Image by Orna Wachman from Pixabay Many of the events surrounding the Covid pandemic cause me great pause. I have noticed the way the world has operated lately that these are conditions ripe for the end times. I don’t believe we are there yet, but we are awfully close. I…
Image by Chris Maguirang from Pixabay As we fight for Jesus in spiritual warfare the Spiritual Soldier must be prepared to face the evil spiritual powers in this world. One of the more interesting members of this evil coalition is the antichrist. But Scripture talks about the antichrist in ways…
Image by Viraj Tamakuwala from Pixabay What is Paul's message in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10? In 1 Thessalonians, Paul took great pains to describe the second coming of Jesus and the rapture of the church (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Now he returns to the subject at the end of 2 Thessalonians 1,…
Image by Michael Siebert from Pixabay What is the difference between the beast of the sea in Revelation 13:1 and the second beast of the earth in Revelation 13:11? These two beasts are the agents of the Dragon, or Satan. They both serve him but in slightly different ways. The…
Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay Does the abomination of desolation refer to the antichrist as well? Indeed it does. The abomination of desolation was first prophesied by Daniel (Daniel 12:11). The idea of the prophecy is that the Temple will be violated in some way. We talked earlier about…
What will the withdrawing of the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2:6 look like as you understand the process? The Restrainer is a very interesting, almost cryptic, passage tucked away in Paul’s teaching to the Thessalonians on the man of lawlessness. To understand who or what the Restrainer is, we need…