Thursday, February 3, 2022

The Institution of The Imitator

"Christians should take the Scriptures as they read. 
 
There is need of arriving at right conclusions as to what the Scriptures mean in their reference to the man of sin, who thought to change times and laws. He had no real power to change the time and the law of God, but he thought himself able to do this work; for he:

2 Thessalonians 2:4
  …opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

He is an imitator of the first great rebel, 
the originator of sin. 
 
In heaven Satan thought to change the laws of God, and for this purpose he changed his character and his position in the heavenly courts, and influenced others until they united with him in the work of rebellion against God; but he did not succeed in changing the law of God."
E.G.W.