2 Thessalonians 2:3 "falling away" or "the departure" IS intentionally describing the Apostasy.

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Nehemiah6 said:
Since you keep attacking this poster PERSONALLY I am reporting you to the mods.
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Why the hate Nehemiah? - read my posts carefully - no personal attacks -

You should hate adding to and taking away from Scripture - not your Brother

I do not hate anyone here - but false teachings that add to God's word - pre-trib rapture that does not exist in Scripture.

Not you or anyone has ever posted a scripture that says 'Christ will pre-trib rapture His Church'
Not one scripture has been posted where Jesus says 'you will not go through tribulation or the Great Tribulation.'
Not one scripture where the Apostles say 'you will not go through tribulation or the Great Tribulation'

And you will hate me for my faithfulness to God and to you in this???

Do you hate the heresy of "Two Different Gospels" that are born out of pre-trib and are on this forum???
 
Nehemiah6 said:
This statement is false and misleading and simply betrays a bias against a genuine Bible doctrine. There is more than a hint about this in Scripture, and the Lord Jesus Christ first proclaimed this doctrine (John 14:1-3). He specifically said "Let not your heart be troubled" to refute those who connect the Rapture with the Tribulation.
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Nothing in John 14:1-3 says Jesus returns before the great tribulation to gather His church.

As to apostasia, according to the context, it means a departure from the faith, or a falling away from true Bible Christianity. It has nothing to do with the Rapture.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 646: ἀποστασία (apostasia)
ἀποστασία, ἀποστασιας, ἡ (ἀφισταμαι), a falling away, defection, apostasy; in the Bible namely, from the true religion: Acts 21:21; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; ((Joshua 22:22; 2 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 33:19); Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 36 29) 32 Complutensian; 1 Macc. 2:15). The earlier Greeks say ἀπόστασις; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 528; (Winer's Grammar, 24).
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Agreed. I'm with you 100% on the definition of apostasia.
 
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