“I DO NOT ASK YOU TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD” “CONCERNING THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND OUR BEING GATHERED TOGETHER TO BE WITH HIM: I beg you, my brothers and sisters, not to be so easily confused in your thinking or upset by the claim that the Day of the Lord has come. Perhaps it is thought that we said this while prophesying or preaching, or that we wrote it in a letter. Do not let anyone deceive you in any way. FOR THE DAY WILL NOT COME UNTIL THE [APOSTASY] TAKES PLACE AND THE WICKED ONE APPEARS, WHO IS DESTINED FOR HELL. He will oppose every so-called god or object of worship and will put himself above them all. He will even go in and sit down in God’s Temple and claim to be God. Don’t you remember? I told you all this while I was with you.” (2 Thessalonians 2:1–5, GNB) “I do not ask you to take them out of the world”, but I DO ASK YOU TO KEEP THEM SAFE FROM THE EVIL ONE.” (John 17:15, GNB) ““Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near. IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE TIME IS NEAR, READY TO BEGIN.” (Mark 13:28–29, GNB) ““Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’—do not believe him. For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God’s chosen people, if possible. BE ON YOUR GUARD! I HAVE TOLD YOU EVERYTHING BEFORE THE TIME COMES.” (Mark 13:21–23, GNB) “BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT MY COMMAND TO ENDURE, I WILL ALSO KEEP YOU SAFE FROM THE TIME OF TROUBLE which is coming upon the world to test all the people on earth.” (Revelation 3:10, GNB)
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