Prediction About The Coming Of Christ

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Here it is! Why Jesus will not come before the man of sin comes first:

2 Thess. 2:1-3

1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled , neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand . 3Let 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;

a couple other opinions on that verse are:

that day (tribulation) will not happen until the man of sin is revealed
and
some translate "falling away" as "departure" or "leaving" or "catching away" as a designation of the rapture.

I've heard it taught both ways