tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465161322313911232.post7836298477808293270..comments2022-03-25T07:29:18.334-05:00Comments on Learn Bible Prophecy: What Will the Antichrist Be Like?America At Riskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698329712886350660noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465161322313911232.post-16045822933091829282013-07-29T06:35:20.383-05:002013-07-29T06:35:20.383-05:00What scares me is that a lot of this could have al...What scares me is that a lot of this could have already happened. It could be anyone. There are quite a few people that could very well rise to power soon that are like this. I feel like the rapture could happen any day now. I know we're safe but.... it's just scary. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465161322313911232.post-28694544147120503802011-01-21T01:33:35.212-06:002011-01-21T01:33:35.212-06:002 Thessalonians 2:3 is a proof-text for the pre-tr...2 Thessalonians 2:3 is a proof-text for the pre-tribulation rapture. Paul's thought starts in verse 1 with our being gathered together (episunagoge - a gathering together in one place)<br />Thus the Greek "apostasia" is in line with Paul's thought. This is why early Latin translations used "discessio" meaning "separation" or "departure." <br /><br />ne quis vos seducat ullo modo quoniam nisi venerit discessio primum et revelatus fuerit homo peccati filius perditionis<br />Biblia Sacra Vulgata (405)<br /><br />Wycliffe used a transliteration of this Latin word as "dissencioun."<br /><br />No man disseyue you in ony manere. For but dissencioun come first, and the man of synne be schewid, the sonne of perdicioun,<br />The Wycliffe Bible (1395)<br /><br />Then other English translations used the word "departure" instead of "rebellion" as used in the N.I.V. <br /><br />Let no ma deceave you by eny meanes for the lorde commeth not excepte ther come a departynge fyrst and that that synfnll man be opened ye sonne of perdicion<br />Tyndale New Testament (1526)<br /><br />Let noman disceaue you by eny meanes. For the LORDE commeth not, excepte the departynge come first, and that that Man of synne be opened, euen the sonne of perdicion, <br />Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)<br /><br />Let no man deceiue you by any meanes: for that day shall not come, except there come a departing first, and that that man of sinne be disclosed, euen the sonne of perdition,<br />The Geneva Bible (1587)<br /><br />It was the Bishop's Bible of 1568 that changed the English translation of "apostasia" to "falling away" and this rendering was carried over to the 1611 King James Version.<br /><br />Let no man deceaue you by any meanes, for [the Lorde shall not come] excepte there come a fallyng away first, & that that man of sinne be reuealed, the sonne of perdition,<br />The Bishop's Bible (1568)<br /><br />Let no man deceiue you by any meanes, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sinne bee reuealed, the sonne of perdition, <br />King James Version (1611)<br /><br />There has always been apostasy and rebellion, both in secular and in Church history. Yet none of these events lead to the revelation of "the man of sin." However, when the "gathering together", "departure", "catching away"...occurs..then the restrain of the Holy Spirit will be removed so that the man of sin can be revealled and man's rebellion will be fully expressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465161322313911232.post-91470061662951294432011-01-20T00:08:19.005-06:002011-01-20T00:08:19.005-06:00Please keep up the encouraging commentary :) Your ...Please keep up the encouraging commentary :) Your timing on these could not be better and people need to learn more about this subject. Thank you for being faithful to the Lord my friend.Ori & Mainoreply@blogger.com