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To: EliRoom8

[2 Th 2:3 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.]

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5 posted on 08/31/2020 10:09:42 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

However, one bit of clarification. Apostasis in that verse, although similar to our English word “apostasy” means departure. Sometimes it means rebellion or departure from the faith. At other times it’s verb form means physical departure as when Satan departed (apistemi) from Christ after the third temptation. If it means physical departure it refers to the Rapture, not just apostasy which has been around forever. Paul is telling the Thessalonians to stop worrying, they are not in the Tribulation because the Departure has not occurred.


6 posted on 08/31/2020 12:49:04 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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