Thank you for taking a look. †
Let's recap real quick. Please refer
to the studies of I Thessalonians 4:16-17 individually for further
knowledge and understanding.
In I Thessalonians 4:17, we learned
the subject begins in verse 13. Answering two questions: Where are
the physically dead in Christ now up until the time Christ comes
back? Secondly, what is to become of us who are alive when He comes
back? 1) He brings the physically dead with Him who are currently
with Him in Heaven on the good side of the gulf. No one's soul and
spirit is laying 6 feet under in the ground with their physical body right now. HE is the God of the living, not the dead. 2) They
come with Him when we are gathered back to them--the cloud of witnesses. As
illustrated in all Scripture OT and NT, He is coming with the clouds. "Air" in
I Thessalonians 4:17, means "to blow breath of life" bodies. That is because it's the first resurrection. Will believers be suspended in
the air in the clouds forever? No, that's NONSENSE! That is man deceiving by making
up his own words which is what happens when you follow one verse
here, one verse there. The word is a testimony against yourself. Oh, how
the stones cry out! The Word of God actually is a stumbling
block to those who deceive with their own words rather than teaching the truth as it is written.
With that being said, Paul wrote a
second letter to absolutely clear up an confusion. Let's take a look:
(II Thessalonians 2:1-12) "Now we
beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
our gathering together unto him,
(Beseech = We question you. Are you going to answer them or keep walking for the sign post straight to satan claiming to be Christ/God? “Not me; no, never.” Thought would be even more prideful because no one is exempt or anymore special than anyone else. We are to be sealed with the truth.)
(This is referring to the first letter speaking of the gathering back to Christ--the timing of the first resurrection. What's going to happen? What will it be like? We already learned from there, and the subject continues in I Thessalonians 5. Christ will come on them unaware because they do not know. Well, here we go; it's time to know. Paul went to great lengths, and so am I myself. I want to see NO ONE bow to satan. Let's stop following the false preachers who teach one verse here, one verse there for an hour, never getting past their own words or into to God's Word.)
(Beseech = We question you. Are you going to answer them or keep walking for the sign post straight to satan claiming to be Christ/God? “Not me; no, never.” Thought would be even more prideful because no one is exempt or anymore special than anyone else. We are to be sealed with the truth.)
(This is referring to the first letter speaking of the gathering back to Christ--the timing of the first resurrection. What's going to happen? What will it be like? We already learned from there, and the subject continues in I Thessalonians 5. Christ will come on them unaware because they do not know. Well, here we go; it's time to know. Paul went to great lengths, and so am I myself. I want to see NO ONE bow to satan. Let's stop following the false preachers who teach one verse here, one verse there for an hour, never getting past their own words or into to God's Word.)
2That ye 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 Christ is at hand.
(Do not be rattled by any form of communication. Spirit, what spirit could that be? Just as that evil spirit came to Margaret MacDonald and 2 preachers standing there ran with rapture/pre-trib doctrine in 1830. But we never look to that as the basis of any argument. We get to verse-by-verse teaching and use them as supporting factors. Day of Christ = The Day of the Lord. His one time coming. One event!)
3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(Here you have it--man's lie saying there is going to be a pre-trib rapture. Falling away = Apostasy. They are it, and this is speaking right against them. The root word from apostasy means "as a divorce". So, it is a drawn out thing because the Lord is fed up with lies, but it also ends the relationship on a dime. It hands them over. Nothing else is working or getting the job done.)
(Man of sin = satan himself in a man's body just as Christ did. Satan will not be born of woman. Revelation 12:7-9. He loses the war in Heaven with the fallen angels at the hands of Michael the Archangel. We will go over more on that below. Son of perdition = To perish. Wasting away because satan is the abomination that makes desolate, as well. Please refer back to Revelation 17 as well, the beast that goes into perdition there (the last beast). This is two of satan's roughly 40 names in his roles he plays throughout scripture. It shows and gives us his characteristics. Are you going to learn the enemy or what? Let's get the Gospel Armour on so we can withstand the spirits from verse 2!)
4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
(He is against everything of God and all; he is completely opposite. He will be in his own body claiming to be Christ/God in Jerusalem. Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20; Revelation 13:11 are all the same time direct timing. I would use that as reference to study before and after accordingly. These are just the references from the NT. It's also illustrated up and down in the OT as well.)
5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
(We have been through this before. We have been over it more than once, so let's get with it.)
6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
(This is Michael, of course, as referenced above. Let's take a quick look:
OT (Daniel 12:1) “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book."
