The second coming of Christ
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📚Now concerning the coming of our Lord✭ Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him✭, we plead with you, brethren, 2 📚not to be hastily shaken in mind, or alarmed, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter seemingly from us✭, that the day of Christ✭ is at hand.The antichrist, his deeds, his destruction, and the ruin of his followers
3 📚Let no one deceive you✭ by any means. For that day will not come, unless✭ apostasy comes first and that man of sin✭ be revealed, the son of perdition✭. 4 📚✭He opposes and exalts himself✭ above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he as if he were God sits in the temple of God✭, setting himself forth to be God✭.
5 📚Do you not remember that when I was still with you✭ I told you these things? 6 📚✭And now you know what is restraining that he might be revealed at his proper time. 7 📚For the mystery of lawlessness✭ is already at work, but he who is now restraining will continue to restrain until he is taken out of the way. 8 📚✭and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth✭ and will destroy with the brightness of his coming✭. 9 📚✭This one’s coming will be according to the working of Satan, with all power and miraculous signs and deceiving wonders✭, 10 📚and with all the deception of unrighteousness✭ among those who perish✭, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
The reason for antichrist’s temporary success
11 📚And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, so that they will believe the lie✭, 12 📚✭that they all might be condemned✭ who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness✭.
The glorious future of Christ’s believers
13 📚But always we are bound to give thanks to God for you, brethren dearly loved by the Lord✭, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation✭ through sanctification of the Spirit✭ and belief in the truth✭. 14 📚To this he called✭ you by our gospel✭, to obtain a share in the glory✭ of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Standing firm and strong
15 📚Therefore✭, brethren, stand firm✭, and hold the traditions you were taught, whether by word of mouth or our letter.