2 Thessalonians 2 - Introduction
CHAPTER 2. The Day of the Lord and the Revealing of the Man of Sin.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 2. The Day of the Lord and the Revealing of the Man of Sin.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Now we beg you, brothers and sister, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, to the end that you be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, as that the day of the Lord is now present.' Pa... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Let no man beguile you in any way, for it will not be except the rebellion come first, and the man of sin (or ‘lawlessness') be revealed, the son of perdition, he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or is an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God setting h... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you these things?' How we would love to hear what he had told them, but we do not know, nor do we know its extent. But it seemingly ties up with some of John's teaching in Revelation with remarkable accuracy. John may have had Paul's letter in mi... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And now you know that which restrains, to the end that he might be revealed in his own season. For the mystery of lawlessness already works, only there is one who restrains who will be taken out of the way.' What could restrain the man of sin and hold back the Anti-god? Revelation 20:2 depicts the... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And then will be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his coming.' Note the continued emphasis on lawlessness. ‘The man of lawlessness -- the mystery of lawlessness (his hidden teaching now revealed and co... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Even he whose coming is according to the work of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.' In his own sphere the man of sin will reveal the power o... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And for this cause God sends them a working of error that they should believe the lie, that they all might be judged who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.' When men spurn God's Spirit the alternative is error. That was so in Genesis 6:2, and is always so. When Pharaoh har... [ Continue Reading ]
‘But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brothers and sisters beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, whereunto he called you through our Gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jes... [ Continue Reading ]
‘So then, brothers and sisters, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you were taught whether by word or by letter from us.' Because of this working of God in His own they are exhorted to ‘stand fast', both against the working of the Evil One and against the fears that pervade them. And one way... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.' This verse is remarkable in its implication. It was the usual practise of Paul to place ‘God our Father'... [ Continue Reading ]