Hello, Jack. It seems that there were some post-tribulationists around back in the days of the apostles giving the Thessalonians some grief.
Paul assures them that they are not in the Day of Wrath until the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way. I guess this is just one more proof that spirit-filled believers will not be on this earth. I bet we will be at The Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven. Praise God.
Thess.2:
2:1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers,
2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.
3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
5 Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?
6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
(The lawless one will be revealed at the beginning of the tribulation.)
I hope you had a good Labor Day and are ready to resume our Godly communications.
James |
