Readers -
My
contention is that the Anti-Christ becomes known, is "revealed", or his
clock starts (the time allotted to him by God to be in power on the
earth) when the Catching Away happens.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 is the explanation of the two part event that is to come, that shakes the earth.
16) For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first -
17) Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord -
examining the numbers from verse 17 can be done here:
We
know from 1 John and 2 John that in the few times the word "antichrist"
is mentioned that the predominant value = 1841 (263 x 7).
Looking at the list of words in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, you can see that the second word has an in-text value of 263.
The
word that actually has that value is "we". This is where the Apostle
Paul (the author) includes himself and his readers in a group that will
be caught up alive in the future at some point.
It
should be obvious that in this case the 263 does not mean the "we" are
"antichrists". many words in the Bible have a value of 263:
My
theory is though, that there is an implied alternate reading, based on
the fact that the 263 number APPEARS IN THE VERSE AT ALL!
This
concept that the appearance of certain numbers in certain verses may in
fact constitute, as it were, a kind of "second Bible" based on numbers
has been in my brain's front burner for many years.
In
this case, I think it might mean also that the AC is there at the
Rapture and his appearance is made to the world, and his clock starts.
yes, I know this is an unprovable theory, but that's what my gut tells me.
Jesus is Lord.