Here is the reason why the date-setters
have all been wrong, in the past, about the date of the
rapture. Every date-setter who has ventured a guess about
the date of the rapture has been wrong because they all left
out one very important Scriptural event which MUST OCCUR
BEFORE the rapture can happen according to the
Scriptures. That specific Scriptural event is God's
'Gog-Magog War' of tribulation judgment against Israel
which will occur JUST PRIOR TO the rapture according
to the Scriptures.
In the following prophetic Scripture God
speaks of His Gog-Magog War against Israel as a visual sign
especially before the eyes of the watching Gentiles in the
latter days to sanctify His name. What point would there be
for God to cause this prophetic event to occur before the
eyes of the left-behind, not-watching Gentiles after the
rapture?
"You will come up against My people
Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It will be in the
latter days that I will bring you against My land so
that the Gentiles may know me when I am sanctified in
you, O Gog, before their eyes."
The next Scripture tells us that God's
Gog-Magog War of tribulation judgment upon Israel has ended,
and now the rapture is the next prophetic event to occur :
"For wherever the carcass is, there the
eagles will be gathered together immediately after the
tribulation of those days......" Matthew 24:29-31
continues on to describe the resurrection and rapture.