as you anticipate and eagerly await the coming of the Day of God through which the heavens having been set afire will be dissolved and the elements will melt in the heat. Truth to Learn We should be looking forward to the return of our Lord. Behind the Words...
2 Peter 3:4 – Evolution of The Mocker
and saying, "Where is this “coming” he promised? For, ever since the fathers died, everything goes on just as it has since the beginning of creation." Truth to Learn We will be ridiculed if we proclaim the soon return of Jesus. Behind the Words The word “coming” is translated...
1 Peter 2:4 – A Precious Stone
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, Truth to Learn We have the great privilege of directly approaching our Lord. Behind the Words “Coming” is translated from the Greek word proserchomai, made up of pros, meaning “to” or...
2 Thessalonians 2:9 – Counterfeit Miracles
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, Truth to Learn Miracles do not prove that someone is “from God.” Behind the Words The word translated “coming” is parousia, the same word used in the previous...
2 Thessalonians 2:8 – Glorious Second Coming
And then the lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. Truth to Learn Jesus will destroy the antichrist at His second coming. Behind the Words “Consume” is translated from the Greek verb...
2 Thessalonians 2:1 – Look Up
Now, we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, Truth to Learn In the midst of your suffering, look up! He is coming soon! Behind the Words The word translated “now” is de. This particle serves to introduce a...
1 Thessalonians 4:15 – Any Day Now
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. Truth to Learn The rapture could happen any day now! Behind the Words The word...
1 Thessalonians 3:13 – Blameless Saints
so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. Truth to Learn God will declare all genuine Christians to be blameless. Behind the Words “Establish” is translated from stēridzō, which is...
1 Thessalonians 2:19 – Present Suffering or Future Glory?
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? Truth to Learn Keep your focus on eternity when you suffer as a Christian. Behind the Words Elpis is the Greek word...
1 Thessalonians 2:1 – Opposition Will Come
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. Truth to Learn An effective Christian ministry will encounter opposition. Behind the Words “Know” is translated from the Greek verb eidō, which literally means “to see,” but as in English, it carries the meaning of...