It is the coming of Christ in the fire of His glory that will destroy Antichrist and save the Lord's people. Jesus will come with His victorious saints and deliver the land and people of Israel, bringing the Glory of God to the Holy Land.

Paul taught us the same thing:

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the Presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. (II Thessalonians 1:7-10)

Again:

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: (II Thessalonians 2:8)

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: (Romans 11:26)

It is clear from the Scriptures that Christ will destroy Antichrist and his armies by the power and glory of His coming. The teaching that Christ will come but not destroy Antichrist until seven years later, or three and one-half years later, is, as far as we can see, totally lacking in scriptural support.

If there is to be a secret coming of the Lord before His appearing in glory, such a secret coming ought to be taught plainly in several passages of the Scriptures. There is no passage of the Scriptures that describes a secret coming of Christ before His coming to destroy Antichrist.

When the Lord comes, every eye shall see Him. The elect will be gathered to Him. Then He will pour out His wrath on the wicked of the earth.

The "Lots" will be called out of the cities marked for destruction. The "Abrahams" will rule with Christ in that hour. God's kings and judges will administer the chastisement of the wicked.

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord. (Psalms 149:9)

The "ten horns," perhaps the members of a united Europe, will destroy the institutionalized church—the whore that has persecuted the true saints throughout the Christian Era and is filled with every demon.

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. (Revelation 17:16)

We have seen, then, the application of the thirty-seventh chapter of Ezekiel to the nation of Israel. There is taking place now a "second exodus" of the Jews. Although surrounded by hostile countries the nation of Israel is becoming ever stronger.

In the days to come there will be increasing persecution against the Jews. Many Jews will receive Jesus as Christ, making them members of the Body of Christ along with the elect Gentiles. It appears that the nation of Israel will continue its pursuit of material prosperity, largely ignoring its calling as a kingdom of priests to the Lord.

To be continued.