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II Th 2:3-4
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.
(KJV)
Amazing how so many here just skip, hop, and jump... right over that Scripture in bold.
That "temple" there is NOT about Rome nor any pope! The idea of a "bishop of bishops" (the Pope) didn't even exist... in Apostle Paul's days! Rome was still pagan, not Christianized.
The ONLY "temple of God" Paul could refer to was the Jerusalem temple that was still standing in Paul's days!
We certainly... know that "temple" is not about the spiritual temple metaphor of Ephesians, for the spiritual temple Paul and Peter declared as Christ, the prophets and Apostles as the foundation, and that can NEVER be corrupted by ANY man.
And the idea of that coming Antichrist exalting himself over all that is even 'called' God, or that is worshipped, means over ALL KNOWN RELIGIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS OF MAN, over even the concept of GOD. Paul is truly pointing to a WORLD ANTICHRIST FIGURE sitting in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem for the end.
Were we not warned of that coming Antichrist through prophecy given to Daniel? and then by our Lord Jesus Himself and by His Apostle John in Revelation? and that in relation to the city of Jerusalem?
So ONCE that 2 Thess.2:4 verse is properly understood, then it's a very simple matter of looking at the 2 Thess.2:3 verse again about that 'apostasy' idea ("falling away" = Greek apostasia - Strong's 646), and who all... it will affect.
So, will deceived brethren in Christ fall away to worship that coming Antichrist who is coming to play God in Jerusalem in our near future? YES! We've already been warned in many other Scriptures of how many brethren will fall away to no longer heed sound doctrine in the last days.
Brethren in Christ, you want to get 'prunned' by Christ Jesus when He appears a second time in our near future? if you do, then just keep on jumping right over that 2 Thess.2:4 verse warning that Apostle Paul gave Christ's Church for the end of this world about that coming Antichrist sitting in Jerusalem. Keep dreaming up all sorts of erroneous ideas of what the "strong delusion" and "lie" of 2 Thess.2:11 is totally disconnected from that 2 Thess.2:4 verse.
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.
(KJV)
Amazing how so many here just skip, hop, and jump... right over that Scripture in bold.
That "temple" there is NOT about Rome nor any pope! The idea of a "bishop of bishops" (the Pope) didn't even exist... in Apostle Paul's days! Rome was still pagan, not Christianized.
The ONLY "temple of God" Paul could refer to was the Jerusalem temple that was still standing in Paul's days!
We certainly... know that "temple" is not about the spiritual temple metaphor of Ephesians, for the spiritual temple Paul and Peter declared as Christ, the prophets and Apostles as the foundation, and that can NEVER be corrupted by ANY man.
And the idea of that coming Antichrist exalting himself over all that is even 'called' God, or that is worshipped, means over ALL KNOWN RELIGIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS OF MAN, over even the concept of GOD. Paul is truly pointing to a WORLD ANTICHRIST FIGURE sitting in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem for the end.
Were we not warned of that coming Antichrist through prophecy given to Daniel? and then by our Lord Jesus Himself and by His Apostle John in Revelation? and that in relation to the city of Jerusalem?
So ONCE that 2 Thess.2:4 verse is properly understood, then it's a very simple matter of looking at the 2 Thess.2:3 verse again about that 'apostasy' idea ("falling away" = Greek apostasia - Strong's 646), and who all... it will affect.
So, will deceived brethren in Christ fall away to worship that coming Antichrist who is coming to play God in Jerusalem in our near future? YES! We've already been warned in many other Scriptures of how many brethren will fall away to no longer heed sound doctrine in the last days.
Brethren in Christ, you want to get 'prunned' by Christ Jesus when He appears a second time in our near future? if you do, then just keep on jumping right over that 2 Thess.2:4 verse warning that Apostle Paul gave Christ's Church for the end of this world about that coming Antichrist sitting in Jerusalem. Keep dreaming up all sorts of erroneous ideas of what the "strong delusion" and "lie" of 2 Thess.2:11 is totally disconnected from that 2 Thess.2:4 verse.