PAROUSIA and EPISUNAGWGH

From: Jason Hare (parousia_occ@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 23:34:58 EDT


2 Thess. 2:1
    ERWTWMEN DE hUMAS, ADELFOI, hUPER THS PAROUSIAS
    TOU KURIOU hHMWN IHSOU CRISTOU KAI hHMWN
    EPISUNAGWGHS EP' AUTON

Mike,

I should have to wonder about this verse (or about
your separation of it). One thing that seems to hold
for me is Sharp's rule. (I know that I like,
sometimes, to overuse that rule, but HEY, it's a good
one!) If it applies to this construction (hUPER THS
PAROUSIAS... KAI... EPISUNAGWGHS), then the
construction would show that the two refer to the same
event. When Christ appears, we will be gathered to
Him. Does this not also reflect what He said in
Matthew 24.31? (at the PAROUSIA "the angels... will
gather together his elect")

Just a suggestion. We used Sharp's rule to prove
theological issues from the text, why would it not
hold for something like this?

Jason


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hOUTWS GAR HGAPHSEN hO QEOS TON KOSMON,
hWSTE TON hUION TON MONOGENH EDWKEN,
hINA PAS hO PISTEUWN EIS AUTON MH APOLHTAI
ALL' ECHi ZWHN AIWNION. (John 3:16)

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