A shared Truth of 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2:3

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.

Falconn007

Active member
Oct 20, 2025
197
39
28
I have no ‘interpretation’, Other than what the Holy Spirit share in True Spiritual Knowledge.

‘True Spiritual Knowledge’ comes from a fellowship in spirit with the Holy Spirit and this is shared.

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Many errors are made in DISCERNING Holy scriptures, by the mere fact of not sticking to the basic root of ‘words’ and also in how ‘words’ are generally defined.

For instance , the word ‘man’ in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is not referring to ONE, SINGULAR ‘MAN”.

This is the definition of ‘man’ in the verse:

and the man ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Strong’s 444. anthrópos

KJV: certain, man

(although the KJV insist it is a certain man, you can wait forever until that certain man arrives, or get on with your spiritual growth and put away all childish things of the carnal mind and look at what all mankind has done to find the face of this; “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition”

NASB: man, men, people, man's, human, mankind

444 ánthrōposman, the generic term for "mankind"; the human race; people, including women and men (Mt 4:19, 12:12, etc.).

444 (anthrōpos) relates to both genders (male and female) as both are created in the image of God. i.e. mankind in general (inclusive of every man, woman and child; see also 1 Cor 11:7). (435 /anḗr specifically refers to a male and 1135 /gynḗ to a female.)

[444 /ánthrōpos ("man") answers to the Hebrew term, ̓adam – and 435 (anḗr) answers to the Hebrew term ̓ish.

K. Wuest, "There are two words in Greek which mean 'man,' anēr, which refers to a male individual of the human reace, and anthrōpos, which is the racial, generic term, and which has the general idea of 'mankind' " (3, Great Truths to Live By, 46).]

A truer rendering would be :

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Light/Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and mankind’s sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition,

>>>> The ENLIGHTENMENT of Spirit in opposition to mankind’s failed interpretations of God’s Word, becomes evident when the Faithful are given the Revelation of Jesus to contrast against their own previously carnal embedded; worldly beliefs, worthless rituals, obsolete traditions, religious lies, political deceits of DEAD INK[flesh ideologies].

Being in “the Light/day of the Lord”, is being in the Spirit of Truth that is Jesus’s Spirit, the eternal Living Word of God Spirit.

At that precise moment, the Faithful will fall away from all carnal knowledge(ideologies) of mankind, and their “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

The Faithful can DISCERN :

Ephesians 2:3
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

>>>> As for those “opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

How many times have you come across many who proclaim themselves to be man[flesh] of God,

or falsely claim science and faith can co-exist,

or falsely preach the rapture, as IF flesh can enter into heaven,

or that they died and went to heaven or hell and came back.

or proclaim the assistance of an eternal fiery torturous mythical place called ‘hell’

or falsely predict the coming of the Christ … and so many other carnal-ignorant delusions and lies… (insert them here )

KNOWING FIRST:

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 2:14
The flesh man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.


Galatians 5:17
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.
They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him
. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Here are the witnesses to 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Matthew 24:10-12
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, / and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. / Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

>>>> Many will resort back(falling away from spiritual growth) to mankind’s carnal flesh way of thinking and interpreting the Word of God without Holy Spirit guidance.

The “multiplication of wickedness” of their OWN MAKING, the love of most will grow cold.”, This fulfills :

  • Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that YOU HAVE LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

1 John 2:18-19
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now MANY antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. / They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

>>>> the MANY antichrists(spirits) leave the Faithful, and this is why “they did not belong to us”

Will then who did they belong too !?! Here is that answer :

  • John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
KNOWING first, that even Peter carried the spirit of antichrist : Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Later Peter would instruct on what he himself Spiritually experienced : 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
 
Daniel 7:25
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

>>>> How many of mankind’s false-interceptors of the Word of God, try continuously in vain, to make predictions of coming of the Christ, or the prophecies of Revelation in accordance to their own appointed times !?! and FAILED!!!

Revelation 13:5-7
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months. / And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven. / Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

>>>> Through out history, how many times do the atrocities of mankind SPEAK for themselves, the savagery and beast-like carnal thinking in trying to justify;

the slaughter of Jews in world war 2.

the genocide of the American Indians off their own lands.

the African slavery MARKET.

the subjugation and submissions of women.

the selling of medications and medical procedures, not approved by health commissions.

the lies and deceits, publicize throughout many media platforms label innocently as “misinformation”.

The evil-influx of false-religious and political views, running rampage with impunity through communities as if they were divine and sanctified by God.

