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You make good points except this one."I always wondered how there could be a great falling away, as Christ spoke of. I wonder if it is those that, planning on being rescued, lose faith when this supposed per-trib rapture doesn’t happen, and they have not understood the need to persevere..."

I've heard this a lot and to my mind it makes no sense.

If people actually know the pre-trib rapture didn't happen then it follows that they recognize they are in the tribulation.One of the things that clue them in is the fact that the anti-christ has been revealed,7 yr treaty etc etc.They will then know this is all true and happening before their very eyes.They can count the days till he walks into the temple,they can count the days right down to the day Jesus arrives.They litterally will be able to tell people they know what is going to happen and it will happen exactly on those days.It makes no sense whatever to think that the effect this will have is to make people lose faith.The exact opposite is what one would expect.