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RE: Is Church Necessary for Salvation? Do I need to go to Church?
Take another look. The word used for assembling and gathering is the same word in the Greek. These are the only two spots in the Bible where this word is used. Why should we believe they mean something different?
"To Jesus when He returns?" Yes, absolutely. I think you may be reading it in the wrong way. There's no need to overthink the word "ourselves". We ourselves are being gathered unto Jesus. Not of our own, but our own selves, our persons.
This is exactly why I wanted to share these verses: To shed light on a much misunderstood verse. Why do you take so much offense to the idea that these verses are related?
Just to be clear for others, I did not mention a rapture.
It really is irrelevant if it's the same word as we can be gathered together or gathered to Jesus. Gathering to Jesus is the rapture which 2 Thess 2 is clearly talking about. When you insert your meaning into the scripture it's called eisegesis. This is not a commonly misunderstood passage.