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Son of Perdition II Thessalonians 2:1-12
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Who is this man of sin? The antichrist!
Will people who reject the gospel have opportunity to be saved when they are left behind at the rapture to enter the tribulation? No. You shouldn’t count on that. If you won’t get saved now when everything is working for you then you won’t in that day when everything will be working against you. Some will be saved who never heard before. More on that later...
[text] 1. The Disturbing Message. v. 1-2 The practice of sending forged letters in the name of Paul was common in those days. This forged letter shook them up, saying that either Christ had come and they had missed Him, or He would not come until later, but they had to go thru the tribulation before seeing Him. They were worried and troubled. Anxiety became their mindset, thinking they were in the tribulation.
There’s another disturbing message going around today, that we are in the tribulation right now. They don’t believe in the pre-trib rapture, they think believers will be taken out at the midpoint or at the end of the tribulation, and that the signs of the times say we are in that 7 year period right now. They’ve been saying that throughout my lifetime! And they were saying it in our text.
But the Bible says we are not going into the tribulation as Christians.
1 Thessalonians 1:10
1 Thessalonians 5:9
Revelation 2:7 6 more times this passage says the same thing, “what the Spirit saith unto the churches” -- God is talking to the church, and the very next verse says,
Revelation 4:1 It’s the rapture trumpet! And you don’t find the church anymore in Revelation, other than in heaven at the end!
Now, this is interesting.
Revelation 13:9 Where is the church? Where is the Spirit? Both are in heaven!
This is why I’m not looking for tribulation...but for evacuation! Not looking for antichrist but Jesus Christ!
Truth settles and relaxes us. It does not disturb and shake up. Jesus said, "Let not your heart be troubled."(Jn 14:1) Paul said, "Wherefore comfort ye one another with these words."(1Th 4:18) 2 Th. 2:17 "Comfort your hearts" 2 Tim 4:8 "Love His appearing."
The Disturbing Message...
2. The Deceptive Man. v. 3-4 2 certain events will take place before the tribulation of wrath. One is this ‘falling away.’ The apostasy. It’s a departure from the truth of the Word of God. Even the church at large will depart from the truth. And that is happening. It used to be that when you heard the label Christian placed on someone you knew exactly what that meant...but not so anymore. “Saved” used to be a clear term...but not so anymore. Baptist doesn’t mean what it used to...just like Presbyterian and Methodist have vastly changed over the years. It’s the falling away...the apostasy!
This apostasy prepares the world to have this mindset, or intellectual atmosphere to be duped into receiving this man of sin, the antichrist. He will be the epitome of sin, the devil incarnate. [v. 8—‘that Wicked’]
He will be a peacemaker in a world desperate for answers. He will be a world ruler. He will be charismatic and have a magnanimous following. The reigns of power will be turned over to him.
Until the rapture, there’s 2 programs running at the same time in this world. There’s the devil’s sin program and God’s salvation program. But on that day the latter program will cease to run in its current format, and the former will run in full force.
3. The Deluded Masses. v. 9-10 ‘powers, signs, and wonders’. Sound familiar?
Acts 2:22
Hebrews 2:4 In other words, miracles happen, but they are not all of God. The devil himself can work them. And some today seem to work them, but you cannot assume they are of God.
v. 10 ‘Perish’ is in the present tense. Those who reject Christ are already perishing.
v. 11 God will give you what you have demanded. God hardened Pharaoh’s heart...but only after he hardened his own heart many times. God says, you insist on going that way, here, I’ll give you a shove.
What else will happen in the days to come?
The temple is to be rebuilt. (v 4)
The Holy Spirit is to be taken out. (v 7)
The world will be deceived. (v 10)
The antichrist will be destroyed. (v 8)
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