2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 The salvation here is deliverance from the Tribulation by means of the Rapture, as seen elsewhere in 1 and 2 Thessalonians. The expression did not receive the love of the truth is an unusual one not found elsewhere in this exact form. Receiving the love of the truth is the same as believing in Jesus for eternal life. John 6:47 will be true then as well as now. Verse 12 makes... »
Tribulation = G3986 – peirasmos πειρασμός 1) an experiment, attempt, trial, proving a) trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:14) b) the trial of man’s fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy 1) an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances 2)... »
The great tribulation will be cut short by the gathering of believers at the coming of the Son of Man! »