2
Thessalonians 2:1-12, AMP
What
does Scripture tell us happens
In
this Last of the Last Day of Time?
What
is God's sequence of Events?
2
Thessalonians 2:1-12 tells us.
The
First Event is the Great Falling Away, the Apostasy.
This
brings about the Revealing of the Antichrist.
Then
the Holy Spirit is Removed from earth,
And
the Antichrist Seduces the Whole World--
All
but those whose names are written
IN
THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE.
Listen:
But
relative to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah
And
our gathering together to [meet] Him,
We
beg you, brethern,
2
Not to allow your minds to be quickly unsettled or disturbed
Or
kept excited or alarmed,
Whether
it be by some [pretended] revelation of the Spirit
Or
by word or by letter [alleged to be] from us,
To
the effect that The Day Of The Lord
Has
[already] arrived and is here.
3
LET NO ONE DECEIVE OR BEGUILE YOU IN ANY WAY,
For
That Day will not come
EXCEPT
THE APOSTASY COMES FIRST--
That
is, unless the [predicted]
GREAT
FALLING AWAY
Of
those who have Professed to be Christians has come--
AND
THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS (SIN) IS REVEALED,
Who
is the son of Doom (of perdition).
[1
Tim. 4:1; Dan. 7:25; 8:25.]
4 (The
Antichrist) who opposes and Exalts himself
So
Proudly and Insolently
Over
ALL that is called God or that is worshiped,
[Even
to his actually] taking his seat in the Temple of God
[I
believe this to be The Church of God],
Proclaiming
that he himself is God. [Dan. 11:367, 37; Ezek. 28:2.]
5
Do you not recollect that when I was still with you
I
told you these things?
6
And now you know what is RESTRAINING him
[From
being revealed at this time];
It
is so that he may be manifested (revealed)
In
his own [appointed] time.
7
For the MYSTERY OF LAWLESSNESS—
That
hidden Principle of Rebellion against constituted authority
[God's
authority]--is already at work in the World,
[But
it is] RESTRAINED only until He [the
Spirit of God]
Who
RESTRAINS is taken out of the way.
8
And then the Lawless One (the
Antichrist) will be revealed
And
the Lord Jesus will slay him with the Breath of His Mouth
And
bring him to and end by His appearing at His coming. [Isa. 11:4.]
(This
happens at the Battle of Armageddon,
At
the end of the Three and One-half Year Great Tribulation.)
9
The coming [of the Lawless One, the Antichrist]
Is
through the activity and working of Satan,
And
will be attended by Great Power
And
with all sorts of [pretended] marvels--
[All
of them] lying wonders--
10
And by UNLIMITED SEDUCTION TO EVIL
And
with ALL WICKED DECEPTION
For
those who are (going to Perdition,)
PERISHING
because they did not welcome the TRUTH
But
REFUSED to love it that they might be Saved.
11
Therefore God sends upon them a MISLEADING INFLUENCE,
A
WORKING OF ERROR and a STRONG DELUSION
To
make them believe what is False.
12
In order that ALL may be Judged and Condemned
Who
did not believe--
Who
REFUSED to adhere to, TRUST in and Rely on—the TRUTH,
But
[instead] took Pleasure in Unrighteousness.
(2
Thessalonians 2:4-12, AMP)
Once
the Antichrist is revealed and Seduces the Whole World,
He
rules for Three and One-half Years.
But
this is also the time of God's Great Tribulation,
At
the end of which, Christ Jesus returns,
And
Destroys the Antichrist with the Breath of His Mouth
And
the Splendor of His Appearing.
Christ
Jesus then establishes His Kingdom on Earth as in Heaven
For
a Thousand Years, the Millennium, God's Day of Rest.
I
believe that when the Holy Spirit is Removed,
The
Bride of Christ is taken into the Desert
And
protected there by God for Three and One-half years,
The
duration of The Great Tribulation.
(Revelation
12)
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