Regarding the false claim in
verse 2 (which is often misconstrued to be saying something Paul is NOT saying the false claim consisted of [see examples of what people suggest, below at the bottom]), it actually states this:
[verse 2]
Berean Study Bible
not to be easily
disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us,
alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
Berean Literal Bible
for you not quickly
to be shaken in mind, nor to be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as if by us,
as that day of the Lord is present.
... BUT ...many ppl are
incorrectly suggesting that Paul's saying the "false caim"
in verse 2 was
this (or any one of the following), INSTEAD:
1)
Berean Study Bible
not to be easily
disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that
[JESUS HIMSELF] has already come.
Berean Literal Bible
for you not quickly
to be shaken in mind, nor to be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as if by us, as that
[JESUS HIMSELF] is present.
[this makes ZERO SENSE of the actual text,
nor of what we know of the Thessalonians]
or this...
2)
Berean Study Bible
not to be easily
disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that
[His Kingdom age] has already come.
Berean Literal Bible
for you not quickly to be shaken in mind, nor to be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as if by us, as that
[His Kingdom age] is present.
[how can this be possible when Jesus had already said that the Son of man will be
"SEEN" coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory... Considering that the Greek word in 2Th2:2
"IS PRESENT" is in the "
PERFECT INDICATIVE," meaning, "action completed
at a specific point of time IN PAST, with results continuing into the present," how could something like that have occurred
at some point of time IN PAST,
without their having
"SEEN" it, as Jesus
had said in Matt24 (
and the "two men... in white apparel"
in Acts 1:10-11 had also alluded to the "IN LIKE MANNER" as ye have
"SEEN" Him traveling INTO Heaven, that he would also "
SO COME" [i.e. VISIBLY])... but some would have us believe that the Thessalonians were
so utterly ignorant that someone could dupe them into being DELUDED into being persuaded by such a tale, that this is what
IS ALREADY HERE, but having ZERO EVIDENCE anywhere in sight...]
...or others suggest it's saying...
3)
Berean Study Bible
not to be easily
disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that
[our Rapture / SNATCH] has already come.
Berean Literal Bible
for you not quickly
to be shaken in mind, nor to be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as if by us, as
[that day of our Rapture] is present.
[this is at least
slightly more feasible (
if one is ignorant of what all Scripture says "the day of the Lord" entails [1Th5:1-3, and many more])... but we have ZERO evidence supplied in the text
that ANY believers had disappeared, but we are asked to believe that the Thessalonians would have been
distraught or alarmed over "a claim" by anyone having
precisely ZERO EVIDENCE in sight of them]
These are just a few common examples of what ppl often
misinterpret verse 2 to be spelling out (re:
the false claim)... and taking this first MISSTEP
skews the rest of what Paul is going on to convey in the text, regarding it
