In a nutshell, this means that Jesus does not return, the church is not gathered, and the day of the Lord does not begin until after the end of the period we call the "great tribulation."
--the phrases
"the day of the Lord" (2:2) and
"IN THAT DAY" (1:10c) refer (
throughout Scripture) to the
SAME time-period (and
requiring TIME *prior to* His RETURN
to the earth);
--Paul says that it
"ARRIVES" "
exactly like [G5618 -
hosper]" the INITIAL "birth PANG [SINGULAR]" (
1Th5:2-3) that COMES UPON a woman... (see what
Jesus says
THAT ONE IS: Matt24:
4 / Mk13:
5 "G5100 -
tis - '
A CERTAIN ONE' [
'a certain one' BRINGING DECEPTION]"--which is at a point
WELL-PRIOR TO [i.e. the
7 yrs prior to] His "Matt24:
29-31"
RETURN to the earth);
--"the beginning of birth PANGS [plural]"
EQUIVALENT TO the "SEALS" of Rev6,
in the "IN QUICKNESS [NOUN]" time period (which is the "7 yrs"), per
Rev1:1 / 1:19c / 4:1 (the FUTURE aspects of the Book);
--"the beginning of birth PANGS" (
Matt24:4-8 / Mk13:5-8 / Lk21:8-11) according to Lk21:
12's "But
BEFORE ALL THESE [*before* all these "beginning of birth PANGS"],"
the "70ad events" of verses 12-24b must take place FIRST; making "the beginning of birth PANGS [plural]" to
commence AFTER the "70ad events" (but
not immediately after, according to this passage and the other related "chronology / sequence" passages; and the numerous related
"UNTIL" passages... placing these "beginning of birth PANGS [plural]" at the
ARRIVAL of the TRIBULATION PERIOD /
"7 year period" leading UP TO His "RETURN"
to the earth in Rev19)
The reference text for this is 2 Thess. 2.
The "false conveyors" Paul refers to in 2Th2:
2 were NOT saying/purporting "that
CHRIST HIMSELF has already come," nor "that
HIS KINGDOM had already come/arrived".
Rather, they were saying/purporting "that
THE DAY OF THE LORD is present / is already here" (which the Thessalonians could legit be CONVINCED of [tho untrue] because of the "persecutions and tribulations ye ENDURE" 2Th1:4, which made it a VERY REASONABLE THING for them to be [incorrectly] convinced WAS TRUE! They were NOT being convinced by something WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE anywhere in sight! And Paul had said
earlier that they definitely already grasped the manner of its "ARRIVAL" [
"ye KNOW PERFECTLY" 1Th5:1-3], i.e. they were NOT IGNORANT, as some would have us believe of them!)
("[purporting that]
the DOTL is present / is already here" i.e. the
JUDGMENT ASPECTS that well-
*precede* His actual RETURN
to the earth in Rev19... i.e. the "7-yrs-worth" of His "
STANDING to JUDGE"-
Rev5:6 / Isa
3:13 / 2Th1:
8 "in flaming fire
INFLICTING VENGEANCE ON those..." / Lam2:
3-4 = 2Th2:7b-
8a / 9a,
4a = Dan11:
36,
and more... all of which are describing
a period of TIME / things which will unfold upon the earth
OVER SOME TIME [i.e.
the 7 yr period leading UP TO His RETURN
to the earth]...
...SAME TIME PERIOD as when will occur the
2Th2:10-12 "God shall SEND TO THEM great delusion,
IN ORDER THAT they should believe the LIE / the FALSE / the PSEUDEI..."...
which involves TIME!!! [not MERELY the singular "24-hr day" of His "RETURN"
to the earth, as though
"the DOTL" commenced AT THAT POINT
only.
NO! (tho indeed it INCLUDES that point, as well as including the entire MK age also!<--but neither of these are its "ARRIVAL" point in time, as Paul clearly shows in 1Th5:1-3... [parallel Jesus' words in Matt24:4 / Mk13:5!! at the START of the Trib Yrs, not its END-POINT!])])
