 go ahead. You will be praying, right? You said that you would. Kung, you said that you would pray, right? I will pray. Thank you so much for this morning. Thank you for another new day. We asked you to reveal or a few to us that we would drop you should even that where you're saying Lord to our lives. Thank you God for everything that you were saying. Amen. Yes. Thank you so much. All right. So we've come to the very last epistle that we are covering in our current course. That would be second Thessalonians. We're already familiar with the Thessalonians because we looked at the previous letter and we saw in the high respect with which Paul spoke about them. He said that they were, that their faith and their love and their hope was such that they in fact became a model to all the Macedonian and Achaian churches in that entire region. So these were very godly people and Paul had personally invested in their lives to a great extent because he talks about that. He talks about how they are almost like his own children and how he cares for them deeply. And even these people reciprocate that feeling because they say to, they send word through Timothy that they have pleasant memories of Paul and the others who taught them and they're eagerly looking forward to the time when Paul will come back. So we see a lot of very personal tone in first Thessalonians. So now we come into second Thessalonians and we get the impression that this letter was probably written a little later and this letter was written because somebody started spreading this false teaching that the second coming of the Lord had already finished taking place and that for some reason these Thessalonian believers got left behind. So that was the kind of wrong teaching that was going around and it must have been very painful to the Thessalonians to even think such a thought. And so when Paul gets to know about this he immediately writes to them a second letter. So in this letter he's trying to assure them that the second coming has not yet taken place and he also talks about how they even as they are waiting they need to prepare themselves better and also conduct themselves better. In the previous letter when he referred to the second coming he just talks about how they need to put on the breast plate of of truth and righteousness of faith and righteousness and the helmet of salvation. Here he talks about another aspect of preparation that they need to think about. We'll get to that in the third chapter. So these are just basically the main things which we would be dealing with in 2 Thessalonians. So to get started off maybe we can look at verses 3, 4, 5 and there is a nice thought that we see you know mentioned in these verses. So if you could have someone read out for us 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 3, 4 and 5. Yeah. 2 Thessalonians verse chapter 1 verse 3 and 4 and 5. We often always to give thanks to God for you brothers as it's as it's right because your faith is going abundantly and the love of everyone of you for one another is in place. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for the steadfast faith in all your persecutions and in the applications that you are enduring. And 5? 5. This is the evidence of the righteous judgment of God that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God for which you are also suffering. Yes. So he first of all starts off by saying that he's glad, grateful that their faith is growing more and more. And then he says something. He talks about how they are you know holding on even in spite of persecutions and trials. I know they are holding on in faith. Then he makes the statement in verse 3 he says, all this is evidence that God's judgment is right. And as a result you would be counted worthy of the kingdom of God. So what exactly is he referring to over here? What is this evidence? What is this proof that is available? Which is showing very, very clearly that God's judgment is right. As far as we can see in the previous two verses there does not seem to be any kind of direct proof being mentioned. So let's look at the previous verse once again. In verse 3 he talked about how he's glad that their faith is growing more and more and how they are living in love towards one another. He's grateful for that. And then in verse 4 he says, therefore among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. All this is evidence that God's judgment is right and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God. So the evidence over here showing that God's judgment is indeed right and correct and good. What is the evidence? It's the way these people are holding on in spite of all the persecution that they are undergoing. Here are a bunch of people who have gone through very difficult times and it would have been easy for them to just go back to their whatever previous idolatrous practices that they had earlier. They could have gone back to that. But here are these people holding on, persisting, persevering in spite of all that they are facing. Why are they doing that? It is because they are convinced in their hearts that what God has declared that His judgment, His declaration that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation, they believe that this is right and therefore they have taken their stand. And so the neighbors who would have been watching them, in the beginning of course, soon after they became believers, people would have thought okay fine this is a new fad that they are kind of adopting, it will pass with time. So they would have waited and waited for the years are going by and these people are still holding on in their faith in spite of all the social ostracization. People have kind of excommunicated them, nobody talks to them. If you're walking down the street and the other people look at you, they turn their faces away, nobody even wishes you. It's a very painful, unpleasant way to live and in spite of all of that these people are not giving up