tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5450994589955851152024-02-08T02:37:00.090-08:00Cyril of Jerusalem, (315-386) Catechetical Lectures, 15, 9Roger Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00323952464269731624noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545099458995585115.post-83350128844979598332012-01-20T12:09:00.000-08:002019-09-01T14:08:36.902-07:009. And what comes to pass after this? He says next, <em>When therefore you see the <span style="color: blue;"><b><u>abomination of</u> </b></span></em><em><span style="color: blue;"><b><u>desolation</u>,</b></span> which was spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, standing in the Holy Place, let him that reads understand</em>. And again, <em>Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Lo, there; believe it not</em>. <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">Hatred of the brethren makes room next for Antichrist; for the devil prepares beforehand</span></u></strong> <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">the divisions among the people</span></u></strong>, <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">that he who is to come may be acceptable to them. But</span></u></strong> <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">God forbid that any of Christ's servants here, or elsewhere, should run over to the enemy</span></u></strong>!<br />
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<u><span style="color: black;">Writing concerning this matter</span><span style="color: #444444;">, the Apostle Paul gave a manifest sign, saying, </span></u><em><span style="color: blue;"><u><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">For that day shall not</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">come, except there came first the</span></u></span><span style="color: #444444;"> <strong><span style="color: red;">falling away</span></strong><u>, and the man of sin be revealed</u></span>, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Do you not remember that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now you know that which restrains, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. For the mystery of iniquity does already work, only there is one that restrains now, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming. Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that are perishing</em>. II<span class="stiki" id="note311847"> Thes.2:3-10.</span><br />
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<strong><u><span style="color: blue;">Thus wrote Paul, and</span></u></strong> <strong><span style="color: blue;"><u>now is the</u> <em><span style="color: red;">falling away</span></em><u>. For men have</u> <em><span style="color: red;">fallen away</span></em><u> from the right faith</u></span></strong> ; and some preach the identity of the Son with the Father , and others dare to say that Christ was brought into being out of nothing. <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">And formerly the heretics were manifest; but now the Church is filled with heretics in disguise. For</span></u></strong> <strong><span style="color: blue;"><u>men have</u> <em><span style="color: red;">fallen away</span></em><u> from the truth, and <em>have itching ears</em>. <span class="stiki" id="note311852">2 Timothy 4:3</span></u></span></strong> Is it a plausible discourse? All listen to it gladly. Is it a word of correction? All turn away from it. Most have departed from right words, and rather choose the evil, than desire the good. <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">This therefore is </span></u></strong><em><strong><u><span style="color: blue;">the</span></u></strong> <strong><span style="color: red;">falling away</span></strong></em>, and the enemy is soon to be looked for: and meanwhile he has in part begun to send forth his own forerunners , that he may then come prepared upon the prey. Look therefore to yourself, O man, and make safe your soul. The <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">Church</span></u></strong> now charges you before the Living God; <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">she declares to</span></u></strong> <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">you the things concerning Antichrist before they arrive</span></u></strong>. Whether they will happen in your time we know not, or whether they will happen after you we know not; but it is well that,<strong><u><span style="color: blue;"> knowing these</span></u></strong> <strong><u><span style="color: blue;">things</span></u></strong>, <span style="color: blue;"><strong><u>you should make yourself secure beforehand.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">Next, the words of: </span><a href="http://augustine-xx-23.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: white;">Augustine (354-430)</span></a></span></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Back to:</span></span></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://post-triborpre-trib.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="background-color: white;">The Second Coming of Christ</span></strong></a><strong><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: black;">or, </span></span></strong><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://earlychurchbelief.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="background-color: white;">Early Church Fathers</span> </strong></a><br />
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