Firstfruits Rapture: Part 6
In this study, I will discuss 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 and how it relates to the Firstfruits Rapture.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 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, 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.
This translation shown above was taken from the King James Bible, (published in 1611), but if you look at many other Bible translations of this passage, you will see a different, (and more correctly made) translation. The translators of the King James Bible translated the Greek noun Apostasia [G646] into the English words “fallen away”, and this has influenced most modern Bible teachers to teach that there will be a great falling away of believers in Christianity in the last days, however, this is not what this passage is teaching. First of all, the Greek noun Apostasia actually means “the departure”, and this is how many Bible translators in past history have translated it. The Greek noun "Apostasia" actually means "departure", and has the opposite meaning of the noun "presence", or, "standing in the presence of". Another fact that makes the translation "a falling away" incorrect is that the definite particle translated as the word "a" in front of the words "falling away", should be the word "the"; therefore the correction translation for the Greek words "he apostasia" should be "the departure". The word "Apostasia" is derived from the Greek noun Apostasion [G647] which means “a declaration of divorce (or separation)”. When we look at how Jehovah God ended his relationship with ancient Israel, we see that He first divorced her, as declared in Jeremiah 3.
Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
After Jehovah divorced Israel, He used the ruthless Babylonian armies to devastate the 12 tribes of Israel, ending in their captivity in 587 B.C. By considering this historical principle, we can know that God uses a bill of divorce to separate Himself from a backslidden church, and this is the same principle that we see in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4. Before Jesus will allow the man of sin to be revealed, the son of perdition, who will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God, Jesus will divorce Himself from the New Testament church and take out His Firstfruits harvest; thus, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 can be more accurately translated as follows.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except the aforementioned departure of the church occur first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Just as God divorced Himself from the Old Testament church age and they experienced a regime change when they went into captivity by the Babylonians, and were ruled over by the king of Babylon, Jesus will also divorce Himself from the New Testament church age, and they will experience a regime change as they will go into captivity by the New World Order, that will be ruled over by the son of perdition.
The main difference between the early rain and the latter rain is, that during the latter rain, God will bring a great number of people into His kingdom, and as the Bible declares in Joel 2 and Acts 2, God will pour out His spirit upon all flesh in the last days, and a great many people will become saved.
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Acts 2:17-21 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 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, 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.
This translation shown above was taken from the King James Bible, (published in 1611), but if you look at many other Bible translations of this passage, you will see a different, (and more correctly made) translation. The translators of the King James Bible translated the Greek noun Apostasia [G646] into the English words “fallen away”, and this has influenced most modern Bible teachers to teach that there will be a great falling away of believers in Christianity in the last days, however, this is not what this passage is teaching. First of all, the Greek noun Apostasia actually means “the departure”, and this is how many Bible translators in past history have translated it. The Greek noun "Apostasia" actually means "departure", and has the opposite meaning of the noun "presence", or, "standing in the presence of". Another fact that makes the translation "a falling away" incorrect is that the definite particle translated as the word "a" in front of the words "falling away", should be the word "the"; therefore the correction translation for the Greek words "he apostasia" should be "the departure". The word "Apostasia" is derived from the Greek noun Apostasion [G647] which means “a declaration of divorce (or separation)”. When we look at how Jehovah God ended his relationship with ancient Israel, we see that He first divorced her, as declared in Jeremiah 3.
Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
After Jehovah divorced Israel, He used the ruthless Babylonian armies to devastate the 12 tribes of Israel, ending in their captivity in 587 B.C. By considering this historical principle, we can know that God uses a bill of divorce to separate Himself from a backslidden church, and this is the same principle that we see in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4. Before Jesus will allow the man of sin to be revealed, the son of perdition, who will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God, Jesus will divorce Himself from the New Testament church and take out His Firstfruits harvest; thus, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 can be more accurately translated as follows.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except the aforementioned departure of the church occur first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Just as God divorced Himself from the Old Testament church age and they experienced a regime change when they went into captivity by the Babylonians, and were ruled over by the king of Babylon, Jesus will also divorce Himself from the New Testament church age, and they will experience a regime change as they will go into captivity by the New World Order, that will be ruled over by the son of perdition.
The main difference between the early rain and the latter rain is, that during the latter rain, God will bring a great number of people into His kingdom, and as the Bible declares in Joel 2 and Acts 2, God will pour out His spirit upon all flesh in the last days, and a great many people will become saved.
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Acts 2:17-21 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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