I have general question that
I would like to pose to FiveDoves:
I had been told that there are three different
views held on II Thessalonians 2:3, by those who
believe that the blessed hope will come before the
Tribulation:
II
Thessalonians 2:3 Let
no man deceive you by any means: for that
day shall not come, except there come a
falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;
Is
one of the following views correct, or is there yet
a more scriptural view?
1) Both the
falling away and the revealing of the man of sin
occur after the blessed hope (rapture) in the
tribulation
These
say “that day”, points back to line 2
II
Thessalonians 2:2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as
from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
That is only referring only to the
2nd Advent at Armageddon,
so that the falling away & the
initial revealing of the man of sin
both occur completely within the
Tribulation, after the blessed hope
2) Both the
falling away and the revealing of the man of sin
occur before the blessed hope, before the
tribulation
These
say “that day”, points back to line 2, as well
II
Thessalonians 2:2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as
from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
And that “the day of Christ”
points back to line 1
II
Thessalonians 2:1 Now
we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him,
Which is speaking about the
blessed hope,
that he expounded upon in I
Thessalonians 4:13-18.
This then would have “the day of
Christ” refer to the blessed hope,
so that first there would be the
falling away,
then the man of sin revealed,
and then right after that comes
the blessed hope,
followed by the seven years of
Daniel’s 70th week
3) The falling
away occurs before the blessed hope and the
revealing of the man of sin occurs after the blessed
hope in the tribulation
The
third view, I heard from a graduate of Trinity
Baptist, is that line 3 reads as follows:
a. The “falling away” (apostasy)
b. The “comma”
in the line, represents the blessed hope
c. Then begins Daniel’s 70th week,
when the man of sin is revealed
Thank you,
Gino