Sickle of Truth

2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 (2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, 1981 Study continued) Verses 11 and 12 “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” The deluded ones will have “pleasure in unrighteousness” (lawlessness), that is, in truth not taught by God. Volume 5 (entitled, “The At-One-Ment”), page 198, says, “The spirit of error assumes to be wiser than…

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2 Thessalonians 2:9–12, 1981 Study Note: In the 1981 study, these four verses pertaining to the end of the age were treated in detail and only from the standpoint of the consecrated. The expanded explanation follows. Some of this we have already considered, but nevertheless we can never be to settled as these things pertain to events shortly to take place and it is better to be overly prepared than under prepared. Once the trials and deceptions begin it’s going…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued VERSE 11 and 12 “And for this reason God will send them strong delusion that they should believe the lie that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness (in falsehoods, errors).” The level of damnation (judgement) is scaled proportionate to our enlightenment. Enlightenment is a blessing, not a curse, yet some are willingly ignorant because they do not want the responsibility of…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued VERSE 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.” (AV) “In them that perish” To a certain degree, there are samples of deception even among the Lord’s consecrated, even among the brotherhood. To a somewhat greater degree—and in some cases to a very blatant degree—there are deceptions in the nominal system. In recent years…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued VERSE 9 continued, “Whose presence [shall be] according to an in working of Satan, with all manner of mighty work and signs and wonders of falsehood.” (Rotherham’s Version) Comment: Gal 1:8 warns of a possible deception: “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” The hypothesis is that the Adversary will materialize, that…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued VERSE 9 “Whose presence [shall be] according to an in working of Satan, with all manner of mighty work and signs and wonders of falsehood.” (Rotherham’s Version) The translators of this particular verse (as shown below) have completely distorted the text giving it a completely different meaning then that which is intended. Rather than referring to the coming (parousia: presence) of our Lord Jesus they make it to appear to be…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued VERSE 8 “And then the lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” “And then shall that Wicked one [the system of error] be revealed [Greek: apokalupsis, uncovered, exposed, recognized], whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness [Greek: epiphania] of his coming [Greek: parousia presence].”…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued VERSE 5 “Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? Paul was saying, “I told you about these things in the past.” When he was with the Thessalonians, he had discussed end-of-the-age events with them at some length. He did not shun to declare the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27). But in their overreaching, in their zealous desire for the day of…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition… VERSE 4 “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” This verse sounds so appalling that…

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2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 A word of Warning, continued Although the warning here comes near the end of this chapter (Verses 9-12 respectively) nevertheless for the sake of those not so familiar with the implications of the text we should begin with Verse 1 in order to get the full picture of events, some of which is in the past, and some of which is yet still future. Another reason for our going into such detail in this particular instance…

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