It's my opinion that (Thomas Ice) and those Alumni from Dallas Theological Seminary are false teachers, Tim LA Haye, Hal Lindsey, to mention a few
The Greek word for (Falling Away) is (Apostasia) meaning a defection from truth, and this Greek word is the very foundation of the English word (Apostasy)
Everyone you don't agree with is probably a false teacher to you, but you are wrong on just about everything I read in your posts. So, I am sure they are false teachers "to you" because you cant understand their truths. By the way, I dot know much about them, I am nit a "MEN FOLLOWER" but from what I have heard they are mostly correct, and from what I have heard from you, you are mostly not correct. It is what it is.
Two Greek words APO & STASIS are both used together to get Apostisia. So what d they mean first, then what do they mean in the CONTEXT of the passage? Lets see.
The Greek word for (Falling Away) is (Apostasia) meaning a defection from truth, and this Greek word is the very foundation of the English word (Apostasy)
The Greek word as I clearly show is apo and
apo-
ap-
prefix
away from; off, apogee
indicating separation of apocarpous
Definition:
pr. forth, from, away from; hence, it variously signifies departure; distance of time or place; avoidance; riddance; derivation from a quarter, source, or material; origination from agency or instrumentality
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 575: ἀπό
1. of
local separation, after verbs of motion from a place (of departing, fleeing, removing, expelling, throwing, etc., see αἴρω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀποτινάσσω, ἀποχορέω, ἀφίστημι, φεύγω, etc.): ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπ' αὐτῶν, Luke 22:41; βάλε ἀπό σου, Matthew 5:29f; ἐκβάλω τό καρθος ἀπό (L T Tr WH ἐκ) τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ, Matthew 7:4; ἀφ' (L WH Tr text παῥ (which see I. a.)) ἧς ἐκβεβλήκει δαιμόνια, Mark 16:9; καθεῖλε ἀπό θρόνων, Luke 1:52.
2.
of the separation of apart from the whole; where of a whole some part is taken: ἀπό τοῦ ἱματίου, Matthew 9:16; ἀπό μελισσίου κηρίου, Luke 24:42 (R G, but Tr brackets the clause); ἀπό τῶν ὀψαρίων, John 21:10; τά ἀπό τοῦ πλοίου fragments of the ship, Acts 27:44; ἐνοσφίσατο ἀπό τῆς τιμῆς, Acts 5:2; ἐκχέω ἀπό τοῦ πνεύματος, Acts 2:17; ἐκλεξάμενος ἀπ' αὐτῶν, Luke 6:13; τινα ἀπό τῶν δύο, Matthew 27:21; ὅν ἐτιμήσαντο ἀπό υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, namely, τινες (R. V. whom certain of the children of Israel did price (cf. τίς, 2 c.); but others refer this to II. 2 d. aa. at the end, which see), Matthew 27:9 (ἐξῆλθον ἀπό τῶν ἱερέων, namely, τινες, 1 Macc. 7:33); after verbs of eating and drinking (usually joined in Greek to the simple genitive of the thing (cf. Buttmann, 159 (139); Winer's Grammar, 198f (186f)): Matthew 15:27; Mark 7:28; πίνειν ἀπό, Luke 22:18 (elsewhere in the N. T. ἐκ).
3.
of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed;
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Greek word STASIS
STRONGS G4714:
στάσις, στάσεως, ἡ (ἵστημι);
1.
a standing(Dos this match?), station, state: ἔχειν στάσιν, to stand, exist, have stability, Latinlocum habere (R. V. is get standing), Hebrews 9:8 (Polybius 5, 5, 3).
2. from Aeschylus and Herodotus down,
an insurrection(Does this MATCH?) (cf. German Aufstand): Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19, 25; Acts 19:40 (see σήμερον, under the end); κινεῖν στάσιν (L T Tr WH στάσεις) τίνι (a mover of insurrections among i. e.) against (cf. Winer's Grammar, 208 (196)) one, Acts 24:5.
