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238 239 </div> 240 </div> 241 </div> 242 <div class="ys-layout"> 243 <div class="ys-banner-wrap"> 244 <table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'> 245 <tr> 246 <td class='heading'> 247 <div class="heading"> 248 <h1 style="text-align:center;"><a id="sys_heading" href="./" style="color:#fce238;font-size:30px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;text-decoration:none;">Psalm 118 v 8</a></h1> 249 </div> 250 </td> 251 <td> 252 <div id="sys_banner"></div> 253 </td> 254 </tr> 255 </table> 256 </div> 257 <div class="content"> 258 <div id="content"> 259 <style media="screen"> 260 .layout_1-column { 261 width: 100%; 262 padding: 0; 263 margin: 0; 264 } 265 266 .layout_1-column:after { 267 content: ""; 268 display: table; 269 clear: both; 270 } 271 272 .zone_top { 273 margin: 0; 274 padding: 5px; 275 vertical-align: top; 276 line-height: normal; 277 min-width: 100px; 278 } 279</style> 280 281<div class="layout_1-column sys_layout"> 282 <div id="layout_row1"> 283 <div id="sys_region_1" class="zone_top" ><div id="I20" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 0 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I20_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman;" align="center"><!--[if !mso]><object 284 classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> 285 286<![endif]--> 287 288</p><p style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 51, 187);" align="center"><font size="5"><b><u><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">What Saith the Scriptures</span></u></b></font></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><b style="text-indent: -18pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The 289"Rapture" or the "Apostasy" Verse?</span></b></h3> 290 291<p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; 292margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal; 293mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 294font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">For decades many have been confused by a 295statement in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4:</b></p><p style="text-align: left; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Now we 296beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><i>by</i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> our gathering </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">together unto 297him, t</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hat ye be 298not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">letter as 299from us, as that the day of Christ is at </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">hand. </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Let no man 300deceive you by any means: for </span><b style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>that 301day shall not come,</i></b><span style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> except there come a </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">falling away 302(</span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">apostasy</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">
302) first, and that man of sin 303be revealed, the son of perdition; </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Who opposeth 304and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">that he as 305God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.</span></p><p></p><p><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Confusing Interpretations:</b></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Post 306Trib Rapture</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> - For many, the above verse seems 307to say that the tribulation times (called "day of the Lord") 308including the appearance of the antichrist (called the "man of 309lawlessness"), will appear first, prior to 310the rapture event (called "our gathering together to Him").</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; 311font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b>Pre Trib Rapture</b> - Yet at the 312same time, many have also used the same verse to teach that the 313"rapture" of the church will take place before the 314tribulation period. I suspect that many of these teachers may read 2 315Thessalonians 2:3 with a presuppositional meaning that they already understand, 316not by what the verse actually says grammatically. (Read the verse several 317times if necessary).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Briefly explained, the 318"rapture" (a word derived from the Latin Vulgate translation) is a 319moment in time when Christians will be evacuated off of planet Earth prior to 320severe political, earthly and cosmic disasters. These events are described in 321Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 and Revelation chapters 6-19. The horrific 322disasters appear to include violent earthquakes, brutal wars, massive pandemics 323and famines, tsunamis, economic collapse, asteroids, disturbances from outer 324space and a world dictator. During the rapture, both living and dead Christians 325will receive new, glorified bodies as they are gathered together with Christ in 326the air (1 Cor. 15:51-53; 1 Thess. 4:17).</span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Greek 327Word "Apostasy" as it is translated Before KJV</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Part of the problem 328with correctly interpreting 2 Thessalonians 2:3 has to do with the translation 329of the word "apostasy." </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 330line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language: 331EN-GB">2Th 2:3</span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 332mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Let no man 333deceive you by any means: for that day 334shall not come, except there come a falling away <i>(Apostasy) </i>first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of 335perdition;</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Let no one deceive you 336for the day of the Lord will not come unless the "apostasy" comes 337first. It's likely that the word "apostasy," translated from the 338Greek, may not be quite accurate. Let's look at some reasons why:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Surprisingly, the 339first 15 centuries of translation use "departure" as the 340properly translated word for "apostasia" in 2 Thessalonians 3412:3 (House 1995, 270). In fact, the first seven English bible translations 342of "apostasia" prior to the King James Version, rendered the word as 343"departure" (as in the "rapture" or "gathering
