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"Scripture is clear that believers are not appointed unto God's WRATH."

One of the verses that proves your point is Rev.9:4

"And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."

The "seal of God" is His truth, His word that we have absorbed. That truth keeps us from the deception Satan is throwing at us. It pays us to remember that he is coming after us, believers, Christians - he already has the others. Rev.12:17

"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to
make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus
Christ"

That is us, Christians, he is coming to make war with. That war is with a flood of lies and done in a peaceful and prosperous manner. This is one of the verses that shows, not only that he is coming after us, but that we will be here when he does. If we are raptured that would not be possible.

God's wrath is only for those that do not follow Him. He will not hurt those that He loves and that love Him. However, the great deceiver, the anti-christ (which was mistranslated and should be "instead-of-christ")is coming before the true Jesus Christ and he will fool many. That is the "great apostasy" when people who have loved Christ all their lives will change their faith and follow him. How could that be? How could any believer change? Because they are deceived into believing he is Christ and they will think they are worshipping Jesus. Even if that worship is done unknowingly God tells us they "might be damned".

God said, 2Thess.2:10-12
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them
that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved. (11)And for this cause
God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie; (12) That they all might be damned who
believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.

God not only allows Satan's lies but sends strong delusion to those of us who have not read His letter with understanding.