![]() ![]() The Church is presently restraining the revelation of the man of sin, but when the church is removed (rapture), then the Antichrist will be revealed and the 7-year Tribulation will ensue. The Antichrist will not be revealed until God’s restraining power is removed (a departure of that restraining power, which is the Church or rather the body of Christ). This man of sin is identified as the Antichrist spoken of in the prophetic books of Daniel and Revelation. When these things happen, then we can know that the day of Christ is certainly at hand. ![]() As we see in verse 2, and what is clear, is Paul's instruction that the day of Christ will not occur until we see a "falling away" or "departure," in which the man of sin will no longer be restrained. "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except (unless) there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition 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."įirst, I would like to note that in the above verse "that day shall not come" are words that are added to the text by the editors of the KJV. These rumors understandably caused a disturbance among the congregants of the church and are expressed using the terms “shaken in mind” or “troubled.” Paul instructs them that the Day of Christ has not occurred unless two conditions are fulfilled, we read as follows: ![]() There were false teachings circulating among the Christians at Thessalonica, claiming that the Day of Christ had already occurred. Very significant to our understanding of the “Day of Christ” is this latter verse. 2: 1-2 "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 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." Phi 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 labored in vain."ĢTh. Phi 1:10 "That ye may approve things that are excellent that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ " The first phase of the Lord’s Coming will be for the gathering of His saints (believers, body of Christ, the Church), in which the dead in Christ shall rise first and those who are still alive on the earth will be caught up in the gathering with them to be joined to Christ In Scripture, this day is known as “The Day of Christ,” in which the following verses will demonstrate that the “Day of Christ” is significantly meant and addressed to the church of God. This event is portrayed in Scripture in two phases. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not” (1 Cor. "Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. In the first book of Corinthians, the Apostle Paul states, The Christian's hope lies in the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ, and without it there is no basis for Christianity.
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