sites. 

Billy Crone: "I think this is all part of a custom-tailored last days deception to explain away the very event that God says is next on His prophetic calendar, and that event is called the rapture of the church, and that is when God evacuates all born-gain Christians, takes them off the planet before the worse time in the history of mankind is thrust upon the planet. The bible calls that time 'the seven-year tribulation'." 

According to Billy Crone, God's enemies will seek to find a credible excuse to explain why millions of people, specifically Christians, will have disappeared in the pre-trib rapture. Crone refers to an "alien deception" and he regards the alleged non-humans as demons. The New Testament consistently refers to demons as disembodied spirits; in other words, demons are precluded from having physical remains. (Matthew 12:43-45). Crone's failure to make the distinction between demons and fallen angels is no small blunder from yet another pre-trib "prophecy expert" (not). Ancient Jewish texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls specifically refer to demons as the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim giants who perished at the time of the flood. The nebulous nature of Grush's claims suggests that the alleged "UFO phenomenon" may very well be a psyop. If Grush's claims are genuine, then in my view, fallen angel activity more accurately describes the alleged "UFO phenomenon" currently in the news.

The issue with Crone's speculation is that it is dependent upon an alleged "pre-tribulation rapture" occurring before the 70th week of Daniel. (Daniel 9:27). It suits the purposes of the pre-trib camp to misrepresent the tribulation period as the entire 70th week of Daniel. However, the length of the tribulation is actually 3.5 years (cut short). (Matthew 24:21-22,29). 1 

The failure of bible teachers to teach sound doctrine regarding the rapture question is one of the biggest scandals of our time. (1 John 4:1). The pre-trib rapture is a doctrine that can be almost entirely attributed to the false teaching of megalomaniac and cult leader John Nelson Darby. This destructive doctrine of false hope is a tragedy for Western Christianity. Pre-trib teachers will have to answer to God for setting up many believers within the body of Christ for a terrible fall! (Romans 14:12; Matthew 12:36). I hasten to add that it is not too late for Jan Markell, Mark Henry, Billy Crone and others to repent, and I urge them to do so. It would be far better for these teachers to admit their error now and suffer loss of face, rather than face God with the damage this false doctrine will shortly create.

When the rapture happens, no one on earth will be in any doubt about what is happening! 

The scriptures locate the rapture of the church after the tribulation i.e. after the sixth seal is broken. The prewrath rapture is not a doctrine that I relish by any means. However, the scriptures are clear that believers will face the Antichrist. As such the wise course of action is to recognise the need to prepare our hearts for this time of testing rather than fall into pre-trib escapism and false hope. Far from being a signless event, the rapture will be preceded by fearful cosmic disturbances and the sign of the Son of Man. 

Immediately after the tribulation of those days:
‘The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.'
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. (Matthew 24:29-31).

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4).

1. WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: FALSE PROPHETS AND BIBLE TEACHERS IN THE LAST DAYS: THE SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION FALLACY (bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com)