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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Have a blessed day.
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    He is not identified as an “anti-Christ” but as a little horn. And would you like to answer the five questions? Thanks.
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Oh, the questions I asked were in post # 206, but perhaps you might find the answers in my post # 224.
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    I don’t believe you answered any of the questions I asked you. They are your opinions but where is the support / verses you are relying on ? Now, let me ask you one question… can you have an “anti-Christ” before you have a Christ? I don’t see an anti-Christ in Daniel. I do see a little horn...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    I agree that 1 John 2:18 mentions “antichrist” in the singular, but I do not think John is clearly teaching one future literal individual in the way many assume. John’s own explanation moves immediately from the singular to the plural: “you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Perhaps you might decide to focus on the markers found in Daniel 7,8, and 11 and tie them to the verses in the NT. It was the papacy itself who came up with the "anti-christ" figure that would come to the earth at the end of time. It was the Jesuit priest Ribera at the time of the Reformation...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Here is a cut / paste section of the narrative found within the commentary on Daniel that speaks to the chapter 7 identity of the little horn. For what it is worth..... First, Paul says, “the mystery of lawlessness is already at work” (2 Thessalonians 2:7). This means lawlessness was already...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Thank you for your honest comments! First, let me say in sincerity just how difficult and complicated the Book of Daniel truly is. Most have no idea how it is constructed, the approach that is needed to unpack it, and that the focus cannot simply be on the 4 kingdoms, their kings, and their...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    I would not focus one second on the term AC or anti-Christ figure. Because there is NO anti-christ literal figure. The 4 times this term is used is only found in the NT and they ALL speak to a "spirit of the anti-christ." Not a literal person who comes on the scene. However, God has gone to...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Okay, now, would you mind telling me who the man of sin is? Is this the same individual that is mentioned in Daniel 7,8 and 11? Is this the same individual mentioned as the "lawless one" in 2 Thessalonians 2? Is this the same one that is mentioned in Revelation - sea beast, whore of Babylon? If...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Thanks for your response. But I hope you would have offered your full interpretation on the following: 1) what is the “lawlessness” that is already taking place in the 1st century, 2) who is the “lawless one” that will be revealed, 3) when and why will this “lawless one” be revealed, 4) who...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Okay, now, who is the lawless one, what is lawlessness that began in the 1st century, and the timing of those… and what verses are you using to make your interpretations?
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Thanks for your response.
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    I am not arguing that they thought the full visible return, resurrection, gathering, and final judgment had already happened and that they missed it. I agree that would be absurd. I am saying that they may have been told the day of the Lord had arrived, had begun, or was now present. That is...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    Paul’s sequence proves the day had not arrived, not because the Thessalonians could miss the final visible return, but because they could be deceived into thinking the day of the Lord was already present due to their suffering.
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    I think I rather discontinue having any further conversations with you. Best wishes.
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    I agree that it would be absurd if someone claimed the final visible return of Christ had already happened in its fullest sense and the Thessalonians somehow missed it. If Christ had already appeared in final glory, the resurrection and gathering had occurred, and the wicked had been judged, no...
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    The FOUR HORSEMEN of the Apocalypse

    I don't know if you agree, but the war that takes place after the cross is not a secular war or series of wars among secular nations. God is not interested in speaking about or prophesying about wars mankind has always and always will begin... "there will be wars and rumors of wars." God had set...
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    Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

    What is wrong with you????????