their faith. So that actually would have made all the neighbors and all of the others who are watching it would have made them wonder why are they still holding on? And the reason they are doing that is because they are clearly convinced that God's judgment is indeed right. And so because they fear God's judgment, because they believe in what God is saying about what is right and what is wrong, they are not willing to let go and this is a is a clear evidence and prove to the people who are watching that if they don't do the same thing, then yes, they will have to face the wrath of God's judgment in the future. So by our lives, by the way we live, we will prove to the people around us that what we have chosen to trust in is indeed correct and we are looking forward to an eternal reward and if they don't imitate us and come into the faith the way we have, they would have to face great danger in the future. There is a threat of judgment hanging over their heads and so it becomes like a warning to them, our right conduct, our holding on in faith becomes like a piece of proof and evidence to them that there is something dangerous awaiting and to avoid that they better accept the Lord Jesus. So and now because these Cesslonians have been that kind of a testimony to their community, over here Paul says as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which you are suffering. They are suffering for what they believe is right, they believe that God's judgment is right and they have been suffering for it and therefore they will most definitely be counted worthy of the kingdom of God is what it says over here. So we too need to adopt that same attitude even when others mock us, even when others disagree with us we choose to hold on and by doing that we are showing them what I have believed in is right. So reconsider the stand that you have taken, reconsider because there is eternal judgment awaiting. So we become a witness to the people around us by our choices and then maybe we can look at this entire passage about how God will punish those who are unrighteous and who are persecuting. So maybe at one stretch we can look at verses 6 to 10 if we can have one person read out verses 6 all the way up to verse 10 please. God is just, you pay back trouble those who trouble you and give relief, live to you who are troubled as to ask the harsh words well. This will, my husband and then we're in the lot, lot, lot in history. So we will from hell, heaven, fire, these powerful angels will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel spirit of our Lord Jesus. They will be banished with everlasting destruction and shout out from the presence of the Lord and from the world of the smite. On the, on the day that he comes, be glorified in his household, all the people, the mavel among all those who have the faith. This includes you because you delivered it in morning to you. Thank you. Yes. So here we see, you know, in verse 10 it talks about what is awaiting these believers who are holding on so faithfully. It says on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marvel that among all those who have believed, this includes you because you believed our testimony to you. So right now they're going through hardships and trials, but a day will come when he will be standing there among them physically and it says that they will just marvel at him and they look at him and they will just glorify him and they'll be filled with so much joy because for the rest of eternity, they're going to be living in his presence. They would, they're never again, you know, going to be feel, you know, alone or at a distance. So they're literally going to be in the presence of this glorious God. So there's great rejoicing awaiting them. On the other hand, you know, in the previous verse, look at what is awaiting these other people, you know, who are right now persecuting them and making them suffer and mocking them. What's awaiting those people? It says they will be shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might. You see, his might can either be something that will bring judgment upon you and release punishment upon you or it can be a might which will act on your behalf to help you to rescue you. So it's very sad that instead of enjoying the positive aspect of his might, you know, of his, of the glory of his might, all that they are going to experience is the negative side of his power where they will just, you know, have to live under his wrath and judgment. So they will be shut out from the presence of his glorious might. On the other hand, these believers, they will get to enjoy the glory of his might forever and ever. And then in, you know, in much earlier in the verse, in verse seven, yeah, in verse six, you know, Paul says, God is just, he will pay back trouble to those who trouble you. So right now, what they are going through is so painful. I mean, because I'm sure that even economically, these believers would have suffered, you know, because they have, they have now chosen to go against the religion of that place. They probably would even be denied jobs. You know, people would not be willing to hire them and give them jobs. So these people have suffered a lot. But here Paul says, God is just, he will pay back trouble to those who trouble you. So one day, you know, there would be relief that these people would be able to experience. And then he goes on to talk about how, you know, these unrighteous people will be judged. And he says, this will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. It talks about a time when Jesus will come back and he will judge these people. He will come with his powerful angels and he will punish them. So what is Paul referring to over here? Because in 1 Thessalonians chapter four, when he was talking about how they will be caught up in the air along with, you know, the believers who have risen up from the dead, you know, when they're all caught up in the air with Jesus, people