To: Chris land who wrote (298 ) 1/26/1998 8:22:00 PM From: O'Hara Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 609
><>...Evening Chris...><> II Th 2:3-4 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 . Chris, the man of sin spoken of by Paul in the above scripture is also described by Paul as the son of perdition . And there has been only one who has already been judged to ruin....to death.perdition ....satan himself, there is no other. Ez. 28 684 apoleia (ap-o'-li-a); from a presumed derivative of 622 ; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal): Rev 9:11 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit , whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon . 623 Apolluon (ap-ol-loo'-ohn); active participle of 622; a destroyer (i.e. Satan): It is none other than satan. he has always wanted to be God, nothing has changed.......he still wants to be God....and when he knoweth that he has but a short time he will once again try to be God.!!... he is the destroyer spoken of also by Daniel ! Rev 12:12-13 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you , having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time . 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth , he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. II Th 2:6-7 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. he will be cast to the earth by the one who now holds him, Michael ! Rev 12:7-9 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Consider another warning of Paul 2 Cor 11:14 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 3345 metaschematizo (met-askh-ay-mat-id'-zo); from 3326 and a derivative of 4976; to transfigure ordisguise ; figuratively, to apply (by accommodation): The word transformed is translated....... transfigure or disguise ...satan will come disguised as Christ! anti #473 a prime, instead or because of...often used in composition to denote, contrast....substitution ....it does not, in this case, mean against, as in anti-freeze....but instead of . Have a good evening...talk more on this later Shalom...><>