zeke37
IMO...
listen
it's all explained in the text itself. 2The2
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
so, the subject is revealed
this is about His Coming and our gathering to Him.
did He come in 70 AD and did we gather to Him then? nope.
2 That 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.
so this day is also called the day of Christ
3 Let 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;
4 Who 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.
this is the timing. Christ come after this deception
this is the meat of the lesson.
someone has to come, pretend to be God (Jesus)
and actually fool the masses into believing it.
but remember that "we" are the temple of God according to Paul
so his message here is about some of us being seduced/fooled
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Paul had told them of the Coming of the Lord in 1Thes4:13-1Thes5:11.
and 2Thes2 is a continuation of the same,
but Paul now tell them what has to happen first, before that day comes
iow, that day can't happen until thus and thus happens first.
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
Paul JUST told them above in verses1-4 what has to happen first before that day
so NOW they KNOW about the false one coming to claim deity
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
so the mystery of iniquity is part and parcel with the false Christ/God
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
so the wicked is revealed at His Coming, not before it
and that wickedness is defeated at that same Coming
iow, the world will be seduced until His Coming (all but the elect)
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
so some of us will have the love of the truth
and some of us will not have the love of he truth
the truth is waiting for the true Messiah to Come,
while the rest of the world follows the false one that MUST come first
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
imo this also refers to SOME Christians today,
as many of us, if not most of us, are hypocrites
but there are some of us toady that are not bound by the delusions of the world
and in the end, there will be some that do not fall for the deception of the false Christ
but rather wait patiently till the end
i could go on and on...but that's the jist of it
it's all explained in the text itself. 2The2
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
so, the subject is revealed
this is about His Coming and our gathering to Him.
did He come in 70 AD and did we gather to Him then? nope.
2 That 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.
so this day is also called the day of Christ
3 Let 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;
4 Who 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.
this is the timing. Christ come after this deception
this is the meat of the lesson.
someone has to come, pretend to be God (Jesus)
and actually fool the masses into believing it.
but remember that "we" are the temple of God according to Paul
so his message here is about some of us being seduced/fooled
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Paul had told them of the Coming of the Lord in 1Thes4:13-1Thes5:11.
and 2Thes2 is a continuation of the same,
but Paul now tell them what has to happen first, before that day comes
iow, that day can't happen until thus and thus happens first.
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
Paul JUST told them above in verses1-4 what has to happen first before that day
so NOW they KNOW about the false one coming to claim deity
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
so the mystery of iniquity is part and parcel with the false Christ/God
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
so the wicked is revealed at His Coming, not before it
and that wickedness is defeated at that same Coming
iow, the world will be seduced until His Coming (all but the elect)
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
so some of us will have the love of the truth
and some of us will not have the love of he truth
the truth is waiting for the true Messiah to Come,
while the rest of the world follows the false one that MUST come first
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
imo this also refers to SOME Christians today,
as many of us, if not most of us, are hypocrites
but there are some of us toady that are not bound by the delusions of the world
and in the end, there will be some that do not fall for the deception of the false Christ
but rather wait patiently till the end
i could go on and on...but that's the jist of it
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