NT, for the last 3 woe trumps you will see, keep reading, then go back to Revelation 8:13; 9;1 to continue that study. (Or don't and continue on heading straight for satan. (Revelation 12:7-9). )
7“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
Back to II Thessalonians 2:7:
7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(Here we go back to the subject from the verse. Iniquity and the worker of it = the man of sin satan himself. It continues on until Christ comes back and destroys satan as the beast and the false prophet; these are two parts of the evil Godhead/evil trinity seen at the 6th vial. Remember that satan comes to claim to be Christ/God in/at the 6th seal,, 6th trumpet, 6th vial, thus 666. The real Christ comes in/at the 7th seal, 7th trumpet, 7th vial, thus 777 which is the last trumpet.)
(Revelation 16:13) “And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. “
(Dragon = satan himself. Beast = one world system. False prophet = satan claiming to be Christ/God. Furthermore, here we see they are thrown into the lake of fire when Christ comes back, but one remains. That one is satan himself bound for the Millennium who later comes as himself (once again) at the end of the Millennium. In other words, he gets to “play” no more deceptive roles at that point. We will cover more on that in a Millennium study at a later time.)
Now a word to the false teachers who say this is the Holy Spirit being removed here (making it up with their own words): Where is the Holy Spirit talked about here? Where else is there a second witness in ALL of Scripture? More nonsense. As actually, the two witnesses bring a double pouring of the Holy Spirit. Want even more nonsense? If the Holy Spirit is gone then how is it you say some will be saved during this time?
We're questioning you. Are you above them? I'm speaking to false teachers who will read this--the one's Christ and the apostles warned over and over about in the end-times. I repeat, we were warned over and over again! 8And 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:
(All will see because Christ is the light, but they are in darkness. The sun, moon, and stars shall not give their light. This is also why you see the angels standing in front of the sun; that is what it represents.)
9even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(satan himself plays these roles as man of sin/son of perdition, just as he was not a literal talking serpent (shown in Revelation 12:7-9). Similarly, he was not a literal fruit tree. It's important to note that these symbols are supposed to give us deep meanings in characteristics (even though this is rarely taught nowadays). The symbolism helps explain more than what is written which is sadly not done by rapture/pre-trib rapture teachers because most do not understand it or care to teach it.)
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(They hate truth. How are you feeling now reading this? Asking yourself that question is a good test to see where you stand in the faith. There is no love in those that this verse is referring to because they are not even open to receiving it. Please be careful to resist or stop being hard-hearted and/or close-minded.)
11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(No one is exempt. Suppose one thinks they are... go ask any one who calls himself Christian, and ask if they would ever worship satan as Christ/God? Most would reply, "No, never, not me!" However, it's written that many will. Rapture/pre-trib rapture believers are not special or entitled. If you are not careful, you will be walking straight to the arms of satan. We want to help prevent that because we love and care about your soul. We also hope that you receive this truth with an open heart, mind, and arms).
12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
(Get real. Do you love the things of the world over the Lord? Be honest with yourself.)
(The rest of the chapter goes about standing firm. We sure do with that Gospel Armour on. To stand = firmly planted, immovable. As THE LORD IS THE ROCK an immovable force. When it comes to satan coming to claim to be Christ/God, we want to be one force to reckon with making Him fear us in the power of the cross and the name of Yeshua the Mashiach.)
Thank you for concluding this study. We pray these words bring you comfort (as they are intended to and should) especially going back to I Thessalonians 4:18. This shows us where the physically dead in Christ are up until the time He comes, and what becomes of us believers at that time. That will be the amazing and awesome first resurrection, which is our blessed hope! If you did not know this before, it's okay. Please be sure to realize that man is deceiving when it comes to this false rapture/pre-trib doctrine. It is called "soothe-saying".
Amen. †
(Do not be rattled by any form of communication. Spirit, what spirit could that be? Just as that evil spirit came to Margaret MacDonald and 2 preachers standing there ran with rapture/pre-trib doctrine in 1830. But we never look to that as the basis of any argument. We get to verse-by-verse teaching and use them as supporting factors. Day of Christ = The Day of the Lord. His one time coming. One event!)
3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(Here you have it--man's lie saying there is going to be a pre-trib rapture. Falling away = Apostasy. They are it, and this is speaking right against them. The root word from apostasy means "as a divorce". So, it is a drawn out thing because the Lord is fed up with lies, but it also ends the relationship on a dime. It hands them over. Nothing else is working or getting the job done.)
