Two things had to happen before the coming of Jesus. They have both already happened. We must be near.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Before the great tribulation and the coming of Jesus, the following two things had to happen.  They have both already happened!

*  The apostasy in the churches.

II Thessalonians 2

KJV   

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;  (Churches had to fall away from scripture and set up other doctrines.)

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

 

NASB

3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

This falling away, apostasy, has already happen in the churches qnd continues to happen and will happen until Jesus returns and the great tribulation of God comes upon this earth.

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* The second thing that had to happen, and has already happened, is as follows:

Matthew 24   Jesus says:

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

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