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The Rapture of the Church
will come after the Antichrist calls himself god! By John Chopores 2
Thess. 2: 1 ¶ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, Is this not, the Rapture of the
Church? The “coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” and “our gathering together unto him”. What other
time could there be of “our gathering together unto him”? Cf. Matthew
24:31 And he shall send his angels with
a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The
Greek word for "coming" is "parousia", it means
"coming, arrival, advent". 2. That 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. It
happens on the “day of Christ”. At
the time that St. Paul was writing this, the "day of Christ" was
still in the future! Cf. " Philippians 1:10 That ye may approve things that are
excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the
day of Christ; Philippians
2:16 Holding forth the word of life;
that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain,
neither laboured in vain. 3.¶
Let 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; Someone
can only “fall away” after having been in the faith! This would seem to be weak
Christians, falling away! 4.
Who 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. This one who “exalteth himself” is the Antichrist. Cf. Da 8:11
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by
him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary
was cast down. Da 11:36 And the king
shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself
above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and
shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined
shall be done. Re 13:6 And he opened his
mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle,
and them that dwell in heaven. So, it seems to me, that the Rapture
of the Church will come after the Antichrist calls himself god!
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