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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

2 THESSALONIAN 2ND CHAPTER

2 Thessalonians chapter 2 : Even though Lord Jesus did not prophesies the exact time of His second coming, He had indirectly given clues about the glorious event. He had told that many events will precede His second coming. One of the main event written in the Bible is the appearance of Antichrist preceding his second coming.
During the period of Apostle Paul ,many false preachers were propagating that Jesus second coming was already happening. But Apostle Paul writes to the Thessalonians not to be deceived by these teachings . For he says that an important event would take place just before the second coming of Lord Jesus. One main event is a general chaos with rebellion all around the world and the appearance of a single man as a world leader. He will be full of sin and will be an instrument of Satan. He will declare himself god and will sit in the temple of god and will order every body to worship him as god. With the help of Satan he will do many wonders and miracles and deceive many people. For the basic survival, people will be forced to serve and worship him .But the people chosen by Lord Jesus will not fall into his trap. During this time the amnesty period to be saved by lord Jesus will end. God will then send a strong delusion to the unrepentant ,so that they will all be made to believe in this man and will be marked for everlasting destruction. When our Lord Jesus comes, He will destroy this man and all the people who believed in this man just by His breath and by he splendor of his glorious appearance. So Paul advices the Thessalonians to stand steadfast in their faith, and hope and patiently wait for the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I believe lord Jesus second coming is being postponed because of the everlasting love of God towards mankind. He wants more souls to be saved before the final destruction. It is more than 2000 years since this prophesy was written. But now with lot of things happening around the world as prophesied in the Bible, the end of the world is surely at hand. The decision is yours whether to be in the winning team or in the losing team. To be in the losers team will result in everlasting torture in hell.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

2 THESSALONIANS Chapter1

2 THESSALONIANS Chapter1: In this chapter Apostle Paul warns us of the fury of God on them that do not follow His ways. This period that we are now living is the period of amnesty. God has given us this time for us to repent and to come out of the clutches of sin. This is the period to ask forgiveness for our sins and accept Him as our Savior. During this period we are experiencing our Lord’s everlasting love, unlimited grace and showers of mercies. This is the period to get residency in our Lord’s kingdom even though we are unworthy and sinful. This amnesty period ends with the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. People who are unrepentant will then see the other side of Lord Jesus. Apostle Paul writes that when Jesus will appear from Heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels, there will be no grace or mercy shown but only justice. The unrepentant will be punished with everlasting destruction in hell and will be shut out from His presence. He will punish each one of them according to their crimes. But to His believers it will be everlasting joy and happiness.
Also in this chapter Apostle Paul admires the people of Thessalonians for their ever growing faith and their increase in love for each other. He says not to worry about the trials and persecution in this life, because God is a just God. During the Lord’s second coming He will embrace them and take them with Him. But woo to those people who troubled them because God is going to pay them back severely according to their deeds. He also states that God will strengthen His people to be worthy of His calling and to fulfill the duties that is prompted by the faith in Lord Jesus.
When Jesus comes again He will be glorified and marveled by all his believers because of His pure might, power and strength. He is glorified at present by His powerful life changing experiences in our Christian life, the wonderful miracles happening all over the world to those who believe in Him, and by the various works of the Holy Spirit. When we surrender ourselves completely to Him and worship Him at all times our lives are completely taken over by Him. We can really feel the Lord's presence with us when we commit ourselves at His feet.