The Day of Christ 2Thes 2:1-4

1. The Day of Christ
2Thess 2:1-4
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That 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.
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;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God,
or that is worshipped;
so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,

2. shewing himself that he is God.
I. RaptureOf TheChurch
The Day of the Lord Jesus (rapture of the church)-
1Cor 5:5; 2Cor 1:14; Phil 1:6; 1Thess 2:19; 2Thess
2:2; 2Tim 1:18
Rom 13:11-12
11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is
high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our
salvation nearer than when we believed.
12
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let
us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and
let us put on the armour of light.
Phil 1:10
That ye may approve things that are excellent;
that ye may be sincere and without offence till
the day of Christ;
Phil 2:16
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice
in the day of Christ, that I have not run in
vain, neither laboured in vain.
1Cor 1:7-9

3. 7
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
8
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that
ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
9
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto
the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1Cor 5:5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the
destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be
saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2Cor 1:14
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that
we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in
the day of the Lord Jesus.
Phil 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which
hath begun a good work in you will perform it
until the day of Jesus Christ:
1Thess 2:19
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our
Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
2Thess 2:2

4. That 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.
2Tim 1:18
The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy
of the Lord in that day: and in how many
things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou
knowest very well.
II. At hand,preordained, not immediate.
Phil 4:5
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The
Lord is at hand. Ordained- the details of your life- the
Moderator is near.
Jer 23:23
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God
afar off? Ordained- he fills heaven and earth but is
near to them that call on him.
Zeph 1:7
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for
the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath
prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Ordained- details of that day (Rev 17:17)

5. Matt 3:2
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is
at hand. Ordained- details of the kingdom (Rev 21:1-
3)
Matt 4:17 From that time Jesus began to
preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.
Mark 1:15
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of
God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
(John 20:22)
1Pet 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore
sober, and watch unto prayer. (4:5 ready to judge)
Rev 1:3
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the
words of this prophecy, and keep those things which
are written therein: for the time is at hand.
(ordained- details of that “time”)
Rev 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the
sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the
time is at hand.

6. III. Thedayof theLORD/Christ
1Thess 5:2
2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the
Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
2Thess 2:2-3
2
That 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.
Not… (__)
That 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).
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;
Acts 3:19-21
19 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;

7. 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the
mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Isa 13:6
6
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it
shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Joel 1:15
15
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at
hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall
it come.
Joel 2:1
1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm
in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the
land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it
is nigh at hand;
Zech 12:10-11
10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of

8. grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon
me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn
for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall
be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness
for his firstborn.
11
In that day shall there be a great mourning in
Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the
valley of Megiddon.
Zech 14:1-2
1
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil
shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to
battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses
rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city
shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the
people shall not be cut off from the city.
IV. FallingAway
2Tim 4:3-4
3
For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables. Church-age
Rom 11:20-22

9. 20
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off,
and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but
fear:
21
For if God spared not the natural branches, take
heed lest he also spare not thee.
22
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God:
on them which fell, severity; but toward thee,
goodness, if thou continue in his goodness:
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Rev 3:14-22
14 And unto the angel of the church of the
Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the
faithful and true witness, the beginning of the
creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art
neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither
cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with
goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not
that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor,
and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of
me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich;
and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and
that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and
anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest
see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be
zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at
the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and

10. open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with me. 21 To him that
overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my
Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
1st ½ of trib
2Thess 2:1 Rapture
1
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him,
2nd
Adv.
2
That 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.
3 ½ yrs, and 3 ½ yrs Trib
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;
John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in
thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept,

11. and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition;
that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Rev 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into
perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall
wonder, whose names were not written in the book
of life from the foundation of the world, when they
behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Rev 17:11
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
V. EventsOf “TheDay”IncludeManyEvents
A human day is made up of many hours, you may
accomplish many tasks in one day.
In the Old Testament, the “day of the Lord” is used
to mark:
1. The invasion of the ten northern tribes by
Assyria in Isaiah 7:14, 17, 20; 10:5–16, 20–21, 24,
27, 32; Amos 5:18–20, 6:9, 11, 14.

12. 2. The destruction of Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar in Joel 1:6–15; Isaiah 2:12, 20,
3:7, 16, 25–26, 5:25–30; Micah 3:1–2; Jeremiah
17:18–19, 27.
3. The Virgin Birth and the First Advent of Christ
in 4 B.C. in Isaiah 7:14–18, 61:1–2; Zechariah 9:9–
10, 14, 16).
4. The Millennial Reign of Christ (yet future) in
Isaiah 19:18–25, 24:21–23, 26:1–4; Hosea 2:18–19;
Zechariah 13:1–6, 14:8–21.
5. The Battle of Armageddon at the Second
Advent in Joel 2:1–11, 3:9–18; Micah 5:1–15;
Isaiah 25:7–11; Malachi 4:1–3; Zechariah 14:1–6;
Ezekiel 38:19.
6. The last judgment at the end of the
Millennium in 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 66:22–24;
Daniel 7:9–11.
7. The destruction of Babylon by Persia in Isaiah
13:6, 9, 17, 19.

13. VI. Whythedayof Christnot thedayof the
LORD?
Notice a peculiar expression in Acts 21:11 where
the text read “Thus saith the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 21:11
11
And when he was come unto us, he took
Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and
feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So
shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that
owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the
hands of the Gentiles.
Acts 28:25-26
25
And when they agreed not among themselves,
they departed, after that Paul had spoken one
word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the
prophet unto our fathers,
26
Saying, Go unto this people, and say,
Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not
perceive:
Isa 6:8-9
8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,
Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then
said I, Here am I; send me.

14. 9
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye
indeed, but understand not; and see ye
indeed, but perceive not.
The phrase was suddenly changed after appearing—
through a period of more than 2,000 years—as
“Thus saith THE LORD”.
That phrase showed up in the Old Testament more
than 100 times.
Why the substitution in the New Testament?
To reveal to the reader (and Paul’s followers at that
time [Acts 21:11]) the Deity of the Third Person
of the Trinity.
The change in wording was inserted in 2 Thes. 2 for
the same reason, to emphasize the Deity of the
Second Person of the Trinity.
God took two standard Old Testament phrases used
consistently (“Thus saith the Lord” and “the day of
the Lord”) to confirm His tripartite nature:
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
They were converted to “the day of CHRIST” and
“thus saith the HOLY GHOST.”

15. The change was so radical that modern ‘per’versions
substituted “LORD.” (NIV, ESV, NASV, NKJV in notes).
The term the Holy Spirit used covered “the day of
the Lord” but emphasized a phase of it that could
not be found in the Old Testament.
“the day of Christ” indicates that the “day of the
Lord” overlaps the end of the Church Age and the
beginning of the Millennium, as well as the end of
the Millennium (2 Pet. 3:10).
This makes an eighth application of “the day of the
Lord.” “The day of Christ” would include the
Rapture and the Judgment Seat of Christ (not “God”
as in the grossly corrupt ASV, NASV, and NIV; Rom.
14:10) and the Marriage of Jesus Christ.
The thing is, it would refer to events that take
place “upstairs” that are simultaneous with
what is going on in the Tribulation “downstairs.”