7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he (The Roman Emperrtor)_ who now letteth [will let], until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, (The Papacy) whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 [even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan(The Pope) with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (Roman Catholicsm)
12 that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." ( 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12
BUT you omitted-
- 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by 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.
- 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.
- 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
- 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.
- 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Note the order of things. All those things will happen before our gathering together our gathering to the Lord.
Firstly the falling away from the faith.2ndlly the man of sin will be revealed (The Papacy) All those other things would follow before we gather to the Lord.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
Paul told them privately, amd the early church told us what that was.
What a silly misinterp of Scripture!
Daniel, Paul, & Jesus himself all indicated "that Wicked, man(not 'men') of sin, son of perdition, beast from the sea" will be ONE MAN.
daniel 11:[/color=red]36 “Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done. 37 He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any
other god; for he will magnify himself above
them all.[/color]
"The" king, not plural kings, iwill certainly be one man.
The "desire of women" coud have very well been Tammuz, son of Nimrod & Semiramis, founders of the "mystery, Babylon" religion, a popular idol among women, including many Jewish ones. In any case, it was some sorta idol.
Rev. 13:[/color]5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. [/color]
("He", not "they"!)
The horse feathers that the papacy is the antichrist started in the 1646 Westminster Confessions when anti-RCC feeling was running strong in Britain. Before that, several individual popes had been called the AC, most notably Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia, papacy 1492-1503) who had many mistresses & children, & was involved in more than one murder.
No pope, nor the papacy itself, has come close to meeting all the SCRIPTURAL criteria for the antichrist. The TRUE AC must meet all those criteria to the letter.
Mr. Kent, I believe you need to study & believe Scripture as written for yourself & drop the goofy man-made hooey someone has told you!
