Oh greaaaaat, another rapture thread!
The Great Apostasy
2 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our
gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for
that Day will not come unless the
falling away comes first, and
the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above
all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in
the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know
what is restraining, that he may be revealed
in his own time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains
will do so until He is
taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom
the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the
lawless one is according to
the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among
those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
Define in a biblical context:
- gathering together to Him
- falling
- the man of sin
- the temple
- all that is called God
- what is restraining
- in his own time
- taken out
- the Lord will consume
- the working of Satan
- those who perish
- pleasure in unrighteousness
...and see if you do not see the lie.