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To: editor-surveyor
You do realize that Paul was telling the Thessalonians (who were falsely teaching that Christ had already returned) were wrong, and that is why he said in 2 Thessalonians 2

"1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

41 posted on 02/28/2015 5:06:53 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot
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Its right there in the scripture you just posted:

>> “For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction” <<

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Once you read that declaration, you have to make Paul a liar to believe that a rapture came before what he said had to first come.

47 posted on 02/28/2015 5:19:34 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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