Over the decades, I have heard credible men of God warn of a coming day when the Church will experience a โfamine for the word of God.โ At first, I took this to refer to a time when the Bible would be suppressed even in Western-style democracies as governmental authorities sought to persecute the true faith.
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Provided Interpretations
The Book of Revelation itself provides several interpretations of its images. For example, it states that the โSeven Golden Lampstandsโ represent seven congregations. Likewise, the โSeven Starsโ held by the โone like a Son of Manโ symbolize angels or โSeven Messengers.โ Pictures of the smoke of โincenseโ rising to heaven represent the โprayers of the saints.โ And so on.
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Believers prepare for the โapostasyโ and the โman of lawlessnessโ by โstanding firmโ in the Apostolic traditionsย โย 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17.ย
Having presented the information on the โapostasyโ and the โman of lawlessness,โ Paul provides instructions on how the Thessalonians are to avoid the coming deception, and thereby, find themselves standing โblamelessโ before Jesus when he โarrives with all his holy ones.โ Above all, they must โstand fastโ in the teachings received from the Apostle.
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