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Second Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 1-3 reads as follows: 1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 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.
3 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;
In verse 1 you see Paul talks about two events the first event is the coming of Christ and, the second event is the gathering together to him. Why would the church be shaking at the thought of the coming of Christ? The two events Paul refers to, the coming of Christ was the church thought that the tribulation had already started and that they missed the gathering onto him or what is known as the rapture of the church.
The coming of Christ referring to the day of the Lord as I said deals with the tribulation God judging the world. There are 86 verses that talk about the day of the Lord here are a few of those verses.
Joel 3:12-14
Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
Revelation 6:15-17
Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
So second Thessalonians chapter 2 deals with false teachings that were going on that Paul had to address .The occasion for the new revelation was the rise of false teaching in the Thessalonian church. Because of their persecutions, some of the Thessalonians had begun to wonder whether they were not already in the Day of the Lord, the predicted time of divine judgment. If so, they realized that they were already in the time of tribulation, from which they had been promised deliverance ie the rapture.
Now that you understand these two events one being the tribulation or the day of the Lord beginning and, the other the rapture of the church, Paul reveals to us that the day of the Lord will not come until 2 things take place these two things are given to us in verse 3. 3 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;
Now the most important question to ask is when does the Bible tell us the Man of sin will be revealed? We know from Daniel chapter 9 verse 27 that the antichrist will confirm a covenant for seven years and then he will break the covenant exactly 1260 days into the seven year covenant that is when the antichrist will go in to the Jewish temple that is rebuilt and tell the world he is god that is the revealing of the men of sin. So according to what Paul tells us there cannot be a rapture of the church this Rosh Hashanah because the antichrist has not been revealed yet. Since there is no third temple yet and the antichrist has not made a seven-year covenant nor has he entered in to a rebuild temple to claim he is God. If you’re waiting for the rapture this Rosh Hashanah you’ll be waiting a very long time. If you are teaching the church can get rapture this Rosh Hashanah prove to the church the antichrist is here. Show us this third temple has been rebuilt and prove that the antichrist has been revealed as indicated in the scripture in Daniel 9:27 and in Second Thessalonians 2:4
4Who 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.
This week I received a video of a preacher saying that he believed his message about the rapture would be his last because he believed the rapture would take place this Rosh Hashanah but that is impossible to happen because the man of sin has not been revealed as Paul stated he has to be as one of the two events that have to take place before the Day of the Lord or, if you will before the tribulation begins and, as I said that tribulation does not begin until 3 1/2 years after the seven year covenant is confirmed.