In chapter six Paul tells us the story of Hanukkah. This festival is a celebration of eight days of light and we see this light in the last eight chapters of 2 Corinthians. In chapter six we see the fair exchange. You exchange your life of service for an eternal salvation. But the key point in the rebellion of the Maccabees was to “come out from them and be separate”. Chapter seven we learn that we must heed our spirit and not walk by sight. In chapter eight we see the privilege of participating in God’s move. Satan would threaten us, but all he can do is to cast us out. If we have already come out and become separate there is nothing he can do to you. In chapter nine we get the historical viewpoint, the bird’s eye view of what is going on and realize “we don’t want to be on the wrong side of history”. In chapter ten we learn what it is to “weaponize free speech”. The enemy will insult and slander because he has no case. It turns out that the fact checkers working to censor material on Youtube are connected to Mainland China and financed at least in part by China. We cannot be ignorant of Satan’s devices if we are going to stand up for the Lord and bring in the Kingdom. But once you see through that device you can then see the counterfeit apostles, the pseudo apostles, and learn how to discern. Again, it all stands upon the word to “come out from them and be separate”. You can’t compromise your stand. Then in chapter twelve we see the Lord’s second coming and we see that there are three categories of saints. There are those who were able to receive the light in the previous chapters, they are raptured first to the third heavens. Then there are those who were stumbled by the counterfeit apostles and the weaponized speech. They will need to take a repeater class for about seven years. Finally the Lord comes a third time where we will all appear before the judgement for the things we have done.
