The Great Apostasy

Another sign of the end of the world is apostasy. "Apostasy" means departure. You find this mentioned as a sign of the end in II Thessalonians 2:3, where, in the original Greek language, the word "apostasy" is used: "that day (i.e., the day of Christ, the day of Christ's second coming-DJE) shall not come, except there come a falling away first." Literally, the words "falling away" are the word "apostasy," so that the apostle says that the coming again of Christ will be preceded by an apostasy....