In the next letter
Paul warns the Thessalonians that something has to happen before this. First
there is a great falling away in the church, away from Christ, then the Beast
is revealed.
2Thessalonians
2: 1 ¶ Now we beseech you, brethren, by
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
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.
3
¶ Let no man deceive you by any means:
for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away [Jeremiah
37:13 – going over to the enemy] first, and that man of sin be revealed, the
son of perdition; 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. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with
you, I told you these things? 6 And now
ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already
work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness of his coming: 9
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
Notice John the
Baptist’s apocalyptic warning to the Pharisees and Sadducees and the Jews.
Matthew
3:7 ¶ But when he saw many of the
Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of
vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth
therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father:
for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid
unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh
after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will
throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will
burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
And note Paul’s
declaration to the church.
1Thessalonians
1:10 And to wait for his Son from
heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Revelation
6:16 And said to the mountains and
rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb:17 For
the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
In the following a
sequence of events is given; the wrath of God, the judgment of the dead, and
eternity but the Bible is not written like the owner’s manual for your computer
or car so try not to view it as meaning that one comes strictly after another rather
than the mention here being to what is happening at the end of human history in
a more general sense.
Revelation
11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up
hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld
them…18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the
dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small
and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
No comments:
Post a Comment