Hi John:
 
I just thought i'd respond to this post. I'm sure that many are feeling the same way, I know that I have for about a year or so [(although for me it was a conclusion that i drew myself by observing people and our society in general and the way we conduct ourselves) i've always been a people watcher]
 
What you see is also scriptural I might add, for instance check out Isaiah 66:4 and 2Thess 2:10-12 ... they did not receive the love of the truth, so God sent them a strong delusion
 
As for anybody wanting to stay behind, well remember, that through the tribulation, there will be a people here alive when He comes to establish His Kingdom so my question is this:
 
If everybody leaves to go to be with Him then who will He use to minister to those that are lost? Who will bear WITNESS to all that HE IS !! to all that He has done?
remember there are many many people out there who are bound by spirits deaf and dumb and cannot and will not receive His words of life unless He removes the ties that bind them.
 
It's nice to see that you are so compassionate and worried about the state of peoples hearts and that's very good
 
 
Bill A.