2Th 2:3
Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, because that Day will not come unless first comes the falling away, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 the one opposing and exalting himself over everything being called God, or object of worship, so as for him "to sit in the temple of God" as God,
setting forth himself, that he is God. Dan. 11:36; Eze. 28:2
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness already is working, only he is holding back now, until it comes out of the midst.
2Th 2:8 And then "the Lawless One" will be revealed, "whom" "the Lord" "will consume" "by the spirit of His mouth," and will bring to nought by the brightness of His presence.
Isa. 11:4 2Th 2:9 His (the Lawless One) coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and miraculous signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 and in all deceit of unrighteousness in those being lost, because they did not receive the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.
2Th 2:11 And because of this, God will send to them a working of error, for them to believe the lie,
2Th 2:12 that all may be judged, those not believing the truth, but
who have delighted in unrighteousness.
Isa 11:1 And a Shoot goes out from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch will bear fruit out of his roots.
Isa 11:2 And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest on Him; He will have the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.
Isa 11:3 And He is made to breathe in the fear of Jehovah. But He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.
Isa 11:4 But He shall judge the poor in righteousness, and shall decide rightly for the meek of the earth. And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and He shall cause the wicked to die with the breath of His lip.Yes, I think it is a quite specific (but broadly experienced) "truth" he is talking about here. If the first few verses of 2 Thessalonians 2 do not now nor ever have applied to you, then I don't know what to think. We don't live in the same spiritual universe.
2Th 2:9 His coming is according to the
working of Satan in
all power and
miraculous signs and
lying wonders, 2Th 2:10 and in all
deceit of unrighteousness in those being lost, because they did not receive the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.
Where in there is the "receiving the love of the truth" contrasting anything other than those things that preceded that statement, "in order for them to be saved."?
I have thousands of curiosities, and things I don't know. I have multiplied thousands of things I don't even KNOW I don't know. Where in all of those is the "deceit of
unrighteousness"? Faulty opinions? Haphazard history? Color Blindness? Do I really need a love of all that kind of "truth" in order to be saved? Sure, its cool to learn new things--provided knowledge doesn't puff up--AND that the "new thing" is better than the old thing. And I reckon I might can be "saved" from all manner of petty ignorance, but so what?!?!?! Ye strain out a gnat and swallow a camel?
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