End Times Puzzle

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When our Lord Jesus returns, we will be gathered up to meet him. So I ask you, my friends,  not to be easily upset or disturbed by people who claim the Lord has already come. They may say they heard this directly from the Holy Spirit, or from someone else, or even that they read it in one of our letters.  But don't be fooled! People will rebel against God. Then before the Lord returns, the wicked one who is doomed to be destroyed will appear. He will brag and oppose everything holy or sacred. He will even sit in God's temple and claim to be God.

Don't you remember I told you this while I was still with you?

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5

As we wait for the return of Jesus Christ there is great joy and anticipation, but there is also the sobering reality that the cosmic conclusion to the struggle between good and evil will play out on this earth just before Jesus comes back.

A "wicked one" will appear and will brag, even claiming to be God. This will not be some insignificant idiot who is simply the brunt of jokes. This man will be a world leader who is not the "father of lies" but is closely related. Those who are lost will believe his lies because they don't believe the truth.

If the days we are living in are just before the return of Jesus it is possible this man is or soon will be in power.

How much time should we spend trying to identify this "man of sin?" The answer to that is this: If the "wicked one" knocked on your front door and when you opened the door he said "Hello I am the wicked one" what would you do about it? Identifying this evil man is not a parlor game, with the winner being declared the smartest of all! As believers in Jesus Christ our job is to follow Jesus and no one else! The End Times Puzzle may be fun to play, but it is better to spend all of your time resting in the arms of Jesus. There you will be safe from whatever comes. Remember the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and the end of all things is not a spectator sport. What will happen on this earth when Jesus comes is as real as it gets!