Now, a lot of times people will attack the clear rapture passage in Matthew 24 that tells
us that the rapture comes after the tribulation.
They'll try to attack it by saying, well, when the Bible talks about Jesus coming in
the clouds and the trumpet sounding and him gathering together his elect, they'll say,
well, the elect there, that's not believers.
That's talking about the Jews.
Now, first of all, all you have to do to figure out that that's false is to just look up every
time the word elect is used in the Bible.
And you'll see it's always talking about believers.
And over and over again, he refers specifically to Gentiles, to the Thessalonians, to all
manner of Gentiles as the elect.
He tells us that there's neither Jew nor Gentile in Christ and that we are the elect.
And I would strongly encourage you, if you haven't done so, to look up every mention
of the term elect.
And you'll see it's talking about believers.
But just to show you in this exact chapter how the elect cannot be referring to the Jews,
if we just back up a few verses in Matthew 24 itself, it says in verse 24, for there
shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall sow great signs and wonders in so
much that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
So the Bible talks about that in the end times, there will be false prophets and false Christs
that are going to be so convincing that if it were possible, they would even deceive
the very elect, meaning that it is not possible for the elect to be deceived by false Christs
and false prophets.
He said if it were possible, they would be deceived because these guys will be so slick,
they'll be so convincing, but it's not possible.
Well, ask yourself this question.
If the elect is referring to the Jews in Matthew 24, are the Jews being deceived by false Christs
and false prophets today?
Absolutely.
By and large, the Jews do not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible says, who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ.
He is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son.
And so therefore, those who deny that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, those who deny that
Jesus is the Christ, the Bible says they are antichrist.
You see, in order to believe that Jesus is not the Christ, you have to believe that there
is a Christ, the word Christ means Messiah, you have to believe that there is a Christ
and that that Christ is not Jesus.
Well, who fits that bill?
The Jews believe that the Messiah is still coming.
They believe that Jesus is not the Christ.
The Bible says, who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ.
He is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son.
Therefore, these Jewish so-called rabbis who teach their people that Jesus is not the Messiah,
that Jesus is not the Christ, the Bible says they are antichrist.
So when the Bible tells us here that the elect will not be deceived by false prophets and
false Christs, that can't be talking about the Jews because the Jews are the most deceived
people on this earth when it comes to the Christ and a false Christ and a false gospel
and a false prophet because they believe that Jesus is not the Christ.
They're being deceived by all kinds of rabbis and false teachers and their false religion
of Judaism but let's go with the normal biblical interpretation.
Look at all the other mentions of elect, it's talking about believers.
Now does it make sense to say that believers will not be deceived by false Christs and
false prophets?
Of course it makes perfect sense, Jesus said my sheep hear my voice, they will not follow
another, a stranger will they flee from for they know not the voice of strangers.
The Bible tells us that the believer has the Holy Spirit living inside of him which will
guide him into all truth.
Believers on the Lord Jesus Christ will not be deceived by the antichrist, they will not
be deceived by false Christs and false prophets.
The Jews on the other hand are already very deceived.