Two Comings – who do you choose to believe?

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” 2 Thessalonians 2v9-10 (NIV)

The verses above speak of the coming of the antichrist. Now the Bible tells us in 2 Thessalonians 2v7 that the work of iniquity, rebellion and what this person would do has already begun but he himself at some point would come. When he comes, he will do the works of Satan and would deceive people – people who are already perishing because they did not welcome the Truth and refused to love it that they may be saved. While the enemy has come to kill, steal and destroy, Jesus came that we might have life and life more abundantly (John 10v10). His coming was not to condemn man but that those who believe Him should be saved. John 3v16-21 (NIV) tells us that “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.” The question now remains that to which teaching shall ye yield. To the deceptive one which leads to destruction or the Truth which leads to everlasting life?

Supplementary Text

“The coming [of the lawless one, the antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan and will be attended by great power and with all sorts of [pretended] miracles and signs and delusive marvels – [all of them] lying wonders – And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved.” 2 Thessalonians 2v9-10 (AMP)

Prayer

Father we thank You. We bless You and glorify You. Thank You for drawing me to Yourself. We pray for our family, friends and loved ones who still refuse to welcome and love the Word. We pray that every blindness of mind would be removed. We pray that the light of the Gospel may shine through into their hearts and that they would repent and accept the Lord Jesus Christ. This we ask in Jesus name, amen.