the name ... lawless one?
Jesus referred to Judas Iscariot as the son of perdition. We know that he looked very much like a true christian. To everyone living at that time he seemed to be the real deal, even the other 11 apostles didn't suspect anything wrong, yet the Lord said he was a devil.
In 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 it says: 1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3Let 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;
4Who 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.
Here it refers to the man of sin also as the son of perdition, so He too must look like the real deal. Most would not suspect any thing wrong with him as well. Hmmm, who could this be? History records for us the answer. The answer was common knowledge to christians before the 1800's, that is before the John Darby, C.I. Scofield lies about a "secret rapture" and an"antichrist"who rebuilds a third temple and all that. If your interested heres a sermon that will help. It skips a little here and there but is well worth listening to.
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