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7 - 2 THESSALONIANS 2 - CAUTION: ON THE TIME OF CHRIST’S RETURN</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
2:1-2 (2:1-4, NNT) DAY OF MESSIAH: RELATED WITH MAN OF SIN
REVELATION. <font size="3">“Now we ask you, brethren, as t</font><font size="3">o</font><font size="3">
the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together
unto him; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2 </font><font size="3">that
you be not quickly shaken from </font><font size="3"><i>your </i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">:mind,
nor be trouble</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">d</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">,
either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the
day of the Lord is on;” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
make us like Issachar (1 Chronicles 12:32), who had understanding of
Your time</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">,
and what to do. They understood Your Kingdom! </span></span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
2:5-6. PRESENT HINDRANCE. <font size="3">“Remember you not, that,
when I was yet with you, I told you these </font><font size="3"><i>things?
</i></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">6 </font><font size="3">And
now you know what restrains, so that he be revealed in his own
:season.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">We thank
You Father, that Satan is Your servant, who can </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">only</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
do that which You permit him! We remember Job (1:12; 2:6). With </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Father, </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">there are
no second causes</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">:
You either do it, or permit it. We will not fight You. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
2:7. SPIRIT OF WITHHOLDER: TO INCREASE UNTIL MANIFESTED. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">For
the mystery of :lawlessness does already work: </span></font><font size="3"><u>only</u></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">there
is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
:one that restrains now, until he become out of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
midst.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Satan
is beholden to the Spirit of Christ. He is limited. He was defeated
at Calvary. His head is crushed and his legal authority removed.
Christ Jesus is his conqueror. He is a defeated for. You Father,
spread a table for us in front of him! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">2:8 (2:8-10) LAWLESSNESS
PERSONIFIED THROUGH SATAN: CHRIST’S OMNIPOTENCE! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall
slay with the spirit of his :mouth, and bring to nothing by the
manifestation of his :presence:” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Only
for a </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">very</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
short time. Like Hitler, he will </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">soon</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
pass from the scene. His 1000 year reign will be cut short and end in
ignominy! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
2:11-12. STRONG DELUSION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
for this </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">cause</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
:God sends them a working of error, that they should believe the lie:
</span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">12</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
that they all might be judge who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in :unrighteousness. </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
we mourn for the blindness and rebellion of those who choose Satan
and his servants rather than Christ and His prophets and apostles!
Father, ever keep us alert to the deception, delusion and seduction
of the enemy. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
2:13-14 (2:13-1</span><span style="text-decoration:none">5</span><span style="text-decoration:none">)
THANKSGIVING: ITS EFFECTIVE BASIS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
WE are bound to thank :God always for you, brethren beloved of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Lord, because :God chose you from </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
beginning unto salvation in sanctification of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the
</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Spirit
and by belief of </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
truth: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">14</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
thereunto</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
he called you through our :gospel, to the obtaining of our Lord Jesus
Christ’s glory.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Thank
You Father, for Your Sovereign choices (John 15:16).</span></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
have not chosen You, but You in Christ have chosen </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">us</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">You</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
loved us whi</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">le</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
we were still ungodly and sinners! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
2:16-17. A POWERFUL PRAYER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Now
our :Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our :Father who loved us and
gave eternal comfort and good hope in grace, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">17
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">comfort
your :hearts and establish in every good work and word.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we bless You that You and Jesus are teamed up to see us through and
fulfill Your purpose: </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">bringing
many sons unto glory</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
(Hebrews 2:10). </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><u>NOTE</u><span style="text-decoration:none">:
2:3-4 (2:1-4) FIRST ANTICHRIST: THEN THE LORD TO DEFEAT HIM. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Let
no one beguile you in any wise: for not unless the falling away come
first, and the man of :lawlessness be revealed, the son of
:destruction, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">4
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">he
that opposes and exalts himself against every one called God or an
object of worship; so that he sits in the temple of :God, setting
himself forth as being God.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Two
second coming</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
of Christ including a secret rapture, had not been heard or taught in
the church till the early 1800’s. George Muller, Joseph Tregelles
and Charles Spurgeon stood strongly against this new revelation that
came through a woman prophet, and picked up by </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">John
Darby of the Plymouth Brethren. </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">H.A.
