Topic: THE DAY OF THE LORD
Text: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-7
2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you
2:2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of [a]Christ had come.
2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of [b]sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits [c]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2:5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?
2:6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.
2:7 For the [d]mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only [e]He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.
2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
STUDY:
The Day of the Lord means different things to different people. For believers in Christ, it will be a great day of deliverance and rejoicing. To the unbelievers, it will be a day of anguish and terrible suffering. While believers who eagerly await this Day wish it should come so soon so that transformation will take place; unbelievers may secretly be wishing it never comes. The truth remains that the Day must come. In verse 3 of our text, Paul warns that nobody should deceive us because that Day will not come unless the falling away first comes (the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come-AMP).
In times like this, what are we expected to be and to do? We must hold firmly to our faith so that we shall not be part of the falling away, no matter when it comes. We must continue in the study of the Word of God and be obedient to its instructions. Again, we must always remain prayerful and depend on the Holy Spirit for direction. With these and determination to make it, we will not be caught unawares.
Prayer:
May the Day of the Lord never meet me unprepared in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
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