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August 02, 2018, 05:31:17 PM
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Paul to the Thessalonians

  "The Man of Lawlessness
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor 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



IMPORTANT POINTS:

1. that day will not come until the rebellion occurs
This could mean rebellion against the Creator or worldwide rebellion against  authorities/governments?

2. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie
Delusion, according to Wiki is a mistaken belief that is held with strong conviction even in the presence of superior evidence to the contrary. Could the delusion be the signs & wonders from the man of lawlessness or a worldwide denial of the existence of God?


3.  he sets himself up in God’s temple,
The Anti-christ sets himself in God's temple...

The interesting thing about this is that the Jews are expecting the return & worldwide rule of a Messiah (messianic age). It is written both in the Bible and in the Jewish religious book that a Messiah will come to rule the World and usher in peace, happiness and everlasting life. His first & Second coming were actually prophesied. The messiah is in fact Yeshua (Jesus). They were expecting a Messiah when JESUS show up, heal the sick, raise people from death, performed Miracles and die for our sin. He was rejected by many Jews (not all though) because he claimed he's son of God, and spoke against hypocritical  religious leaders. And Knowing his father & mother, they thought he was mere mortal .
The rejection of Jesus at his first coming was prophesied by some Jewish prophets hundreds of years before that time but some Jews were too blind to see.


Second Coming and the Great Deception:

As the Jews continue to expect the coming of the messiah, I think the Creator will deliberately allow the World and Jews get what they want/deserve (the false messiah).
The "Jews" are about to build  the Third Temple where the false Messiah will reign.
And what happens after that ...
             
              My Theory
The false Messiah will be ushered in by a group of false Jews. Who are the false Jews?  According to Revelation 2:9 - "I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan."
From my research (am not 100% sure): Many years ago, a King with his war - like tribe from Khazar Kingdom in Eastern Europe converted to Judaism. The kingdom was a strong Idol worshippers (just like any other earthly kingdoms in those days). Their elites are believed to be the elites who rule the World today. People erroneously call this group of elites Jews but they really aren't, from my research. They are also part of those who migrated to Isreal after its reestablish by United Nation. It is rumor that their elite founded the freemasonry. Note that the elites are known powerful leaders and businessmen today.

So these elites will build the false messiah his third temple in Jerusalem.  He will rule like a god when he comes. Many will be deceive and worship him like a god because of his magical powers. [The first Temple was built by Solomon but destroyed by Babylon. The 2nd was rebuilt by King Cyrus of Persia but totally destroyed by Roman Empire.  An ancient Prophet called ezekiel prophesied the destruction of the first Temple by Babylon and it happened. JESUS prophecized the destruction of the second Temple. Interestingly Ezekiel also prophecized the building of the third temple]

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