The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Thessalonians 2:6-10, “And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
7 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.
8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;
9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.”

The word “coming,” with its affiliates (come & came), is mentioned more than 3,900 times in the Bible! The phrase, “in His time,” is mentioned only twice in the whole of Scripture, here in verse 2 and in Genesis 6:9. I have several books and pamphlets that in their time purported to have information supporting precisely when Jesus was returning to Earth. But those times have come and gone and we are still awaiting His Return.

In the meantime, we are surrounded and confounded by “the mystery of lawlessness.” Lawlessness will continue until the Father’s restraint is removed. Restraint? Where’s the restraint? We live in the time of “wars and more wars.” Yet, the suggestion of “restraint” is that we have seen nothing yet of the tremendous onslaught of Satan’s evil and vicious lawlessness! That Satanic lawlessness will continue until Jesus Comes Again!

All wickedness is deceptive. That’s why two alleged Iowa teens sought to cover up the killing of their 60s-year-old High School Spanish teacher. That current story has more “light” than the deceptive accounts of what we call “Satanic” activity. Friends, we are living in a “devil-may-care” world environment. We’ve twisted the love and beauty from our Creator into lust and porn. But, things will get worse.

The answer is both personal and corporate. We have yet to receive “the love of the truth –His Truth– so as to be saved.” That Truth – the Truth that saves – is that “Christ died for our sins” and when we repent and confess them to Him, He has agreed to forgive us and grant us His Life through the Holy Spirit. Now, it’s our turn to decide: repent and believe or resist, die and be cast into Hell for eternity.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom