“The Beginning of the End # 1” 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

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Date: May 28, 2023 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

According to the Scriptures, the closer we get to the end of this age, the more ungodly our society will become. From a human perspective, it will appear that we are living in uncertain times and that our society is falling apart. From the biblical perspective, we are living in the most certain times of our history as the end-time events are falling into place, just as God ordained them to be at this time. God is shaking His people up to wake us up, to get us to grow up, look up, and then to speak up, for even many of God’s people are losing their hope. We will explain this further in our next sermon entitled “The Beginning of the End.” (Part # 1)

According to the Scriptures, the closer we get to the end of this age, the more ungodly our society will become.

God is shaking His people up to wake us up, to get us to grow up, look up, and then to speak up, for even many of God’s people are losing their hope.

We will explain this further in our next sermon entitled “The Beginning of the End.” (Part # 1)

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Old Testament Reading –Isaiah 34:1-8 New Testament Reading – 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

The purpose of Apostle Paul’s second letter to the Christians at Thessalonica was to assure them they had not missed:

Sadly, the rise in unrest has caused many of God’s people to lose hope; or even question the promise of our Lord to deliver us from this world before God’s wrath is released.

The “Day of the Lord” Paul referred to is a time that is to come when God will either directly or indirectly interject Himself into the timeline of human history and carry out the final prophetic events that will bring this age to a close, concluding with the return of Christ to this earth.

Before the Day of the Lord concludes with Christ’s return to the earth, there will be a seven-year period known as “Jacob’s Trouble,” or as we call it, “The Tribulation,” when all of the remaining prophecies involved in God’s plan of redemption will be fulfilled, and His wrath is released upon those who refused His love and His grace.

The Apostle Paul assured the Thessalonians that two major events would precede the Day of the Lord.

The term “falling away” is an English translation of the Greek word “apostasia,” which could have several meanings.

While there are several opinions regarding the identity of the restrainer, I am convinced Paul was referring to the power and the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

Throughout the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit is always referred to as “He,” not an “it!”

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