Ray,

That is a great question!

And you had some very interesting points related to that, regarding those who are to flee.

Could the catching away of all the children, including those in the womb, be a possible severe judgment upon America?

In the 10th plague, all the first born in Egypt were slain, where there was no blood of a lamb on the doorposts.

But now, will not the blood of the Lamb, the LORD Jesus, be for all the children, as it is for all the believers?

So that, this time, the children are not killed, but taken in mercy, leaving the remaining adults to go into the tribulation?

Back then, the nation of Egypt was judged, but this time the nations of the world, and in particular America, will be judged.

America has been a nation that turned from Jesus, to killing children in the womb, and other terrible things.

What will abortionists think at that moment, as children they are killing, are resurrected right before their eyes?

Pharaoh, and later Herod, ordered the killing of children, but at the blessed hope, the children will be rescued from the earth.

What will the remaining parents, school boards, and politicians be thinking at that very moment?

Will the cry be even greater than it was in Egypt?

Exodus 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

This time, many may also think the children are all dead, except those children actually will be alive, with resurrected bodies, and will be with Jesus, forever.