The man of lawlessness; hatred and pleasure in wickedness; and He sends a deluding influence; 2 Chronicles 19:1-3; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
By Richard Duke
These verses, shown below, come, as a reminder, from listening to a sermon by a pastor I had not known about. (His sermon is about a particular subject(s) that are coming out from other pastors on videos, podcasts, etc. like I have never seen in my life, beginning after Israel’s wars [joined in and supported by the U.S.] They are coming out of the woodwork, so to speak, all across the U.S. I am listening to many of these sermons, and have others saved to listen to.)
I added my comments to various verses. This is an extremely serious post! Extremely serious!
The verses show that hatred causes God to send a deluding influence (spirit) so that they will believe what is false (a lie) further causing them to take pleasure in wickedness (or unrighteousness), so that they cannot believe the truth and are judged by God. They are judged by God now during their lifetimes on earth; and hope is gone!!! Remember it is God sending the delusion to them, not Satan. Read that again:
They are judged by God now during their lifetimes on earth; and all hope is gone!!! THEY ARE DAMNED. If God is doing this, THEY WILL NOT, BECAUSE THEY CAN’T, LISTEN TO THE TRUTH! Remember it is God doing this to them, not Satan. A verse, below, says they are damned.
Think this is not serious? Think again!!!
THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THEY CAN’T LISTEN TO THE TRUTH! GOD WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO LISTEN. IF THEY COULD SOMEHOW DECIDE TO LISTEN, THEN THE KINDNESS OF GOD WILL ALLOW THEM TO LISTEN. BUT IT IS SERIOUSLY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE WHO GOD HAS DELUDED TO LISTEN.
You may really want to read the following!!!:
2 Chronicles 19:1-3:
1 Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord, and by doing so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?
[Speaking to King Jehoshaphat, but a warning to people living today because it is the same spirit of hatred to the Lord today. - JRD]
3 But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”
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2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 NASB
[I included the King James Version of these verses below. - JRD]
1 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit, or a message, or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
3 No one is to deceive you in any way! For it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
[Who is the man of lawlessnes, above? “that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition” (verse 3) and “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped. (verse 4), - JRD]
4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
[This verse describes the character of the man of lawlessness. - JRD]
5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
6 And you know what restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his time.
[The man of lawlessnes will be revealed but now God restrains him. - JRD]
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until he is removed.
[Lawlessness is getting more prevalent in the U.S. and the world. Note that lawlessness is a mystery. Behind this mystery of lawlessness is the man of lawlessness, the son of destruction.
[THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS, THE SON OF DESTRUCTION, IS BEHIND THE DESTRUCTION GOING ON TODAY AND THE HATRED AND THE WARS AND MORE WARS. WAKE UP. THIS IS THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS WORKING FOR SATAN. APPARENTLY THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS A SPIRIT (OTHER SPIRITS EXIST AS STATED BY THE BIBLE) OR WHATEVER THE MAN OF LAWLESS IS, IS MORE POWERFUL THAN HUMAN BEINGS, AND CAN CONTROL HUMAN BEINGS MAKING THEM BELIEVE WHAT IS FALSE AND LIES AND TAKE PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS SUCH AS KILLINGS. NO MAN, ESPECIALLY ONE WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS, CAN POSSIBLY FIX THE PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY BECAUSE, AGAIN, MEN ARE NOT AS POWERFUL AS A DELUDING SPIRIT. THE DELUDING SPIRIT HAS TOTAL CONTROL OVER THEM. WAKE UP!!! I HEAR AND READ WORDS OF HATRED EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, NEWS MEDIA, AND FROM TELEVISION. IT IS SICKENING AND DISGUSTING BUT MAN CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT (EVIL AND EVIL ACTIONS ARE GETTING WORSE). BUT REMEMBER THAT GOD IS HOLSINF SOME RESTRAINT NOW, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES BELOW; SO WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE WHEN HE REMOVES HIS RESTRAINTS AND REVEALS THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS? GOD MUST BE GETTING TIRED OF AND WITH MAN’S FAILURE AND REFUSAL TO COME TO JESUS. HE SEES SOME WHO BELIEVE THAT TWO COVENANTS EXIST; AND ARE NOT AWARED THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE NOW IN HEARTS, WANTING JESUS TO RETURN PHYSICALLY AND BRING HIS KINGDOM (IT’S HERE!).
The problem I have with Americans is when they read this about lawlessness, they generally think just about America. But God deals with an entire globe of people. America (nor any other country) is not the apple of God’s eye. All who come to God through faith in Jesus are chosen, not just Americans! - JRD]
8 Then that lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;
[Once the restraint is removed by God—verse 7—the lawless one will be revealed. The lawless one is described: the man of lawlessness is revealed, 3 the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship. - JRD]
9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and false signs and wonders,
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.
[Love of the truth does not include hatred toward people. Note the reference to “deception of wickedness”—they are deceived and believe wickedness is okay. The King James version uses the word “unrighteousness.” - JRD]
11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence [plane] so that they will believe what is false,
[Plane means: 1) a wandering, a straying about 1a) one led astray from the right way, roams hither and thither 2) metaph. 2a) mental straying 2a1) error, wrong opinion relative to morals or religion 2b) error which shows itself in action, a wrong mode of acting 2c) error, that which leads into error, deceit or fraud. - JRD]
[The above verse begins with “For this reason…”, which refers to verse 10 and the deception of wickedness, not allowing them to love the truth and they perish. What is the reason that God sends upon them a deluding influence? Verse 10 answers: “because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.” Hatred results in God sending a deluding influence so they will believe what is false. Let me repeat this about hatred:
Hatred results in God sending a deluding influence so they will believe what is false.
Note that God, not Satan, sends upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false (a lie). Focus on the word “false” here. Because of hatred they cannot have the love of the truth; and if God sends a deluding influence (not Satan) so that they believe what is false, then they are already separated from God! And note in the next verse 12 that because of what God does they are judged for taking pleasure in wickedness. The spirit of the lawless one controls them. - JRD]
12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
[Please note that “they ‘all’ may be judged for not believing the truth, but instead took pleasure in wickedness.” Go back and read verse 11 while thinking about what is said in this verse 12.
[Who are the ones who are judged? Verse 12: those who took pleasure in wickedness. And verse 11 says God sends a “deluding influence” on them so that “they believe what is false.” - JRD]
[Are people taking pleasure today in killing people in wars, including women and children and babies? Read that question again—focusing on the word “pleasure”! I hear language from people each and every day that easily reveals hatred toward others and taking pleasure in it—wickedness. I hear this hatred and pleasure coming from government, the media, television, AND:
Those who call themselves Christians who have no clue that the Bible clearly states that God did this to them in their condoning wickedness of killings. (I must take heed myself to all of these verses):
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 a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in wickedness.
[If one is damned (now) he has pleasure in wickedness; and because God did this to them. Further, if they talk about the Holy Spirit as if He is present in their lives, they are blaspheming the Holy Spirit. All is lost spiritually fo those God sent a deluding influence (spirit). It is not possible for such controlled people (God did this to them) to know what the “spirit” is and certainly do not know the Holy Spirit. They will not change their beliefs; so they are in fact controlled. - JRD]
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2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 KJV
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:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan 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 a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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[In verse 12 of 2 Thessalonians 2, NASB uses the word “wickedness” and the KJV uses the word “unrighteousness.” The Greek definition includes both words. But notice that both the NASB and the KJV, precede those words with: “but took/had pleasure in (wickedness or unrighteousness).
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