1My sacred family members, we have something to say to you about the time when our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, will appear and we will all be gathered around him.
2Do not be suddenly shaken in your mind or troubled if you hear that the day of our Honored Chief has already arrived. It does not matter whether you hear it by a prophecy or a spoken word or by a written message that someone says came from us.
3Do not be fooled by anyone. Before that day comes, there must first be an uprising —a turning away from Creator . Then the man who respects no law will be revealed, the son whose father is destruction.
4He will speak out against and consider himself to be greater than all the so-called powerful spirit-beings and all that is seen as sacred or holy. He will even set himself up in Creator’s sacred lodge and represent himself as the Great Spirit.
5Have you forgotten that when I was still with you I told you about these things?
6You know what it is that now holds him back until it is time for him to be revealed.
7For the mysterious power of the lawless one is already at work in secret. The lawless one is ready and waiting to be revealed, but not until the one who holds him back steps out of the way.
8Then the mask will come off and the lawless one will be revealed. And when Creator Sets Free (Jesus) our Honored Chief comes, he will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and put an end to him with the light that shines from his face.
9This lawless one will come performing all kinds of misleading signs and wonders, but the one who gives him this power is Accuser (Satan) the evil trickster .
10He will use his trickster ways to lead people down a path to a bad end. They will follow him because they did not love the truth that would rescue them and set them free.
11Because they did not love the truth , the Great Spirit will give them over to the full power of this lie, so they will believe it.
12In this way, all who did not trust the truth but instead found joy in wrongdoing will come to the bad end they deserve.
13My sacred family members loved by our Honored Chief, we owe thanks to the Great Spirit for you. He has chosen you to be first among those he will set free and make whole, as you trust in the truth through his Spirit who makes you holy.
14Creator used our telling of the good story to call you to himself so that you would share in the honor that shines from the face of our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.
15So then, my sacred family members, stand strong and hold firmly to the traditions we taught you, either by voice or by letter.
16We are loved by our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, and by our Father the Great Spirit. It is through the gift of his great kindness that he has given us good hope and comfort that will never fade away.
17We pray that he will now lift up your hearts and strengthen you in all the good things you do or say.