Gentlemen, many hold that the "falling away" in 2 Thes 2:3 referred to below actually means "separation", which refers to the rapture of believers prior to the revealing of the man of sin. This is in agreement with end-times revelation that Jesus will not come until after the rapture and the beast of revelation is revealed. I am in this camp. In the context in which it is written, there is no reason to believe that "falling away" refers to an apostasy.
Perry
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Sorry Perry, as a rule, I am in your corner, but that's too much of a stretch for me. 'course, I'm not real big on taking a piece of scripture and saying,"That is not really what it means". If it says "falling away", I buy that as is, Just as I think that when the Bible says "Fear God", it really means "Fear God", though many say it just means "He is awesome". That does not mean that I do not expect the rapture at some point after the falling away.
Terry
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