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2 Thessalonians 2:9
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9 Even him, whose [hos] coming [parousia] is [esti] after [kata] the working [energeia] of Satan [Satanas] with [en] all [pas] power [dunamis] and [kai] signs [semeion] and [kai] lying [pseudos] wonders, [teras] KJV-Interlinear
9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, NASB
We saw that the anti-christ’s reign is controlled by Christ. He seizes power when Christ removes believers at the Rapture, and he loses his reign when Christ returns at the Second Advent.
Here Paul teaches us that the anti-christ has even less control over his own life. His power on this earth is due to the activity of Satan, and not from himself.
The anti-christ is a mere man. He has great arrogance and great contempt for everyone, but were it not for Satan, he would have no ability whatsoever.
His power is that of evil, or acts of a supernatural origin. The signs that he performs, point to the man, himself, as people will be deluded into believing in his abilities. His wonders, point to the results of his actions.
And the word for false, does not refer to the acts themselves, but to the conclusions that people will reach when they see him in action.
The word for ‘working’ as in the working of Satan, or ‘energeia,’ refers to the one who actually performs the action.
Therefore, the anti-christ is a fraud through and through. His sign, as we have already studied in Revelation, ‘666’ is a tripling of the number of man. The tripling affect is for deity.
The anti-christ, who is a man, but resents all theology, all philosophy, all living things, has no real power, has no real accomplishments, can do nothing on his own, must rely on Satan, but presumes himself to be as good as, if not better than, God, whom he rejects. He is the quintessence of arrogance, incompetence, irresponsibility, and evil.
And when there is no restraint of evil, then when all things good are rejected, disaster and horrendous suffering are the only result.
Good results come only from the pursuit of truth. Bad results are the only possible results when truth is rejected.
Truth is rejected when anyone attempts to modify it, exclude it, compromise it, replace it, or reject it.
Everyone alive today, has but two choices in life. The first is to ignore all of this as nonsense, or adopt some other form of belief as your truth. Or second, to study the Bible with an open mind, adopt a position of a student without portfolio, and learn through persistence and patience, and do this for all of ones life.
The first position will get you nowhere in life, for one day your life will end, and your next appointment will be standing before Jesus.
The second position will gain you everything, once you learn that you are nothing more than a speck of dirt, and your entire life depends on the grace of God.
When you stand before Jesus, at some point in your future, will He smile on you, or shake His head in disgust with you?
You have an opportunity, now, to make your life into something phenomenal and beyond your imagination.
Most folks have dreams and they are really nothing more than wishes that will never come true.
However, the spiritually mature believer has dreams that one day, will not only come true, but he will live his dreams and more.
The anti-christ will seize his dreams with evil and with false pretenses, and will lose it all.
You as an advancing believer merely need to study the scriptures, grow up in your spiritual life, and in so doing maintain responsibility, and allow God to do all the work that will shape your life into something that you alone will never be able to achieve, ever.
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