say that that probably refers to the rapture event. So in the rapture event, if you observe, there's no immediate punishment following. So if we consider the 1 Thessalonians chapter four as the rapture event, then we would have to think about this current passage that we are looking at where it talks about the Lord Jesus being revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. We would have to think of this not as the 1 Thessalonians four event, but most probably the Zechariah 14-3-4 event. Because in Zechariah 14-3-4, it talks about then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as he fights on a day of battle. So it's the Zechariah event which talks about how Jesus when he comes, he will come to fight, he will come to judge, he will come to punish. So if we are thinking of 1 Thessalonians four as the rapture event, then we would have to say that when it talks over here about and 2 Thessalonians, when it talks over here about him coming in blazing fire, it's not referring to the 1 Thessalonians four event, but rather it is referring to the Zechariah 14 event where he will actually come down upon Mount Olives and stand over there and when he does that, that entire mountain will experience an earthquake and it will get split into two and then he will go out and fight the nations. He will bring judgment against all these people who have been persecuting his church. So we see that. And then moving on to verses 11 and 12, I really find these verses very comforting and very encouraging. If we can have someone read out verses 11 and 12 please. Yeah, the first thing, the first point is in verse 11 where it says, we constantly pray for you that our God may make you worthy of his calling. You know, when we all first get called and we come into the faith, we are all kind of, messed up. We have just come out of the world. Our mind is still very unrenewed. We still barely know the scriptures. We still have a lot of training that needs to be done. So it is God who starts making us worthy of his calling and he doesn't leave that with any person. I mean, he doesn't miss out on any person. Every single believer who has been called, the Lord personally works with that person to make that person worthy of his calling. You know, so we, none of us ever have to feel that, oh, okay, you know, I'm going to stay like this. I'm never going to be able to change. I will never really become like Christ. We don't have to feel helpless and hopeless about it because here, Paul and his team are praying for these people that God will do this for them. So in the same way that Paul and the team were praying for these Thessalonian believers, if we were to pray for ourselves, maybe nobody else is praying for us, but then if we were to pray for ourselves and say, Lord, in the same way you helped them, in the same way you made them so worthy that in fact, they became, you know, models and examples to all the other, all the other people in that entire region, if you could do that in their lives, would you do that same thing for me and the God who called you to his salvation, he will make you worthy of his calling. It's a promise that, you know, that we can claim for ourselves. And then it goes on to say something more. It says that by his power, he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness. So we all have this desire inside us, this spiritual longing that we have to live in a way that pleases God in such a way, you know, where he feels satisfied with whatever we are offering him. And so it's that longing we all have that on that day when we actually, you know, see Jesus physically face to face, we would like to hear him say those words, you know, well done faithful servant. I mean that would be the ultimate pleasure. So we all have that. And here there's this lovely thing that is being said, it's saying that by his power, God, by his power, he will make this thing happen, this desire for goodness that we have within us, he will bring it to fruition or in other important and simple words, he will fulfill it, he will make it happen. So by his power, by his resurrection power, it is possible for us to have this desire of, you know, inside us to be good, to do things that please him, we will be able to do these things because God will release his resurrection power to help us to become like this, to become such people who will be able to please him and honor him. So all we need to do from our side is, you know, Lord, pray to him and say, Lord, make me worthy of your calling. You use your resurrection power to help me fulfill this desire that I have to be good, to live in a way that pleases you and honors you. And the third thing that is, you know, that we can pray for is here it says your every deed prompted by faith. So there are so many things that we want to do for the Lord and these things are prompted by faith. You know, in faith we choose to become volunteers in the church. You know, we do that, we are volunteering because we believe that the Lord is good and we want to serve him in some capacity and we believe that whatever little service that we are offering is something that will bring pleasure to the heart of God. So this volunteering that we take up in the church, we are doing it basically out of faith, you know, as a step of faith, believing that this will in some way make a difference to the kingdom of God. It may be a small Bible study group that you have started. So it's a step of faith. Why have you started this group? You stepped out on faith and started this group because you believe that God is going to help you make this something very meaningful to the people that God will equip you to do this in such a way that there will be eternal fruit in the lives of many, many people through this Bible study group. So there are these little things. It may be something as simple as, you know, sharing the faith with a neighbor. So, you know, you interact with them daily, you talk to them daily. So you start