53) The Book of 2nd Thessalonians

SECOND THESSALONIANS continues to reveal the fundamentals of the sound faith that the Apostle Paul began in the first letter. The second epistle focuses upon the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus. The Second Coming is clearly divided into two parts as the coming of the Son of man. The first part is private or within the family and the second part is public for all to see (Rev. 1:7; 6:15-17). The glorious coming of Jesus Christ will be revealed to the entire world (Zech. 12:10; Rev. 1:1). The Rapture or translation will be the mysterious departure of born again believers before the Tribulation like Enoch disappeared prior to the flood (Heb. 11:5).

Born again believers in the Lord Jesus will be caught up before Jacob's Trouble (Jer. 30: 7), but some of the trouble of the Tribulation may begin before the Rapture. The spirit of the final days before the Rapture will be dominated by the apostasy of Alexandria (Rev. 3:14-22). This apostasy will be associated with the worldly philosophy of Alexandria, the false sciences of Darwinism and textual criticism, and the evil traditions of Romanism (Mark 7: 13; Col, 2:8; 1 Tim. 6:20-21; James 3:15-18; 1 John 4:1-6). The goal of this paganism will be international fascism or socialism under the control of the church of Rome and Muslims (Rev. 17:1-5). The letter contains 3 chapters and 47 verses.