3. strife, dissension (Aeschylus Pers. 738; (Diogenes Laërtius 3, 51): Acts 15:2; Acts 23:7, 10.
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So, in short we know APO & STASIS are put together to tell us that there will be a DEAPARTURE from a STANDING. So, lets look at the passage and see what that DEPARTURE (Away from) is, and what that STANDING is also? So, there is a "Departure from a certain Standing" in 2 Thess. 2, so what is THAT STANDING, that is being DEPARTED FROM? Seems like this should be easy, all we have o do is go READ what the passage is all about !!;)
2 Thessalonians. 2:1 Now we
beseech you(ask URGENTLY), brethren,
by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ(Rapture), and
by our gathering together unto him(Rapture NOT Faith), 2 That ye
be not soon shaken in mind(don't FEAR), or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as
that the day of Christ is at hand{do not think God's Wrath is at hand}.
3
Let no man deceive you(trick or lie to you) by any means: for
that day(God's Wrath) shall not come, except there come a falling away(Apo/DEPARTURE from a Stasis or STANDING) first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4
Who(A.C.) 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. 5
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?(Paul explained these things IN PERSON, thus here he can just say them vaguely) 6 And
now ye know what (Church must first DEPART) withholdeth that he(A.C.) might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:
only he(Holy Spirit) who
now letteth(Binds) will let(BIND), until
he(Holy Spirt) be taken out of the way(God will not ALLOW the A.C. to come forth until the Church is DEPARTED, He tells the Hoy Spirt to BLOCK HIM until that happens). 8 An
d 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, lets go over the first three verses, then the next 5 verses in a different section.
What is the STANDING that Paul is speaking about them DEPARTING from? Well that is very obvious to all of us who use common horse sense here, not so much to those who heed the KJV translators who were obviously taking a dig at the RCC via there Church of England perches.
The DEPARTURE is spoken of in verse 1, let me beseech you (ASK URGENTLY) via the coming of our Lord Jesus (RAPTURE) and the GATHERING TOGETHER UNTO HIM (Rapture). Do not FEAR, not matter what you hear (WHY? Because they are EXPLAINING the coming Rapture that will take them OUT of the coming Wrath of God as verse 1 cites clearly) do nit let your FAITH be shaken, for THAT DAY (God's Wrath) can not come until the Apo/AWAY/Departure [from the earth] happens. Then (After this DEPARTURE from this STANDING) the Anti-Christ will be uncloaked or Revealed.
NOWHERE IS FAITH EVER MENTIONED IN THESE THREE VERSES, or in the WHOLE CHAPTER !! But the Rapture is mentioned in the very first verse.
Moving on to the next 5 verses.
We know this is the Anti-Christ being spoken of, we are told the Day of the Lord or God's Wrath can not come until both the DEPARTURE of the Church (verse 3) AND this Man of Sin comes forth, THEN the Wrath of God will fall onto mankind. He then tells them, NOW you know what STOPS the Anti-Christ from coming forth, he (Holy Spirit) will keep stopping this an from appearing unto the Church is Raptured (DEPARTS apo........from its STANDING stasis on THS EARTH).
Now what is the Churches STANDING? We are in Christ Jesus and ON THIS EARTH !! Verse 1 points to this GATHERING unto Christ Jesus. NOWHERE is any FAITH being spoken of in this whole passage. :) I don't truly get how men can let bad translations carry them down rabbit holes this deep. I find it amusing tbh.
And you knw what your only comeback can be? Because I destroy the whole foundation of your premise. You only comeback can be well, they all call it Apostacy, and it means this....... Yea and they say Gay means Homosexuality also, but it really means Jovial and Happy doesn't it?
You see, you are so far down that rabbit hole you can't add up the simple facts. NOWHERE is a standing of FAITH MENTIONED in the passage, but a GATHERING TOGETHER unto Christ Jesus is indeed mentioned.
When you get to heaven, you will instantly see all of this, seems not until then.