In this episode we review Christ's assessment of the churches.  There were many problems in the churches.  Some people think this is normal, many do not know what Jesus says to those churches who have problems.  Find out what Jesus says about them, what he commands them to do, and what he says the consequences will be based upon their response.  Did you know not everyone in these churches receives a blessing? The plan in the beginning was to discuss when Jesus would come back for his second coming.  We ended up running out of time.  One of the key passages we were going to review along with others were those from the books of Thessalonians.  In 1 Thes chapter 4:13 the people are told not to worry about those who have died, not to be like the rest of the world who doesn't have hope.  Why? Because those who are in Christ have a hope of the resurrection from the dead when Christ comes back.  This is explained in 1 Th 4:14-18.  Then in the book of 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, the people where then concerned that they missed the 2nd coming of Christ (the Rapture - gathering to Christ, 1 Th 4:14-18).  We are told not to worry or be deceived by those saying Christ has already come to gather us.  We are then told starting in 2 Th 2:3-8 when Jesus will come back to gather us.  The man of lawlessness (commonly referred to as the antichrist) must come first (we know this doesn't happen until the middle of the 7 year tribulation period).  Verse 8 then tells us when the man of lawlessness will be destroyed, at the appearing of Jesus.  When we look at other scripture this occurs at the end, the last trumpet.