My wife was given this Bible by her parents sometime last year, it was handed down to them through the family. If you look at the third photo you will see a commentary on the 4th chapter of 1 Thessalonians. It is the 16th verse of this book that our pre tribulation brethren use to teach an "any moment rapture".
If we read the commentary on the 15th verse; I think we can safely conclude that this chapter is teaching the Second Advent will happen after the great tribulation!
Above is a commentary from 2 Thessalonians 2.3; this is clearly teaching that the apostasy will come first, and then the Antichrist. Is that not what the plain and simple reading of the text teaches? Not unless you believe that the Church and Israel have two separate destinies according to Dispensationalism!
On another note, what saddens me; flicking through the pages of this wonderful old copy of the 1611 KJV, is that the pages inside are like brand new. They look like they have never been turned, or even read. From what I can deduce, this Bible was only used as a diary to record dates of family births, deaths, marriages and Christenings etc; these were recorded on the inside covers where you can see for yourself the old English handwriting style and of course where the sunlight has aged the paper.
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