2 THESSALONIANS 1;1-12 THE DAY OF THE LORD; ENCOURAGEMENT #1

2; THESSALONIANS 1;1-12 FUTURE JUSTICE' FUTURE JUDGMENT, PAUL THANKED GOD FOR THE THESSALONIAN BELIEVERS, WHO WERE PERSEVERING AMID PERSECUTION (91;3-4) THAT PERSECUTION,SAID PAUL SIMPLY SHOWED THAT THEY WERE RIGHT IN GOD'S SIGHT WHILE THEIR PERSECUTORS WERE WRONG. WHEN CHRIST RETURNED, THEIR PERSECUTORS WOULD BE PUNISHED WHILE THEY THEMSELVES WOULD BE REVEALED TO BE TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD(1;5-10) PAUL PRAYED THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ''WORTHY'' OF SUCH SUFFERING AND WOULD BE A GLORIOUS TESTIMONY TO THEIR LORD (1;11-12) PAUL GAVE THESE ASSURANCES IN RESPONSE TO THEIR MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE '''DAY OF THE LORD'' OF WHICH HE HAD SPOKEN IN 1THESS. CONCERNING THE DAY OF THE LORD(ALSO CALLED ''THAT DAY'' (1;10) ALSO 2;3) (ALSO SEE ISAIAH 2;5-4 1. CHRIST WOULD ''APPEAR FROM HEAVEN'' PRECEDING (THAT DAY an event separate from the rapture)(see expo on 1thess. 4;13-18)(+++ GOD'S JUDGEMENT WILL FALL ON TWO CATEGORIES OF SINNERS (1;8) ( #1. THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW GOD' PROBABLY THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL BUT DO HAVE THE WITNESS OF BOTH CONSCIENCE AND NATURE AND ARE THEREFORE (+++""WITHOUT EXCUSE''' SEE ROM. 1;18-20 2; 12-16)(#2. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO OBEY '''+++ ''THE GOOD NEWS''' OF OUR LORD JESUS''').+++( THE DAY OF THE LORD INSTRUCTION' 2 THESSALONIANS 2'1-12,> '' THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ANTICHRIST''. PAUL ASSURED THE WORRIED THESSALONIANS THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD HAD NOT YET COME,AND HE URGED THEM TO IGNORE ANYONE CLAIMING OTHERWISE'(2;1-2)BEFORE THE DAY OF THE LORD CAN BEGIN,THERE WILL FIRST BE ''A GREAT REBELLION'' (2;3) ALSO 1TIM.4;1-3) (ALSO 2TIM. 3;1-5, 4;3-4). AND THE ADVENT OF ''THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS'' THE ANTICHRIST'' 2;3-10)(''THE GREAT REBELLION'' PROBABLY REFERS TO A TIME FOLLOWING THE RAPTURE,WHEN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHURCH WILL ALLOW FREE REIGN TO THE GODLESS, THUS,THOUGH THE FAITHFUL THESSALONIANS WERE UNDERGOING TERRIBLE PERSECUTION , IT WAS NOT THE TRIBULATION,AND THEY HAD NOT MISSED THE RAPTURE. ''THE ANTICHRIST'' AN AGENT OF SATAN HIMSELF(2;9) ''ALSO CALLED' THE ONE WHO BRINGS DESTRUCTION''.(2;3)(''AND THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS''' (2;3 8;9)(WILL TRY TO USURP THE PLACE OF GOD(2;4)(AND WILL BE ALLOWED BY GOD TO ''FURTHER LEAD ASTRAY'' THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY REJECTED HIM(2;11-12)(AFTER A BRIEF REIGN,'' THE ANTICHRIST WILL BE DESTROYED BY GOD(2;8)(WHILE MANY HAVE '''TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE ANTICHRIST'' THIS AND OTHER BIBLE PASSAGES MAKE ONLY TWO THINGS CERTAIN; HIS RISE AND HIS UTTER DEFEAT, (KEY BIBLE PASSAGES ON THE ANTICHRIST INCLUDE ( DANIEL. 9;20-27 11;36-45 12;5-13)(ALSO SEE ZECHARIAH 11;15-17) ALSO SEE 1JOHN.4;1-6)(ALSO SEE REVELATIONS 13;1-10)( ''THE'' LAWLESSNESS'' THAT WILL USHER IN THE ANTICHRIST'S REIGN IS ALREADY PRESENT IN THE WORLD BUT IS BEING HELD IN CHECK BY THE ONE' WHO IS HOLDING IT BACK'' (2;7)(PROBABLY MEANING THE HOLY SPIRIT(SEE JOHN.16; 8-11)(''GOD WILL SEND GREAT ''DECEPTION'' UPON THEM''(2;11)( SHOW'S GOD SOVEREIGNTY OVER HIS ENEMIES (SEE GEN. 50;20) ALSO EXOD.4;21) ALSO JUDG. 9;23). ALSO 1KINGS. 22;19-23) BUT IN NO WAY SUGGESTS THAT HE CONDONES EVIL (SEE JAMES 1;13-14) (PRAISE'THE LORD' MAY THE LORD KEEP YOU SAFE AND GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED' GOD IS ALWAYS LOVING US AND CAREING FOR ALL OF US, I THANK GOD FOR GOD' COULD YOU THINK WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT THE LORD' LOOK HOW IT IS NOW? SO WHAT IF HE WAS''NT' BUT WE WOULD'NT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT WOULD WE' BECAUSE IF HE WAS'NT' WHAT A BOUT US' ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS' PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL' PEACE SERVANTGODGIVETH' PEACE WEOUT. PLEASE' FOR THE WAY I WRITE AND SAY THINGS' YOU ARE RIGHT' I AM UNLEARNED' AND I KNOW NOTHING' BUT PRAISE GOD FOR HIS LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING, PRAY FOR ME, SO THAT I MAY ALWAYS SPEAK WHAT IS RIGHT SO GOD WON'T SEND ME TO HELL FOR NOT DOING SO' AMEN,AND IF I OFFEND ANY' IN THE NAME OF JESUS I ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS; AND I ASK GOD HIMSELF TO LOOK AT THE MATTER'' . ALL OF THIS I ASK IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD' LET THE PEOPLE OF GOD SAY AMEN.