Bible Book: 2 Thessalonians

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. For yourselves know how ye oContinue Reading

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH Dr. W. A. Criswell 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 2-19-84    10:50 a.m.   Every chapter of the First and the Second Thessalonian letters closes with a reference and a description of the second coming of Christ [1 Thessalonians 1:10, 2:19, 3:13, 4:14-17, 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, 2:1-14, 3:5].  And this chapter, the fourth of 1 Thessalonians, closes with a description of the rapture of the people of God, the church of our Lord, when He comes for His own [1 ThessalonianContinue Reading

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except 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 worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquityContinue Reading

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except 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 worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquityContinue Reading

THE RISE, REIGN, AND RUIN OF THE ANTICHRIST Dr. W. A. Criswell 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 3-18-84     10:50 a.m.   Second Thessalonians, chapter 2, beginning in the middle of verse 3 [2 Thessalonians 2:3]:   There shall come a falling away, and that man of sin will be revealed, the son of perdition;  He is the one who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, proposing to be God, sitteth in the temple as God, showing himself that he is God. verseContinue Reading