Sometimes I am surprised to learn that pretrib teachers continue to perpetuate the lexical error that the Greek noun apostasia can refer to the sense of a “physical departure.” For example, just recently, Arnold Fruchtenbaum of Ariel Ministries stated: “However, the Greek word simply means ‘departure’. This could refer to a moral departure but it […]
2 Thessalonains 2
REVISITING THE QUESTION: Is the ‘Apostasy’ in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 a Reference to the Rapture?
I have addressed this question many times here and have shown that not only is there no evidence for this, but it is indicative of how many pretribs white-knuckle their pretrib Tradition. To be sure, there are many pretribs and some of their most noted theologians who think this is a really bad argument for […]
Vegas Billboard: 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2
[This is not my billboard ad; nor do I know if this person is promoting the upcoming Las Vegas Bible prophecy conference. I am assuming not because there is no promotion for the conference on the billboard.] https://twitter.com/endtimesrefocus/status/483721454240792577/photo/1
Slogans Should Not Replace Scripture — A Brief Response to Ed Hindson on 2 Thessalonians 2
Ed Hindson asserts, I am not looking for the Antichrist, I’m looking for Jesus Christ. I am not even looking for the undertaker, I am looking for the uppertaker (at 14 min. here). Hindson uttered this cutesy slogan as he was talking about 2 Thessalonians 2! And worse, he did not even try to give […]
A Note on “Temple” (Naos) in 2 Thessalonians 2:4
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple (naos) of God, […]