344together to Him"). Also, Jerome's Latin bible known as the Vulgate from 400 345A.D. used the word "discessio," meaning "departure" as 346well. This historical fact is meaningful. While noting that spellings and 347English have changed over the centuries, here are a few of those pre-KJV 348English translations:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">1. Wycliffe New 349Testament (1384): That no man deceyue you in any maner/for no 350but departynge aweye (or dissencon) schall come firste and the man of 351synne schall be schewid the sone of perdicioune.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">2. Tyndale N.T. (1534): 352Let no ma deceave you by eny meanes for the lorde commeth not excepte ther come 353a departynge fyrst and that that synfnll man be opened ye sonne of 354perdicion.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 355line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">3. Coverdale Bible (1535): Let no man disceaue you by eny meanes. For the LORDE 356commeth not, excepte the departynge come first, and that Man of Synne 357be opened, even the sonne of perdicion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">4. Cranmer Great Bible 358(1539): Let no man deceaue you by any meanes, for the Lorde shall not come 359excepte there come a departinge fyrst, and that that synfull man be opened, 360the sonne of perdicion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">5. Matthew's Bible 361(1549): Let no man deceyue you by any meanes, for the Lord comnmeth not, except 362there come a departyng first, and that, that sinful man be opened, 363the sonne of perdicyon.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 364line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">6. Beza Bible (1565): Let no man deceiue you by any meanes: for [that day shall 365not come] except there come a departing first, and that man of sinne 366be disclosed, [euen]the son of perdition.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 367line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">7. Geneva Bible (1575): Let no man deceiue you by any meanes for that day shal 368not come, except there come a departing first, and that man of sinne 369be disclosed, even the sonne of perdition. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">(House 1995, 270).</span></p><p></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Making 370Sense from Eight Pre-KJV Historical Bible Versions</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Simply put, if our 371modern English translations rendered the verse as it was in those eight pre-KJV 372versions, it would read something like this:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">"Let no one in any 373way deceive you, for the day of the Lord (tribulation) will not come unless 374the departure (rapture) comes first and then the antichrist 375appears" (2 Thess. 2:3).</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 376line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In other words, once the unbelieving population begins to witness the tribulation 377and identifies the world leader (called "antichrist" in the Bible) 378who declares himself to be "god" in the rebuilt Jewish temple, then 379they will know that the rapture has already occurred. It will be evident. 380Millions of Christians will have disappeared worldwide (2 Thess. 2:3-4; Daniel 3817:25; 1 Thess. 4:17).</span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Swiss 382Reformer Creates New Word</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">No historian knows 383exactly why, but the Swiss reformer, Theodore Beza, was the first one to 384transliterate the word "apostasia" to "apostasy." Rather 385than translate the Greek word "apostasia," Beza 386"transliterated" or created a new word, "apostasy." Thus, 387the King James Version translators rendered "apostasia" to mean 388"falling away" rather than a physical "departure." Ever 389since, Protestant and Catholic translators have used the word
390"apostasy" or "rebellion."</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 391115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 392line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This changed a once strong rapture verse which spoke of believers evacuated off 393the planet to be with Christ in the air, into a verse meaning defection from 394church teachings, morality and doctrine, i.e. a "spiritual" rather 395than a "physical' departure.</span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Turning 396Bible Texts into Polemics</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">One theory proposes 397that Theodore Beza may have changed the word "apostasia" to mean a 398spiritual departure rather than a physical removal, for a good reason. Dr. 399Andrew Woods postulates that in the 250 years before the King James 400translation, there was a growing schism between traditional Catholics and the 401newly emerging "protestant" faction. Each group may have looked to 402the other as "apostate." Thus, translating 2 Thess. 