Baker has written “Through Tribulation” which accords with these
three. Do an “Amazon” book search on this latter, and you can
receive a free preview. </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: 97:10 (97, ESV) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">THE
LORD REIGNS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“O
you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his
saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
saints Father, are those who have experienced Your Covenant Love
(CHEsed) and have drank deeply of it. </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">They</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are Your holy ones (cha-saDIYM). Like Jesus, the Holy Spirit has
taught them to hate evil. They do not pollute Your Name by an unholy
walk. They </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">hallow
your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Subject:
</span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">As
the last Psalm sung the praises of the Lord in connection with the
proclamation of the Gospel among the Gentiles, so this appears to
foreshadow the mighty working of the Holy Spirit in subduing the
colossal systems of error and casting down the idol gods.
One Psalm in this series is said to be “in David,” and we believe
that the rest are in the same place and by the same author. The
matter is not important, and we only mention it because it seems to
be the pride of certain critics to set up new theories; and there are
readers who imagine this to be a sure proof of prodigious learning.
We do not believe that their theories are worth the paper they are
written upon.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">97:1.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The Lord
reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad
thereof. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is the watchword of this Psalm - Jehovah reigns. It is also the
essence of the gospel proclamation and the foundation of the gospel
kingdom. Jesus has come, and all power is given to Him in heaven and
in earth; therefore men are bidden to yield Him their obedient faith.
Saints draw comfort from these words, and only rebels cavil at them.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">97:2.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Clouds and
darkness are round about Him. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Around
the history of His church, dark clouds of persecution hover, and an
awful gloom at times settles down; still the Lord is there; and
though men for a while see not the bright light in the clouds, it
bu</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">r</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">sts
forth in due season to the confusion of the adversaries of the
Gospel. This passage should te</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">a</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">ch
us the impertinence of attempting to pry into the essence of the
Godhead, the vanity of all endeavors to understand the mystery of the
Trinity in unity, the arrogance of arraigning the Most High before
the bar of human reason, the folly of dictating to the Eternal One
the manner in which He should proceed. Wisdom veils her
face and adores the mercy which conceals the divine purpose; folly
rushes in and perishes, blinded first, and by-and-by consumed by the
blaze of glory. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Righteousness
and judgment are the habitation of His throne. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">When
the roll of the decrees and the books of the divine providence shall
be opened, no eye shall there discern one word that should be blotted
out, one syllable of error, one line of injustice, one letter of
unholiness. Of none but the Lord of all can this be said.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">97:4.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">The earth
saw, and trembled. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Nothing
ever caused such a shaking and commotion as the proclamation of the
Gospel; nothing was more majestic than its course; it turned the
world upside down, leveled the mountains, and filled up the valleys.
Jesus came, He saw, He conquered. When the Holy Spirit rested upon
His servants, their course was like that of a mighty storm, the truth
flashed with the force and speed of a thunderbolt, and philosophers
and priests, princes and people, were utterly confounded, and
altogether powerless to withstand it. It shall be so again. Faith
even now sets the world on fire and rocks the nations to and fro.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">97:10.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">You that
love the Lord, hate evil. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">For
He hates it, His fire consumes it, His lightnings blast it, His
presence shakes it out of its place, and His glory confounds all the
lovers of it. We cannot love God without hating that which He hates.
We are not only to avoid evil, and to refuse to countenance it, but
we must be in arms against it, and bear towards it a hearty
indignation. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">He
delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.</span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
It is not consistent with the glory of His name to give over to the
power of His foes those whom His grace has made His friends. He may
leave the bodies of His persecuted saints in the hand of the wicked,
but not their souls; these are very dear to Him, and He preserves
them safe in His bosom. This foretells for the church a season of
battling with the powers of darkness, but the Lord will preserve it
and bring it forth to the light.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">97:11.
</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">And
gladness for the upright in heart. </span></span></i><b><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Those
who are right-hearted shall also be glad-hearted. Right leads to
light. In the furrows of integrity lie the seeds of happiness, which
shall develop into a harvest of bliss. God has lightning for sinners
and light for saints. The gospel of Jesus, wherever it goes, sows the
whole earth with joy for believers, for these are the men who are
righteous before the Lord.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">97:12.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And give
thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. </span></i></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">An
unholy gospel is no gospel. The holiness of the religion of Jesus is
its glory, it is that which makes it glad tidings, since while man is
left in his sins no bliss can be his portion. Salvation from sin is
the priceless gift of our thrice holy God; therefore let us magnify
Him forever and ever. He will fill the world with holiness, and so
with happiness; therefore let us glory in His holy name, world
without end. Amen. (</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller)</span></b></font></font></p>
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