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2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, 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, who opposes all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Yesterday, I examined the falling away that must come before “the Day” that will come.  This morning I would like to examine what the “man of sin” will be like.  Notice I did not say who because no one know who that might be.  Many have attempted to name the Antichrist; men like Antiochus Epiphanes (a Syrian king), Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Henry Kissinger, John Kennedy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barak Obama, and Donald Trump have all been targeted for being the “man of sin”.  True, they are sinners but they are not the Antichrist. 

The “man of sin’ will rise to a position of authority and power due to the chaos of the world situation.  Use your imagination to think what confusion will be upon the earth due to all of what Jesus said would be happening in the Sermon on the Mount.  Add to that millions of people that have suddenly disappeared in the Rapture of the True Church.  Remember that the restrainer of lawlessness (see 2 Thessalonians 2:7) will be taken away.  As the “man of sin” is taken away, God will send a “strong delusion, that they (those left behind) should believe a lie, that they may be condemned who did not believe the truth (the power of Jesus’ death and resurrection) but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thessalonians 2:11).

When the restrainer (the Holy Spirit) is removed, the earth will be subject to the full effects of sin.  The “man of sin” will be energized by Satan, working great signs, wonders, miracles in order to deceive people into following him.  Dr. David Jeremiah states that those who willingly reject the gospel of Jesus Christ before the rapture will lose their opportunity to be saved because the strong delusion will be so persuasive that they will believe the lie (because they have no commitment to believe the truth).  With the wonders of technology, the entire world will be able to see the demonstrations of the “man of sin”.  They will be encouraged by what they see and be drawn to him as the solution to the problems the world is facing.

Both Jesus and Paul have cautioned believers about assuming everything miraculous comes from God.  Satan can only imitate what he sees; he is cunning and deceptive.  The Bible speaks about testing what you see against God’s Word; if what you see does not align with the Bible and does not honor Jesus Christ, reject it.  Knowing what the Bible say about the day we are living is extremely important to our well-being, our walk with the Lord.  It is so important to be Learning Daily. 

Stay with me, as we look into what we can do to fight against the deception we face.   We will also look further into what Daniel’s 70^th week, the Tribulation, looks like.

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