0274. 270. Definite Details of Prophecy

270. Definite Details of Prophecy

In 2Th_2:1-12 R.V.

1. The Definite Hope of the Believer. “The Coming of the Lord Jesus and our gathering together unto Him.” This is the one event for which the Church is waiting.

2. The Definite Period of the Lord’s Rule. “The Day of the Lord.” That is the 1000 years of Christ’s reign on the earth.

3. The Definite Apostasy Foretold. “The falling away.” Not a falling away, but “the” falling away, that is, the open denial of the Father and the Son.

4. The Definite Character of the Anti-Christ. “The man of sin,” Not a system, but a ‘‘man.”

5. The Definite Title given to Anti-Christ. “The Son of Perdition.” Not one who goes into perdition, but who comes out of it.

6. The Definite Place in which he will Sit. “The Temple of God.” Not a spiritual edifice, but a temple in Jerusalem.

7. The Definite Mystery now at Work. “The mystery of lawlessness.” The spirit of self-will opposing God’s will.

8. The Definite Hinderer Removed. “Until it be taken out of the midst.” When the hindering power is taken away, the system of lawlessness will develop into the lawless one.

9. The Definite Revelation of the Anti-Christ. “Then shall that wicked one be revealed” (“the lawless one,” R.V.). The word “revealed” means to uncover, so that which had been concealed shall be seen.

10. The Definite Presence of Christ. “Whom the Lord shall consume.” The nailed hand of Calvary will effectually deal with the mailed might of satanic opposition.

11. The Definite Means of Anti-Christ’s Overthrow. “The Spirit of His mouth.” This, like Rev_19:15, and Heb_4:12, is a symbolic expression to denote the authority and power of His commanding utterance.

12. The Definite Manifestation of Christ’s Coming. “Shall destroy with the brightness of His Coming.” The flashing out of Christ’s inherent glory will blind and blast the Anti-Christ.

13. The Definite Worker behind the Anti-Christ. “Whose coming is after the working of Satan.” The moving and moulding power behind the man of sin is the god of this world.

14. The Definite Cause of the People Being Deceived. “Because they received not the love of the truth.” The truth is that which makes true, and to love it means to be made like it. Not to love the truth is to become a lie and lying.

15. The Definite Lie Believed. “That they should believe the lie,” that is, the lie avowed that he is Christ.

16. The Definite Unbelief Specified. “Believed not the truth.” Unbelief deforms the heart and life and makes them decrepit and dead.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH