Interesting verse! I always believed we would not know the AC! Yet Israel has crowned a fake messiah and as we witness a falling away of many not enduring till the very end! Hmmm Many in the church have not forsaken Christ but are not sober minded, enduring sound doctrine, nor looking for His appearing! This is also a part of falling away! TR So sad...trading a glorious future eternity for the baubles of a temporary temporal existence. Again, delayed gratification and the big picture are no longer normal axioms of life! I was under the impression that 2 Thess 2:3 is the Second Coming of Christ, not the Rapture. It is covered here: https://www.gotquestions.org/difference-Rapture-Second-Coming.html It's my opinion that many people are offended by something that happened at church or with church people, and that turns them away from Christianity. I feel that offence is one of Satan's greatest weapons, something that we have to be aware of and defend our hearts against. Notice how these days everybody is offended by everything.
TR
