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Pamphlet #6159 Isaiah 42-2 xxx

And so it is written that when Michael is told to release Satan

and he is cast to this earth with his evil angelic host as per Rev. 12:7-9, that the old dragon, that wicked son of perdition (2 Thes. 2:3), will come and sit in the temple of God claiming that he is God. To wit, he will show forth signs and great wonders and perform miracles in the sight of men to deceive them that dwell on the earth into believing his greatest of all lies... that he is God. (Rev. 13:13-14 "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, [14] And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast...".)

Paul also warns us against men's traditions as he clearly documents that Satan comes first, before our gathering back to Jesus Christ. He also gives witness to the fact that when the false messiah comes, he will deceive the people, including the majority (the multitudes) of Christians, into believing the lie that he is God. He further tells us that it is because the people do not have the "love of the truth", which is the desire to study God's Word (2 Thes. 2:10-12), that they shall fall in this great deception, the great "falling away"... the great apostasy of these last days!

2 Thes. 2:1-5
   Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
The subject is Christ's coming and our gathering together unto Him.
[2] 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.
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to waver (be shaken) or be confused by the thoughts and theories of men concerning the events of these last days. All we have to do is look to Jesus Christ, the Word of God, because He, not man, has foretold us all things (Mark 13:23 "But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things"). For example, in the next two verses we are told categorically that the day of Christ's return shall NOT happen UNTIL the son of perdition (Satan) comes and sits in the temple of God and claims that he is God! The majority of Christians have been told that they are going to be "raptured away" before Satan, the false-christ, comes. Who are you going to believe? Here's Paul's strong admonition concerning this matter:
[3]Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

[4] 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.

To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.


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