Now we beseech you, brethren,
* by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
* and by our gathering together unto him,
That ye be not soon shaken in mind,
or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us,
as that the day of Christ is at hand. (Christ's D-day)
Let no man deceive you by any means:
for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first,
(Greek is ἀποστασία apostasia....APOSTASY)
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and that man of sin be revealed, (anti-Christ aka Little Horn of Daniel/Beast of Revelation)
the son of perdition; (Judas was also called "son of perdition". This "man of sin" will, like Judas, profess to be a believer in Christ)
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. (What entity claims to be the "Holy Father" on earth?)
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (the way God does this is by stepping back & letting them believe what they want to believe. Their FALSE DOCTRINES)
That they all might be damned
who believed not the truth,
but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
1 Thessalonians 2:1-4,11,12
