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Clear searchSigns, expectancy, and the event the Church is told to await
…an of sin be revealed..." —2 Thessalonians 2:1, 3 At first reading, Paul appears to place apostasy and Antichrist before "our gathering". The immediate problem, however, was a claim that the Day of the Lord had already arrived. The verb translated "is at hand" in verse 2 can mean…
Read article →The man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day
…revealed..." —2 Thessalonians 2:1, 3 The apparent sequence is strong: coming, gathering, apostasy, man of sin. The immediate crisis, however, was a report that the Day of the Lord was already present. The KJV's "is at hand" in verse 2 can carry the sense "has arrived". Persecute…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…ithin Israel. This pattern is familiar from the prophets. Elijah discovered that Israel's apostasy was not total; God had reserved a remnant who had not bowed to Baal. Paul applies that principle to his own day: "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according…
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