There are many misunderstandings concerning the teaching of the rapture of the church these days.

The And here to discuss some of the misunderstandings, and in particular an interpretation of 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 is Dr. Andrew Woods. Andy Woods. I'll just call

you Andy, okay? And Andy you have prepared a lecture on 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2, which is getting

a lot of traction these days. A lot of people really love the way you present this

particular section of the Bible. And I think you do a wonderful job. And that's why you're

here. I want you to kind of expound on Second Thessalonian chapter 2. It's an important,

important passage. Right. Well, yeah, first of all, thanks for having me, and it's a pleasure to be here.

But, you know, Second Thessalonians is really written as one of Paul's earlier letters.

It's probably his third letter. And he's actually been pushed out of Thessalonica by

unbelieving Jews, and he's in Corinth

and it's sort of like leaving your babies behind. He looked at these new believers as his children,

you know, spiritually who he had won to Christ. And they don't have a New Testament to consult.

They don't have prophecy watchers TV to consult. You don't have any institutions

or seminaries. And the guy that you've learned from, the apostle, has been pushed out. And

lo and behold, they get this forged letter telling them that they are actually in the tribulation period,

which I think unsettled them because in 1st Thessalonians, Paul explained to them

that they would be removed from the earth before the tribulation started.

So there's lots of eschatological prophetic confusion, kind of like today. But you can imagine

how that would be exasperated when you don't have a canon of the New Testament to

consult. They don't have the new testament. This is what? About AD 51.

51, uh-huh.

So it's early in Paul's writing period. So they don't have a New Testament they can turn to. No book of

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