----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: [TruthTalk] Falling away?
> > 2 Thessalonians 2:3 - "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day > shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin > be revealed, the son of perdition" > > What is this "falling away" that the KJV refers to here? Is this > corroborated anywhere else in scripture? > > Perry Blaine: LDS point of view is that this refers to what we call the Great Apostacy from the truths established by Jesus Christ and his apostles. This was to a large extent caused by persecutions from Rome, but got up more steam after Christianity received political sanction under Constantine. The BoM refers to the result of this apostacy as the Great and Abominable Church, whose foundation is the Devil. There are many scriptures referring to the "restitution of all things," as recorded in Acts 3:19-21, which was part of Peter's speech on the day of Pentacost: "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. And He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: whom the heavens must receive until the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." But there are other scriptures regards both the apostacy and the restitution (restoration). Following are some references: Apostacy of the Early Church: 1) Isaiah 24:5; 29:13; 60:2 2) Amos: 8:11 3) Matt 13:25 4) Acts 20:29 5) Rev 13:7 6) Rom 11:25 Restitution (restoration) of all things 1) Isaiah 2:2 (Micah 4:2); 11:11 2) Mal 3:1 3) Matt 17:11 (Mark 9:12) 4) Eph 1:10 5) Dan 2:44 6) Rev 14:6 _________________________________________________________________ > High-speed users-be more efficient online with the new MSN Premium Internet > Software. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
