The Signs of Lord’s Coming- 2 By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce

 The Signs of Lord’s Coming-2

By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce 4/4/2025

Ø  Scriptures reading 2 Thessalonians 1-12

Now we ask you, brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him. That you be not quickly shaken in mind nor alarmed, neither by a spirit nor by word nor by a letter as if by us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, setting himself forth, saying that he is God. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4)

Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I said these things to you? And now you know that which restrains, so that he might be revealed in his own time. For it is the mystery of lawlessness that is now operating, but only until the one now restraining goes out of the way. (vv.5-7).

Then the lawless one will be revealed (whom the Lord Jesus will slay by the breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of His coming), 
The coming of whom is according to Satan’s operation in all power and signs and wonders of a lie. And in all deceit of unrighteousness among those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be save. And because of this God sends to them an operation of error that might believe the lie, so that all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness might be judged. (2 Thessalonians 2:8-12).

Ø  Interpretation, Insight, and Understanding

 Antichrist, as prophesied in Dan.7:20-21,24-26; 9:27;11:36-37; Rev.13:1-8,12-18;19:19-20 He will be the man of lawlessness and will change laws, destroy and corrupt many to an extraordinary degree, blaspheme God, and deceive men, Hence, the Lord will utterly destroy him and he will become the son of perdition.

 The man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, setting himself forth, saying that he is God. (2 Thess.2:4) this fulfills the prophecy concerning Antichrist in Dan.11:36-37. This will take place in the second half of the last week, as prophesied in Dan. 9:27. Matt.24. this is the holy place in Matt.24:15 indicating that the temple of God will be rebuilt before the Lord comes back.

 The restrains this refers to some power that hinders the revelation of the man of lawlessness, Antichrist. The time appointed by God, which will be the last of the seventy weeks, as prophesied in Dav.9:27;7:24-26; Rev.13:1-8.

  The lawlessness that will characterize Antichrist is already operating in this age mysteriously. It is the mystery of lawlessness working today among the nations and in human society. The Lord Jesus Christ will slay the Antichrist by the breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of His coming will be fulfilled in Revelation 19:19-20 it says,

“Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against the ride on the house and His army. But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.  (Rev.19:19-20)

The kings of the earth (rev.16:12-14) include especially the ten kings under Antichrist (Rev.17:12-14). The armies include the two hundred million horsemen from the rising of the sun (Rev.9:14-16; 16:12). This war will take place at Armageddon. (16:14,16), at the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:9-16; Zech.14:2-3,12-15), which is very close to Jerusalem. This war will be the treading of the great winepress of the fury of God (Rev.14:17-20). Antichrist and the false prophet will be the first to be cast into the lake of fire (Rev.20:10,15) Unlike all the others who perish, they will be cast alive into the lake of fire, without passing through death and resurrection.

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