Would not the article most naturally refer to the context, the first verse of the chapter, "our gathering together unto Him?" Kenneth Wuest renders he apostasia in 2 Thess. 2:3 as: "the aforementioned departure" referring to vs. 1. It would seem to me that the "rebellion" interpretation is contextual nonsense. There is no precedent for such a rebellion, at this stage, in the Pauline revelation; and since "rebellions" are so common throughout all time, it would be far to nebulous to have any real meaning to the comfort of the Thessalonians. Bob --- B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu