THE WICKED ONE REVEALED
John Baker
Scripture Reading: II Thessalonians 2: 8
The first epistle to the Thessalonians was written
to remove .all anxiety concerning brethren who had died. To
remove this anxiety, Paul reviews the blessed truth of the
Rapture of the Church which is His Body. Paul writes to them
that they might no longer be ignorant of the fact that the
saints, whether dead or alive, will be caught up together to
meet the Lord in the air at His coming (I Thessalonians 4:13- 18),
Paul's second epistle was written upon his hearing
of their anxiety touching the living saints. He writes to
assure them, that in spite of what they might have heard from
others, the dreaded "day of the Lord" could not come
until the saints are gone. Only after the Church is gathered
unto Christ and taken out of this sin-cursed world will "the
man of sin," the wicked one, be revealed. Then will those
who rejected the truth, along with the wicked one, become the
due objects of God's wrath. Thus, Paul reassures the
Thessalonians that they will be separated from the scene of
judgment and the revelation of Satan and the unbelievers. .
The foremost concern is that we be not found in the
company of those "who believed not the truth." The moment
we believe the gospel-how that Christ died for our sins and
took the judgment of God for us- and put our trust in Him, we
pass from death unto life. We are saved-saved from our sins and
their penalty, saved from eternal separation from God, and
saved from the dreaded "day of the Lord." Once we have
put our trust in. the Saviour, we can have full assurance with
the Thessalonians that "God hath not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (I
Thessalonians 5:9).
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