FreeGrace2 said:
So what must happen FIRST, before Christ's Second Advent is the rebellion and a/c revealed (v.3).
Excuse me but v.1 has TWO items: "the coming of our Lord" AND "our geing gathered to Him".
And in v.3, Paul's words "that day" refers back to "the coming of our Lord".
1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
In v.1 the red words occur together.
In v.3 the red words "that day" refers back, not to v.2 and "DotL", but v.1 and "the coming of our Lord".
You see, "DotL" begins with the Trib. And v.2 explains that the Trib has NOT occurred yet.
But v.3 is a specific refence to a specific DAY, which is the day that the Lord returns to earth to GATHER those who belong to Him.
You're welcome.
You didn't need brackets around your sentence. It's just more clutter.
And rather than misconstruing anything, I just explained what Paul was saying.
So what must happen FIRST, before Christ's Second Advent is the rebellion and a/c revealed (v.3).
Read Paul's wording again... he is telling of ONE ITEM that must come *FIRST* [before "the DOTL" can be present] and NOT TWO ITEMS, as you are suggesting here.
And in v.3, Paul's words "that day" refers back to "the coming of our Lord".
1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
In v.1 the red words occur together.
In v.3 the red words "that day" refers back, not to v.2 and "DotL", but v.1 and "the coming of our Lord".
You see, "DotL" begins with the Trib. And v.2 explains that the Trib has NOT occurred yet.
But v.3 is a specific refence to a specific DAY, which is the day that the Lord returns to earth to GATHER those who belong to Him.
You're welcome.
[this is also at root of your misconstruing Paul's actual point]
And rather than misconstruing anything, I just explained what Paul was saying.