telling them about how Jesus has been wonderful in your life, you know, all that has been doing for you. So you just start talking about that. Why are you doing that? It's a step of faith that you're taking. You believe that when you do this, God will start working in that person's heart and then an opportunity will come where you can openly tell about the cross and what Jesus Christ has done on the cross for that person. So these are all little acts of faith, steps of faith, you know, maybe you can call them faith projects. You've taken up these faith projects, believing that God will help you to accomplish something good. So that is why it says over here, you know, in this prayer that these people are praying for the Thessalonians, it says that they are praying that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness, you know, your desire to be good and honor him, he will bring it to fruition. Also, your every deed that you are doing, you know, out of faith prompted by faith, those things also he will bring to fruition by his resurrection power. So that little Bible study group that you are leading, that is going to have resurrection power in it because you're doing it out of faith. You see, it's what you're not just doing it as out of a sense of duty, you're doing it out of faith, believing that God will take this little thing that you're offering and bring something good out of it. So it's a lovely prayer to pray. And then in verse 12, he says, we pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. So when you do these two things, by his power, by his enabling, then the Lord Jesus will be glorified and not just that he goes on to say, and you in him, you see, he will glorify you, he will reward you, he will one day praise you and say, you know, well done faithful servant. So this is something that will bring joy to his heart. And in fact, you also will feel very happy about it. And this is possible because God himself will make you worthy of his calling by his resurrection power. He will bring to fruition your deep desire to honor him. He will bring to fruition every little deed that you do, which is prompted by faith, where you're doing it out of the simple childlike belief that God will take the little bit that you're offering and bring something you know, beautiful out of it. So these are very encouraging verses that we can hold on to. And you know, based on these verses, we can step out in faith to really try and do something for him. You know, so these are very encouraging verses. So we've, we'll move into chapter two, you know, which kind of focuses more on the Second Coming, where Paul, you know, is trying to assure them that the Second Coming has not taken place already. And then he goes on to talk about some things which will happen before the Second Coming really takes place. Now, this is a slightly complicated passage for me, because yeah, I mean, whatever little bit I do know, you know, I can explain that. And if you have any questions, I will try to answer them. But you know, like I have said, even last class, I'm not very deeply knowledgeable on all these end time things. But you know, let's just look at what the passage has to offer. Alright, so chapter two, if we can have someone read out verses one and two. Yeah. Now, whether and concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering, the other two things, we ask you not to be soon shaken in the mind of troubles, either by spirit or by word or by lecture, as it was, as though today Christ said, Yeah. So if you remember when we did First Thessalonians, and we looked at the very first chapter and over there we saw that the main hope which these people had was in the coming of Jesus Christ. You know, that was what was, you know, driving them. That was what gave them the ability to know live in love and do works that were done, you know, produced out of faith. All that was all the good, good, all the spiritual good that was going on in their lives. It was based on this one hope that Jesus Christ will come back and he will take them, he'll collect them. So that is the main hope which they had. So First Thessalonians one was three, you know, where it says, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. So they were enduring, they were going through so much and putting up with it and not letting go. Why? Because of this hope which they had in the Lord Jesus Christ. So imagine when someone brought this really terrible teaching, telling them that you know what, the Second Coming has already happened, all the other churches have already, you know, gone off along with Jesus. Jesus has collected them and gone away and you people have been left behind. What a terrible, painful shock that would have been for these believers. And so Paul is very, very quick in trying to, you know, put to rest this kind of wrong teaching. And so he says, you know, you don't have to worry about any such thing having happened. He says that the day of the Lord, you know, has not yet come. And then he, so he says in verse three, don't let anyone deceive you in any way for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed. So this Second Coming will happen only after somebody who's against Christ, a man of lawlessness, a man who stands for everything that is against what God stands for, which is why they use the word anti Christ, you know. So people who are for Christ are those who honor him. But then here is going to be a person. And of course, there have been many, many such people throughout history who are who are completely against everything God stands for. And they're against everything that Christ stands for. So they are referred to as anti Christ, you know, because they are standing for everything that goes against what God believes in and what God has, you know, placed as being correct. So, so he says, you will know when the Second Coming is nearing, because you will literally see this person, you know, going about talking like as if he is the, he's the true Christ, that he's the true Messiah. The word Christ, right, literally means anointed one. So to the Jewish, to the Jewish people that base that term would basically mean the one who has been anointed and sent to us to be our Messiah. You know, so that's the word that word Christ literally means the anointed one, the one who has been anointed by God as the Messiah. So this man would be presenting himself as the real Messiah, the true Messiah. So he would, you know, he would talk like as if he is better than Jesus, that he has more to offer than Jesus, that he's more powerful than Jesus. So he would be using all kinds of miracles and demonstrations to try and deceive people and convince them that he actually is the long awaited Messiah that, you know, people have been looking for. So he would be that kind of a person. So maybe we can, you know, if someone could read out these two verses, verses three and four, yeah, verses three and four. Yeah, you know, in fact, it goes on to say that this man will not only just be a man of lawlessness and who will exalt himself, you know, as though he is God, it also says that he will set himself up in God's temple. Okay, so these are some things which are told about this person. So in the past, there have been others who have, you know, behaved in this manner. The earliest example, of course, would be, you know, Antiochus IV, who was a Syrian king, isn't it? That person was a Syrian, if I can remember correctly. Yeah, yeah, it was Antiochus. So he captures Jerusalem in 167 BC, and at that time, you know, he of course captures the temple as well. And inside the temple, he constructs an altar to his own God, the God Zeus, and he begins to offer sacrifices on that. Yeah, in fact, he goes and sacrifices a pig over there. Basically, because the Jewish law had clearly instructed that the Jewish people should never, you know, eat pigs. So deliberately, this man goes into the temple and he offers the sacrifice of a pig on this new altar, which he has built over there to honor his God Zeus. So this man, Antiochus, tries to establish himself like a God. Okay, so will this new Antichrist be somebody like that? We do not know, but we have one example, you know, from ancient Jewish history of such a person. Even in the, even in, you know, the New Testament times, also we have one more example, that would be Emperor Gaius, you know, G-A-I-E-U-S, also more popularly known as Calikulat. This emperor, he had a statue of himself set up in the Jerusalem Temple, and he commanded all the people to worship that temple. And of course, the Jewish people, you know, they resisted and they opposed, and then there were a lot of rebellions that took place, all of that. So in the past, there were people who went and set up a statue or set up an altar, you know, in the temple, and then they declared that they should be worshiped. So will this new Antichrist, when he comes in the end times, will he also do something like that? Because historically, we know, right, the temple is no longer there. In 70 AD, the Jerusalem Temple was destroyed. And then sometime after that, I mean, after a few centuries or whatever, you basically had a mosque being constructed over there. So right now, in the area where the Jerusalem Temple used to be, now you basically have a mosque over there. So over here, when it says that this person, this Antichrist who is coming, he will exalt himself above all and that he will establish himself in the in God's temple. Does it mean that at some point of time, the Jerusalem Temple will get rebuilt? And then will this man go over there to that rebuilt temple and kind of establish himself as the true messiah? We do not know. Okay, so all these are different theories and assumptions that people come up with, just based on the few details that are given over here, you know, in this, in this, in these verses. Maybe we can look at Daniel 11, 36 to 37, where it may have been talking only about Antiochus, Epiphanus, or it might also have been implying about the end time Antichrist as well. I mean, I do not know, but no harm in looking at the Daniel 11, 36 to 37, which talks about some kind of Antichrist. It might have been referring, it might have been referring only to Antiochus IV who already came and did what he did in 167 BC, or it might have been referring to a future Antichrist as well. So if someone could go to Daniel 11, 36 to 37, and if you could read out that please, Daniel 11, 36 to 37. Then the king shall do according to his will, he shall exalt the man himself above every god, shall speak hastily against the God of God, and shall prosper till the God has been accomplished, for what has been determined shall be done. He shall regard neither the God of his fathers, nor the desire for women, nor regard any God, for he shall exalt himself above and all. Yeah, so when Daniel was given a prophecy, he was told that a time is coming when there will be some kind of a person who will, you know, establish himself as being God and he will try to exalt himself above all other gods and all of that. So there's a mention over here of such a person coming. So most people will just say that this is referring to Antiochus Epiphanus who came, you know, in 167 BC, but there are also people who say this is probably also a future reference to the end time Antichrist. Okay, so we did not quite know, we would just have to leave it at that. So yeah, then in verses 5, 6 and 7, Paul refers to another aspect of this end time event versus 5, 6, 7 if someone can read. We are in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 versus 5, 6, 7. Do you not remember that when I was still with Eli told you these things and now you know what is restraining that he may be revealed in his own time? For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Yeah, you know, so here it talks about how evil is already at work. Lawlessness is already at work in the world because you have so many people who are now openly opposing the Christian faith and they are now coming up with all kinds of new legal rules which directly go against the principles of the Bible. So lawlessness is already at work, but it is kind of under control because somebody is holding it back. Someone is not allowing the lawlessness to completely come out in its entire full force. So someone at the moment is still holding back lawlessness to some extent so that things don't become completely evil and bad. And so it says the one, but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. Okay, so most people say that this is referring to the Holy Spirit. So right now the Holy Spirit is holding evil back, not allowing it to completely have, you know, free sway and control over the world, but a time will come when he will be, when the Holy Spirit will be taken out of the way. So based on this, on these verses, people try to connect, you know, the second Thessalonians, the other passage that we talked about and this passage, you know, they say that when the rapture event happens, at that time God will collect all the believers and go back into heaven. So the presence of the Holy Spirit will no longer be there, you know, in the church, in the church on earth, because the church on earth has been collected and taken up into heaven. So of course, the Holy Spirit will still be there because he is God and he is everywhere present, but he will not be there in the body of Christ, you know, so which means today it is the church which is praying and interceding and because of the church's presence in the world, because the church is being the salt and light of the earth, because of all the activities that the church is involved in today, therefore through the church the Holy Spirit is functioning and controlling lawlessness and not allowing it to completely have its way. And so they say that when Thessalonians chapter four event takes place and the church gets caught up, you know, into the air, the Holy Spirit who is indwelling them, because they are the temple of God, right? We believers, we the church are the temple of God. So the Holy Spirit is along with them kind of leaves in that sense. But of course, he continues to, you know, his presence continues to have control over the earth that is there, but no longer functioning through the intercession of the of the saints and all of that, you know, so they kind of try to bring out that aspect. And so they say over here in this particular verse when it says the one who now holds it back, the one who is now holding back lawlessness, the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. They say this is the direct reference to 1st Thessalonians 4 and it's actually talking about the rapture event. And so in that way, they kind of connect that passage with this passage. Now we don't really know, I mean, the details of all of this. But one thing we can maybe say over here when it talks about lawlessness, you know, getting out of control and, you know, becoming stronger, it seems to be talking about the tribulation period. Okay, so maybe we could say that over here, whether the rapture event happens or the rapture event does not happen, there will come a time when which God has appointed and fixed when the work of the Holy Spirit will take a different direction. He will take a step back and for a temporary period he will allow the lawlessness to gain authority, greater authority for a temporary period. And so this at least, you know, whether people accept the rapture event or not, they will have to agree that this statement seems to be referring to the tribulation period because when the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way in the sense when he takes a step back and he is no longer that actively involved in controlling lawlessness, then the lawlessness will kind of take over the management of the world. And then that is when believers will start undergoing deep tribulation and trial because the, because God is at the moment, you know, no longer protecting him, protecting them to the extent that he was protecting them earlier. So maybe we could take it in that sense. So we can say that this is talking about the tribulation period. So Paul is saying that there will be a tribulation period. Paul is saying that there will be an Antichrist who will come. Paul is in fact even saying that this person will go and stand in some kind of a temple and declare himself as God. So is it referring to the Jerusalem temple being rebuilt? We do not know because some people they say when it talks about this Antichrist coming and setting himself up in the temple, it's not referring so much to the Jerusalem temple, rather it is probably referring to the church which is existing at that time, the believers or the body of Christ that is existing at that particular point of time. So they say that maybe this man, he will try to, you know, he will rise up in the church community and he will start declaring himself as being the true Messiah. And then there will be many people who will get led away. But of course, there will be some who will hold on to the faith and not get swayed by this deceiver. So maybe he does not actually go and stand in the rebuilt Jerusalem temple, but rather maybe he actually stands in the church and declares himself to be the actual true Christ. And many will get deceived as a result of that. So these are all just, you know, different theories that people have about what exactly will take place in the end times. Now we don't really have any clear clarity about what actually will take place. These are all just healthy theories that people have regarding this matter. So yeah, maybe we can now move on to verses 8 to 12. Yeah, if someone could read out the entire chunk, or maybe we should do that after the break, right, because anyway, it's now 9.50. So all right, we'll get into verse 8 and the verses that come after that at 10 o'clock. So let's log back in at 10. Thank you.