2:3 as "apostasy" 403might have been their way of indicting those who strayed from their own 404position. They forgot to do good bible exegesis and turned the text into a 405polemic to support their own position (Woods, 2017).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 406115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Context 407Should Always Determine Meaning</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The careful Bible 408student may wish to refer to The Liddell and Scott Greek Lexicon which defines 409"apostasia" first as "defection, revolt;" then secondly as 410"departure, disappearance." The context of First and Second 411Thessalonians suggests that "departure" or "disappearance" 412is the correct usage - just as the eight translations before the King James 413Version had declared.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 414line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 415line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b>Paul's Use of Synonyms</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">We need to remember 416that in his two letters to the Thessalonians, Paul utilized good writing 417techniques by using synonyms to describe the rapture in several passages. In 1 418Thessalonians he wrote of the "harpazo" which referred to a 419catching-up of believers into the clouds to join Jesus Christ (1 Thess. 4:17). 420In 2 Thessalonians he referred to the same event as our "gathering together 421to Him" (2 Thess. 2:1). So, it makes good sense that Paul used the word 422"apostasia" as meaning a "departure" to again refer to the 423rapture in 2 Thess. 2:3. Effective writers do the same sort of thing today.</span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Theologians 424Who Hold to "Apostasy" as the "Rapture"</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Recent theologians and 425historians who have understood this and hold to "apostasy" as meaning 426"departure" rather than church "defection" include:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kenneth 427Wuest. E. Schuyler English. Dwight Pentecost. H. Wayne House. Stanley Ellison. 428Allen McRae. Gordon Lewis. Tim LaHaye. Thomas Ice. Andrew Woods.</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">There are others, but 429this is an impressive list of scholars. Although in the minority, their 430translation of "apostasy" as meaning "departure" in 2 431Thessalonians 2:3, is well supported historically.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 432line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b>Thessalonica Believers Not Left Behind</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">After all, why 433shouldn't theologians consider "apostasia" in 2 Thess. 2:3 to mean 434"departure" (or the rapture)? Context should always determine 435meaning. Think about it. Here in his two letters, Paul was comforting the church 436against false teachers or a fraudulent letter that had frightened Thessalonica 437believers into thinking that the Day of the Lord had already come. Paul was 438assuring them that they had not been physically "left behind" to 439suffer through God's wrath.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">In fact, the apostle 440Paul had already clearly told believers that they were not subject to God's 441wrath (1 Thess. 5:9). Therefore, the common-sense interpretation of this 442passage reassures believers that they would be gone before the "great 443tribulation" (Matt. 24:21) and appearance of the antichrist. The "Day 444of the Lord" would not come until two events occurred:</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 445line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">1. The gathering of Christians to the Lord in the air (1 Thess. 4:17, called 446the "rapture").<br>2. Then, the appearance of the "man of sin" (2 Thess. 2:3, the 447antichrist).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">The next time your
448Reformed or post-trib friends try to spoil your joy, tell them about:</span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 449line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">- Eight pre-KJV English translations and 15 centuries of 450translations that used the word "departure" instead of "apostasy" 451in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">2 Thess 2:3. - Tell them about The Liddell and Scott Greek 452Lexicon that gives two definitions for "apostasia," one of which 453means "departure" or disappearance.- Name some of the reputable 454scholars who hold to this view.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Remind naysayers that 455context should always determine which definition of "apostasia" fits 456the passage best. Suggest that they study alternative views. Most of all, point 457out that this is not a "salvation" issue and Pre-tribbers and post-tribbers 458don't need to become angry or pushy about it! Arrogance and ridicule are 459foreign to spirit-filled Christians. They are encouraged to learn both sides of 460the issue and leave it to the individual to decide which makes more sense. 461Unrestrained mockery, anger and ridicule is not a fruit of the Spirit and 462Christians should refrain from indulging in it anyway (read Galatians 5:19-20).</span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Squabbles 463Over 3 Year Difference</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's possible that we 464could be here for part of the first three years of the seven-year tribulation, 465although there are arguments against that as well. It's even possible that we 466could face the antichrist. (We're only talking a little over 3 years difference 467here).