After warning the Thessalonian believers about being deceived regarding the timing of Christ’s return, Paul goes on to describe the appearance of “the man of lawlessness” – a figure of great evil and deception who will arise before the Lord’s second coming.
“And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendour of his coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.” 2 Thessalonians 2: 8-13
There will be a time of a revealing of the “man” who will be given a limited period of free rein.
There will be a time of miracles, signs and wonders from outside of God’s family.
There will be a time of a “powerful delusion” over these unrighteous people, causing them to believe these lies and be condemned.
There will be a time when people will believe and will walk righteously.
There will be a time when the “man” is blown away by Christ’s coming.
But it will be only for a time and then Christ will come!
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