And Jesus answered them and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many will come in my name saying,I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (Matthew 24:4,5)

Now, we can surmise that at this point in prophetic history that the whole world....including the foolish virgins (the unwise Laodicean Church), is in strong delusion and that they believe a lie.

Listen to what Paul is saying:

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him (the rapture of the Bride).

That you be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day (of the catching away) of Christ is at hand. 
(2 Thessalonians 2:1,2)

Read back over this verse. Paul is saying that brothers and sisters, just like us, were already speculating on the time of the Lord's return!

What did he have to say about it?  Right here in the next verse he tells them and us what would happen BEFORE Jesus comes back to get us:

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the catching away) shall not come EXCEPT there come a falling away first (apostacy) AND that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

Now, most everyone of us would agree that we have seen and are seeing the falling away. This is not a falling away from going to church - many of the churches are packed - but a falling away from the FAITH. The falling away from the TRUTH - leaving their FIRST LOVE- JESUS.

Did you notice that in conjuction with this statement is another statement, all in the same sentence? The anti-christ WILL BE REVEALED before the rapture!

Even him, whose coming is after the working of satan with all power and signs and lying wonders (2 Thessalonians 2:9)

In other words, you will see him on the scene after you see the psychics, apparitions and the occult come out and rise in influence - the FALSE ANNOINTING of satan.

And now you know what withholds that he might be revealed in his time (2 Thessalonians 2:6)

This is why we see the false annointing because the Holy Spirit has lifted in the measure that He was here restraining the forces of the evil one. We, as a nation and the rest of the world, have rejected the Bible and the counsel of God and have been turned over to our own lusts and lying spirits. The vacuum that has been created by the famine of the Word of God and the lifting of the Holy Spirit is filled by satan and his demonic hoard.

Remember, the world and most of the church, is under strong delusion. The anti-christ is not the declared world leader - yet. Earth shaking events have to happen for this to take place. They are even now in progress. I believe when he confirms the covenant (after the rapture), is when most of the church will know who he is and when he makes the whole world take his mark is when the rest will know.

Many of you have been taught (like I was), that we will not know who the anti-christ is because we won't be here when he confirms the covenant and no one can know who he is until we (the Bride) are gone. This is NOT what the Bible says....that is NOT what Paul is saying. He is saying THE BRIDE WILL KNOW!