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 468115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Improved 469Odds</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">But, the chances are 470better that we won't face the murderous dictator called the 471"antichrist" in the bible. Chances are that we won't have to decide 472whether to accept a "mark," perhaps in the form of a bio-chip in our 473hand or forehead that allows us to purchase consumer goods and to be tracked 474worldwide - or be killed if we refuse it (Rev. 13:16; 20:4). Chances are that 475we won't face the worst of cosmic and earthly disasters, either - it's bad 476enough now. We can once again be comforted by the apostle Paul's words in 2 477Thessalonians 2:3 and 1 Thess. 4:18.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 478line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b>Looking for Jesus Christ - Not for 479Antichrist</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Best of all, we can 480look forward to the soon return of our loving Saviour, Jesus Christ - not the 481antichrist!</span></p><p></p><p><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; 482font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1Th 4:14</span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: 483"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-17</span></b></p><p><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 484mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, 485even so them also which sleep in Jesus w</span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 486mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ill God bring with him. 15. </span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 487mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, 488that we which are alive <i>and</i> remain u</span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 489mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">nto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them 490which are asleep. 16. </span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 491mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with 492a shout, with the voice of the </span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 493mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">archangel, and with the trump of God: </span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 494mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">and the dead 495in Christ shall rise first:</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; 496margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal; 497mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 498mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">17. Then we which are alive <i>and</i> remain shall be 499caught up together with them in the </span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 500mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
500clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall 501we ever be with the Lord. </span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 502mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Wherefore comfort one another with these words.</span></b></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Verse 16, âWith a SHOUTâ âWith the TRUMPâ these are military terms. With a 503shout is a loud command, with the trump is a trumpet/bugle call to rally or move the 504troops around the battle field. During the heat of battle these commands and rallying calls were so 505loud that even the enemy would hear them. The enemy may not have understood 506them but they definitely knew something was about to happen. This confirms to 507me that there is no âSecret Raptureâ The whole world will know that something 508stupendous has occurred. The world is the spiritual battle field, the enemy is the prince of this world, Satan.</span></p><p></p><p><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; 509mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1Co 15:50 </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Now this I 510say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">doth 511corruption inherit incorruption. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Behold, I 512shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, i</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">n a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the 513last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised 514incorruptible, and we shall be changed. </span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">When The Lord <b>"Appears in the air to call His people"</b> to be with Him, this is "<b>NOT"</b> the second coming! The second coming is described in Zechariah 14 and Rev 19.</span></p> 515 516 517 518<p style=" text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 51, 187);"><!--[if !mso]><object 519 classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> 520 521<![endif]--><font size="5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;language:EN-GB;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">To the Glory of God For His Continuous Testimony</span></font></p> 522 523</div></div><div id="I2131f5c1807a4719b1e40a1c49b6fb36" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:center;margin:10px 10px 10px 10px;" class="Social_FacebookLike_Default"><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psa118-8gospel.com%2Fministry.php&send=false&layout=button_count&width=90&show_faces=true&action=like&colorscheme=light&font=arial&height=30&locale=en_US" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:90px; height:30px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div><div id="I1d6970aab5784a328e39fb37b8aba561" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:center;" class="HTML_Default"> <div id="I1d6970aab5784a328e39fb37b8aba561_html" class="responsive_embed"><a href="#Top">Jump to Top</a> 524 525</div> 526 527 </div></div> 528 </div> 529</div> 530 </div> 531 </div> 532 <div class="bottom"></div> 533 </div> 534 535
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