Then there is this rebuke in Ezekiel 13 that God gave against those foxes (He calls them) that teach His people 'to fly' to save their souls! This wasn't history, it's a prophecy for the last days with a specific pointer to it. It is about men's leaven doctrine of a Pre-trib Rapture theory!
It is no wonder that such a false theory would deceive so many for the end and it not be mentioned directly in God's Word. However, it is mentioned directly in God's Word, and He is angry against those who deceive His people with it!
Ezek 13
13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, 'Hear ye the word of the LORD';
3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
If you think this was meant only for Jews just because of that address above to "Israel", you'd be terribly wrong. The "house of Israel" for the last days represents the scattered ten lost tribes of Israel, not Jews. This is a warning specifically to the pastors and preachers over God's people of the ten tribes scattered abroad. Where would that be? It is where the majority of them are that accepted The Gospel, because they were scattered out of the holy lands before Judah went captive to Babylon, and they never returned. And our Lord Jesus said He was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel, pointing particularly to the seed of Israel that would receive The Gospel among the Gentiles.
In essence then, this Message by our Heavenly Father is for OUR TIMES, just prior to the "battle in the day of the LORD". That "day of the Lord" is the day of our Lord Jesus' return. Their teachers/preachers are like "foxes in the deserts" God says. They follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! Boy do they, twisting His Word to make His people want to 'fly' to save their souls, as He will show later.
6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD saith': and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, 'The LORD saith it'; albeit I have not spoken?
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
Can't get anymore plain than that. Those foxes among His people claim that He said, when He did not. Because of their lies and spoken vanity, He is against them.
9 And Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of My people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Basically, He is saying those foxes won't be gathered along with His Church. They will be treated as the outcasts, like those outside the gates of Rev.22:13-14.
10 Because, even because they have seduced My people, saying, 'Peace'; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, 'Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?'
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in My fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in Mine anger, and great hailstones in My fury to consume it.
14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
15 Thus will I accomplish My wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, 'The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it';
Their promoting that false peace isn't in effect just yet today, for it is when the wicked and deceived will be saying, "Peace and safety" during the coming tribulation. It's pointing to the future when Antichrist shows up and these foxes begin promoting him and his plan for one-world government peace and prosperity.
Their lies will be as concrete mortar that has a weak hardener. Just slap it on, and a hard rain washes it off. The hard rain is what those hailstones and stormy wind is about for the end. It is the event taught in Revelation 19 when Jesus comes.
16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
For the end of this world, that is... the orthodox Jew's plan for Jerusalem, and the coming Antichrist. The coming tribulation is going to be a time of world peace for the deceived, for those who fall away to the Antichrist, especially those who get fooled into thinking that Antichrist is our Lord Jesus. The Antichrist isn't coming to work outward evil. He is coming to deceivingly destroy using... peace, and craft is to prosper in his hand (Dan.8).
17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
18 And say, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
19 And will ye pollute Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to My people that hear your lies?
Like Jesus warned in John 10, the hireling doesn't care for the sheep, but will run when the wolf creeps in. The hireling is a hireling because he does it for MONEY, not for love of Christ's sheep! That's why it's all lovey-dovey with them, not wanting to rebuke because they might lose that money (or barely and bread)!
20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
There it is, the Pre-trib Rapture theory of the foxes among God's people. They hunt souls to make them fly away... but to where? Our Lord Jesus is coming HERE (Zech.14; Acts 1).
21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver My people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
KJV
The consolation God gives there is for the deceived of His people who love Him. He will deliver them out of the hands of those foxes eventually. But make no mistake there, He is talking about the end of days and the fly away doctrine of man known as the Pre-tribulational Rapture theory.