The confusing thing to me is; why is there a "personal conviction" about something that is clearly stated...the "meeting in the air"....
Consider; Ecclesiastes 9:5 ....the dead know not anything....the memory of them (that is, the dead's memory) is forgotten. and
Ecclesiastes 9:10 ....for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest.
1Thessalonians confirms all this, saying ....concerning them which are asleep....even so them also which sleep in Jesus....shall not precede them which are asleep.
Why do so many follow the fables of men, and ignore the plain statements of the Bible -and still claim to be "followers"?
The "spirits of the dead" (demons) will deceive most of the world. Note the first thing Jesus tells the disciples when they asked him about the signs of His Coming in Matt. 24 Take heed that no man deceive you. In truth, check out how many times Jesus uses the derivatives of "deceive" in Matt. 24.
Guy throws in "the millennium", and "7 years" alot too. Like he's got all that settled as well....I suppose more "personal conviction" stuff.
Why not study the Bible? The world, before Jesus returns, will be one of religious, not secular persecution! Rev 12: 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, (the true, remnant church) and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God.... and Rev. 14; 12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are they which keep the commandments of God....
Most "Christians" don't even know the 10 Commandments. You think the Bible is wrong? I don't.