1. IN WHAT CHARACTERS WILL THE LORD COME TO THE WORLD?
(a) As a thief in the night. (Matt. 24:43; 1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10.)
(b) As Son of man. (Matt. 24:30, 44; 25:31.
(c) As King of kings, and Lord of lords. (Rev. 19:16; Matt. 25:34.
2. WHAT SCRIPTURE IN 1 Thess. SHOWS US THAT WE SHOULD NOT BEAR THE CHARACTER OF THE WORLD WHICH IT WILL MANIFEST WHEN THE LORD COMES TO IT?
(a) "Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober." 1 Thess. 5:6.
(c) "But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief." 1 Thess, 5:4.
3. WHO WILL BE SAVED AFTER THE CHURCH IS TAKEN UP?
(a) Evidently some of those who have not heard the gospel of God's grace, as 2 Thess. 2:10-12 shows what will happen to those who did not believe the truth.
(b) Rev. 7:1-8 gives us the symbolical numbers of the Israelites who will be saved during that time, and verses 9-17 gives us the saved out of the nations.
4. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT THE TRUTH, WHEN THE LORD TAKES HIS OWN AWAY?
"For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thess. 2:11, 12.
In Rev. 19:20, 21 we have first the beast and the false prophet, which deceived the people, cast into the lake of fire; and then the deceived people slain with the sword that will proceed out of the mouth of the Lord, which would be His word.
5. OF WHAT CLASS OF PEOPLE WILL THE MAN OF SIN BE?
(a) He will be a Jew, as Dan. 11:37 reads: "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers."
(b) 2 Thess. 2:4 shows us that he will sit in the temple of God; only a Jew could get that place.