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NASB | Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them publicly, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME [you are banished from My presence], YOU WHO ACT WICKEDLY [disregarding My commands].' [Ps 6:8] |
Subject: What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? |
Bible Note: Ed, Pre-tribulation rapture is an end-time delusion orcestrated by satan. This is a shortened version of a letter I wrote to my father. The Real Rapture: Timing is Everything Background Information ·The church at Thessalonica was being persecuted. ·Paul was referring to the second coming(The Day of the Lord) in both letters. ·Holydays are a “dress rehearsal” of His plan of salvation. ·The “last trump” (1 Cor 15:52) is associated with the Feast of Trumpets, which is linked with resurrection and marriage in Judaism. These three verses are what most people refer to when they think of the rapture. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 "For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain (survive) until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God (“last trump”); and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain (after the tribulation period) shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord". What is described above will take place, BUT only AFTER the tribulation period. 2 Thessalonians 1:4-10 “So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. Through Paul God is saying, “I know what you are going through, you will be rewarded if you past the test. And I will repay everyone who persecuted you.” The word ”rest” is anacin in the Greek, which means to “be suddenly loosed of the strain, be relieved of pain”. When will their relief come? The sudden relief of pain will be in that day. “That day” is the Day of the Lord that occurs at the end of the tribulation period. 2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Do not be deceived by any “end-time” delusions. Nothing can happen until: there is a forsaking of truth (see note), the antichrist is revealed, stands on the “Holy Place”, erects an idol and then everything that Jesus prophesied in Matthew 24 has to take place prior to His coming. Matthew 24:4 “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you...Behold, I have told you before (I am telling you the future—don’t be deceived!)...For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be… Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trump (last trump), and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Clearly Thessalonians and Matthew 24 are referring to the same event. It is a global event that the whole world will see. The pre-tribulation rapture theory is a satanic plot to lull an already weak body of believers into a false sense of security. When the tribulation occurs and Christians realize they have been “left behind” they will panic, take the mark of the beast, turn on each other, etc. We are going to be tested just as Israel was tested in the wilderness but it will be much worse and on a worldwide scale. “He that endures until the end the same shall be saved.”(Matt 10:22). |