844 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 4 Book 71 - Alas the day of the Lord is at hand - 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 71 ALAS, THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND - 4 Joel 1:1-15 This is our fourth program number this afternoon. For those of you out in television, again we just want to invite you to an informal Bible study. We are just comparing Scripture with Scripture. If you disagree, like we just said at break time, you know you can disagree with me on some points as long as it doesn’t affect your eternal destiny and you’re not fooling with God’s eternal plan of salvation. Why, there’s room for differences of opinion on a lot of things. So anyway, today we’ve been talking all day about “the day of the LORD,” which was first introduced to us in the oldest book of prophecy back there in the Book of Joel. All of the Old Testament writers speak of this period of time called “the day of the LORD.” And in one place in Paul’s epistles he does too. So, that’s why we’re going to look for these next few moments at II Thessalonians chapter 2. We’re going to start at verse 1, where, in all of Paul’s epistles, this is the only place that I’m aware of that he talks directly in a perfect parallel with the Old Testament prophecies concerning the day of the LORD and this man of sin that will be heading up the world government during that time. II Thessalonians 2:1 “Now we beseech you, brethren, (Remember, Paul always writes to the believer.) by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him.” Now of course, we’ve got to use the timeline that we had up there to start with, where we have the Church Age now opened up out of the line of Old Testament prophecy. But for now we’re not going to do that. We’re just going to show how Paul is in perfect accord with the Old Testament. All right, verse 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, (In other words, Paul said, don’t be taken in by a forgery.) as that the day of the LORD is at hand.” Now, what’s Paul saying? Don’t get shook up because of the horrors of persecution that you’re going through and the Roman Empire with all of its pressures upon the civilizations, upon the citizens rather. Paul says, don’t believe a forged letter that you missed the Rapture and that you’re in the Tribulation. He said, don’t buy into that. And here’s the reason, verse 3. II Thessalonians 2:3a “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (the day of the LORD) shall not come, (or begin) except there come (Now the King James and a lot of your translations have--) a falling away first,...” Those of you that get my newsletter, for those of you out in television, be aware of our January newsletter. We have a guest article by a famous Greek scholar who teaches this verse exactly the way I did when I taught Thessalonians a few years ago. And that is that there is a better translation and one that all the old manuscripts used instead of a falling away. It is the departure—to leave from one place to another. That’s the way I look at the Rapture. II Thessalonians 2:3b “…that day (the day of the LORD) shall not come, except there come a departure first, (the Rapture, the leaving of the Church) and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” Now, those are all terms that Scripture applies to this “prince that shall come” spoken of in Daniel, and that John, we’re going to see in a little bit, calls the “anti-Christ.” All right, let’s continue on in Paul’s dissertation concerning Old Testament prophecy. So, this man of sin cannot be revealed until the Church is gone. Now verse 4, this is going to be the character of this man, the anti-Christ. II Thessalonians 2:4a “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,…” Now, there’s only one Temple of God so far as earth is concerned, and where is it? Jerusalem. Fortunately, we talked about the Tribulation Temple in the last program. It’s going to be built at the very beginning of the seven years, because the anti-Christ, as he makes that peace between the Muslim world and Israel, will give them permission to rebuild their Temple. I think they’ll have it right beside the golden dome up on the Temple Mount. All right, now when the anti-Christ goes in and defiles it, he will, I think, set it up as his headquarters in total opposition to everything Jewish. II Thessalonians 2:4 “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” He’s going to be above every god, he thinks, that has ever been known, whether they’re pagan or whatever, and he is going to sit in the temple of God. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible