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The Great Rebellion
"The New Testament warns about this time of great rebellion (verses quoted from NLT):
Matthew 24:10–12
“Many will turn away from me. … Many false prophets will appear. … Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold”
John 15:21–22
“The people of the world will hate you because you belong to me, for they don’t know God who sent me. … They have no excuse for their sin.”
1 Timothy 4:1
“In the last times some will turn away … they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons”
2 Timothy 3:1–5
“In the last days there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God. … They will consider nothing sacred. … They will act as if they are religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly”
2 Peter 3:3–4
“In the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every everything they desire. This will be their argument: Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he?’ ”
Jude 1:18–19
“In the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to enjoy themselves in every evil way imaginable. … They live by natural instinct because they do not have God’s Spirit living in them”
Revelation 3:10
“Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world,”" [1]
The Great Rebellion
"The New Testament warns about this time of great rebellion (verses quoted from NLT):
Matthew 24:10–12
“Many will turn away from me. … Many false prophets will appear. … Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold”
John 15:21–22
“The people of the world will hate you because you belong to me, for they don’t know God who sent me. … They have no excuse for their sin.”
1 Timothy 4:1
“In the last times some will turn away … they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons”
2 Timothy 3:1–5
“In the last days there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God. … They will consider nothing sacred. … They will act as if they are religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly”
2 Peter 3:3–4
“In the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every everything they desire. This will be their argument: Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he?’ ”
Jude 1:18–19
“In the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to enjoy themselves in every evil way imaginable. … They live by natural instinct because they do not have God’s Spirit living in them”
Revelation 3:10
“Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world,”" [1]
[1] Bruce B. Barton and Grant R. Osborne, 1 & 2 Thessalonians: Life Application Commentary, Life Application Bible Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1999), 125.
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