(Man of sin = satan himself in a man's body just as Christ did. Satan will not be born of woman. Revelation 12:7-9. He loses the war in Heaven with the fallen angels at the hands of Michael the Archangel. We will go over more on that below. Son of perdition = To perish. Wasting away because satan is the abomination that makes desolate, as well. Please refer back to Revelation 17 as well, the beast that goes into perdition there (the last beast). This is two of satan's roughly 40 names in his roles he plays throughout scripture. It shows and gives us his characteristics. Are you going to learn the enemy or what? Let's get the Gospel Armour on so we can withstand the spirits from verse 2!)
4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
(He is against everything of God and all; he is completely opposite. He will be in his own body claiming to be Christ/God in Jerusalem. Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20; Revelation 13:11 are all the same time direct timing. I would use that as reference to study before and after accordingly. These are just the references from the NT. It's also illustrated up and down in the OT as well.)
5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
(We have been through this before. We have been over it more than once, so let's get with it.)
6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
(This is Michael, of course, as referenced above. Let's take a quick look:
OT (Daniel 12:1) “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book."
NT, for the last 3 woe trumps you will see, keep reading, then go back to Revelation 8:13; 9;1 to continue that study. (Or don't and continue on heading straight for satan. (Revelation 12:7-9). )
7“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
Back to II Thessalonians 2:7:
7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(Here we go back to the subject from the verse. Iniquity and the worker of it = the man of sin satan himself. It continues on until Christ comes back and destroys satan as the beast and the false prophet; these are two parts of the evil Godhead/evil trinity seen at the 6th vial. Remember that satan comes to claim to be Christ/God in/at the 6th seal,, 6th trumpet, 6th vial, thus 666. The real Christ comes in/at the 7th seal, 7th trumpet, 7th vial, thus 777 which is the last trumpet.)
(Revelation 16:13) “And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. “
(Dragon = satan himself. Beast = one world system. False prophet = satan claiming to be Christ/God. Furthermore, here we see they are thrown into the lake of fire when Christ comes back, but one remains. That one is satan himself bound for the Millennium who later comes as himself (once again) at the end of the Millennium. In other words, he gets to “play” no more deceptive roles at that point. We will cover more on that in a Millennium study at a later time.)
Now a word to the false teachers who say this is the Holy Spirit being removed here (making it up with their own words): Where is the Holy Spirit talked about here? Where else is there a second witness in ALL of Scripture? More nonsense. As actually, the two witnesses bring a double pouring of the Holy Spirit. Want even more nonsense? If the Holy Spirit is gone then how is it you say some will be saved during this time?
We're questioning you. Are you above them? I'm speaking to false teachers who will read this--the one's Christ and the apostles warned over and over about in the end-times. I repeat, we were warned over and over again! 8And 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:
(All will see because Christ is the light, but they are in darkness. The sun, moon, and stars shall not give their light. This is also why you see the angels standing in front of the sun; that is what it represents.)
9even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(satan himself plays these roles as man of sin/son of perdition, just as he was not a literal talking serpent (shown in Revelation 12:7-9). Similarly, he was not a literal fruit tree. It's important to note that these symbols are supposed to give us deep meanings in characteristics (even though this is rarely taught nowadays). The symbolism helps explain more than what is written which is sadly not done by rapture/pre-trib rapture teachers because most do not understand it or care to teach it.)
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(They hate truth. How are you feeling now reading this? Asking yourself that question is a good test to see where you stand in the faith. There is no love in those that this verse is referring to because they are not even open to receiving it. Please be careful to resist or stop being hard-hearted and/or close-minded.)
11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(No one is exempt. Suppose one thinks they are... go ask any one who calls himself Christian, and ask if they would ever worship satan as Christ/God? Most would reply, "No, never, not me!" However, it's written that many will. Rapture/pre-trib rapture believers are not special or entitled. If you are not careful, you will be walking straight to the arms of satan. We want to help prevent that because we love and care about your soul. We also hope that you receive this truth with an open heart, mind, and arms).
12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
(Get real. Do you love the things of the world over the Lord? Be honest with yourself.)
(The rest of the chapter goes about standing firm. We sure do with that Gospel Armour on. To stand = firmly planted, immovable. As THE LORD IS THE ROCK an immovable force. When it comes to satan coming to claim to be Christ/God, we want to be one force to reckon with making Him fear us in the power of the cross and the name of Yeshua the Mashiach.)
Thank you for concluding this study. We pray these words bring you comfort (as they are intended to and should) especially going back to I Thessalonians 4:18. This shows us where the physically dead in Christ are up until the time He comes, and what becomes of us believers at that time. That will be the amazing and awesome first resurrection, which is our blessed hope! If you did not know this before, it's okay. Please be sure to realize that man is deceiving when it comes to this false rapture/pre-trib doctrine. It is called "soothe-saying".
Amen. †
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