Acts 17:1-10. Background to the church at Thessalonica. 1 & 2 Thess: rapture, 2nd Coming, and exhortation passages. 2 Thess 2:1-12. Study of the Antichrist: When the Church is raptured G/HS, who currently restrains evil, will be removed and the Antichrist revealed. The lawless one, acting as a pseudo Messiah, will be empowered by Satan and deceive unbelievers, exalting himself above God. At the His return, the LJC will destroy him.
