2 Thessalonians 2:3, 7, 9-11
- Rebellion OccursRebellion
- Restrainer RemovedRemoved
- Man of Lawlessness RevealedRevealed
- accompanied by …
- the working of SatanWorking-of
- with every kind of power, sign and false wonder
- accompanied by …
- God sends them a powerful delusion so that they believe the liePowerful-Delusion
- WHY?
- because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them, andof-the-Truth
- in order that judgment may come upon ALL
- who have disbelieved the truththe-Truth
- and delighted in wickedness.in-Wickedness
- Day of the Lordof-the-Lord
Matthew 24:15-31Chronology
- Persecution and the Falling Away - v 9-14Falling-Away
- The Abomination of Desolation set up in the Temple and the Great Tribulation v 15-25Abomination-of-Desoltion
- The Return of Christ - v 26-31Second-Coming
- Jesus said in verse 29 Immediately AFTER the Tribulation of those days: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give it’s light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Compare Revelation 6:12-17 - the 6th seal.
- and in verse 30 - **AT THAT TIME (AFTER the Tribulation of those days) the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the heaven, …”
- verse 31 - AND HE WILL SEND OUT HIS ANGELS WITH A LOUD TRUMPET CALL, AND THEY WILL GATHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF THE HEAVENS TO THE OTHER. So Jesus clearly teaches that He does not gather His elect (the Rapture) until AFTER the Tribulation.Rapture
- compare verse 29 with the signs recorded in the Book of Revelation at the time of the 6th Seal (6:12-17)
- The first six seals follow the same timeline as Matthew 24
- The Rider on the White Horse
- Red Horse - War
- Black Horse - Famine
- Pale Horse - Death
- Martyrs
- Terror
- v 17 states what is to come next - “For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
- The opening of the 7th seal begins the 7 Trumpet judgments
- Revelation 10:6-7
- And he (the angel) sword by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay! **But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
- The LAST, and 7th Trumpet - Revelation 11:15-19Last-Trump
- verse 15 - … The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.
- verse 17 - 18 … You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were enraged, and **Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great --- AND TO DESTROY THOSE WHO DESTROY THE EARTH.
- Jesus said in verse 29 Immediately AFTER the Tribulation of those days: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give it’s light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Compare Revelation 6:12-17 - the 6th seal.