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New Testament Reading - The Man of Lawlessness

^1-2And now, what about the coming again of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to meet him? Please don’t be upset and excited, dear brothers, by the rumor that this day of the Lord has already begun. If you hear of people having visions and special messages from God about this, or letters that are supposed to have come from me, don’t believe them. ³Don’t be carried away and deceived regardless of what they say.

For that day will not come until two things happen: first, there will be a time of great rebellion against God, and then the man of rebellion will come—the son of hell. ⁴He will defy every god there is and tear down every other object of adoration and worship. He will go in and sit as God in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God. ⁵Don’t you remember that I told you this when I was with you? ⁶And you know what is keeping him from being here already; for he can come only when his time is ready.

¹⁴Through us he told you the Good News. Through us he called you to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵With all these things in mind, dear brothers, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the truth that we taught you in our letters and during the time we were with you.

¹⁶May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting comfort and hope, which we don’t deserve, ¹⁷comfort your hearts with all comfort, and help you in every good thing you say and do.