Michael,

            Thank you for your letter. I checked out the links that you indicated ( first ,  second ,  third ,  fourth ,  fifth ). Ron had sent me (I’m on that mailing list of his) the timeline, and had encouraged me to read his paper on the 7 years a while back now. The other three links appear to deal with the indentifying of the son of perdition, but I was unable to see where they were dealing with the question of the two things: the falling away (apostasy) & the revealing of the man of sin – particularly on which side of the blessed hope (rapture) those two things happen. However, maybe it is clear, but I perhaps am unable to see it. When you mentioned:

“Also ask Him for patience, for, the way your mind thinks, the road to illumination may be long, indeed”

I guess that the way that I posed the question revealed much about the way my mind thinks. I had no idea that I was like what you indicated – well, I guess we are always the last ones to find out about ourselves. So, if I’m like you said, then perhaps that is why I couldn’t see where the last three links dealt with the question that I posed.

Ron’s paper, also, seemed (to me at least), not to necessarily indicate on which side of the catching away that the apostasy occurs, or on which side of the catching away the revealing of the man of sin occurs.

            The timeline, though, looks like it is indicating that the revealing of the man of sin occurs immediately after the catching away, and not before. What I didn’t see still, was whether the apostasy happens before or after the catching away.

                        Thank you,

                                    Gino