The beast indeed has a mouth that speaks and this will be its testimony, as it sinks in the Lake of Fire.(good riddance)

Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

>>>> The Elect of God are separated by a chasm of waters of Life, that lies between what is Spiritual and what is deathly flesh. The flesh = “false Christs and false prophets” will never cross this chasm.

1 John 4:1-3
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
/ By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, / and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

Daniel 11:36-37
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished. / He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.


Revelation 17:12-14
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast. / These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast. / They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

2 Peter 2:1-3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.


Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.


Daniel 8:23-25
In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne. / His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people. / Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.


Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet
, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

1 John 2:22
Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.


>>>> ALL these verses point to the continuous FALLING of mankind-both females and males.

So choose:

Cut away and cast off, the flesh ideologies of delusions and lies, from carnal-ignorant man[mankind]

or

1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man[Spiritual], I put away childish things.

>>>> If you still yet, cannot SEE nor HEAR by Spirit, then how will you know, where you falling is !?!

Have you fallen from Grace or fallen from worldly-carnal knowledge.
 
I have no ‘interpretation’, Other than what the Holy Spirit share in True Spiritual Knowledge.

‘True Spiritual Knowledge’ comes from a fellowship in spirit with the Holy Spirit and this is shared.

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Many errors are made in DISCERNING Holy scriptures, by the mere fact of not sticking to the basic root of ‘words’ and also in how ‘words’ are generally defined.

For instance , the word ‘man’ in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is not referring to ONE, SINGULAR ‘MAN”.

This is the definition of ‘man’ in the verse:

and the man ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Strong’s 444. anthrópos

KJV: certain, man

(although the KJV insist it is a certain man, you can wait forever until that certain man arrives, or get on with your spiritual growth and put away all childish things of the carnal mind and look at what all mankind has done to find the face of this; “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition”

NASB: man, men, people, man's, human, mankind

444 ánthrōposman, the generic term for "mankind"; the human race; people, including women and men (Mt 4:19, 12:12, etc.).

444 (anthrōpos) relates to both genders (male and female) as both are created in the image of God. i.e. mankind in general (inclusive of every man, woman and child; see also 1 Cor 11:7). (435 /anḗr specifically refers to a male and 1135 /gynḗ to a female.)

[444 /ánthrōpos ("man") answers to the Hebrew term, ̓adam – and 435 (anḗr) answers to the Hebrew term ̓ish.

K. Wuest, "There are two words in Greek which mean 'man,' anēr, which refers to a male individual of the human reace, and anthrōpos, which is the racial, generic term, and which has the general idea of 'mankind' " (3, Great Truths to Live By, 46).]

A truer rendering would be :

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Light/Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and mankind’s sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition,

>>>> The ENLIGHTENMENT of Spirit in opposition to mankind’s failed interpretations of God’s Word, becomes evident when the Faithful are given the Revelation of Jesus to contrast against their own previously carnal embedded; worldly beliefs, worthless rituals, obsolete traditions, religious lies, political deceits of DEAD INK[flesh ideologies].

Being in “the Light/day of the Lord”, is being in the Spirit of Truth that is Jesus’s Spirit, the eternal Living Word of God Spirit.

At that precise moment, the Faithful will fall away from all carnal knowledge(ideologies) of mankind, and their “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

The Faithful can DISCERN :

Ephesians 2:3
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

>>>> As for those “opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

How many times have you come across many who proclaim themselves to be man[flesh] of God,

or falsely claim science and faith can co-exist,

or falsely preach the rapture, as IF flesh can enter into heaven,

or that they died and went to heaven or hell and came back.

or proclaim the assistance of an eternal fiery torturous mythical place called ‘hell’

or falsely predict the coming of the Christ … and so many other carnal-ignorant delusions and lies… (insert them here )

KNOWING FIRST:

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 2:14
The flesh man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Galatians 5:17
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Here are the witnesses to 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Matthew 24:10-12
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, / and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. / Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

>>>> Many will resort back(falling away from spiritual growth) to mankind’s carnal flesh way of thinking and interpreting the Word of God without Holy Spirit guidance.

The “multiplication of wickedness” of their OWN MAKING, the love of most will grow cold.”, This fulfills :

  • Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that YOU HAVE LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

1 John 2:18-19
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now MANY antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. / They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

>>>> the MANY antichrists(spirits) leave the Faithful, and this is why “they did not belong to us”

Will then who did they belong too !?! Here is that answer :

  • John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
KNOWING first, that even Peter carried the spirit of antichrist : Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Later Peter would instruct on what he himself Spiritually experienced : 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Therefore turn to God Father in the risen Jesus, Turn and not burn, when that day happens, when the old earth is gone and a new one begins, with the New Heaven in risen Son. Who turns everything back over to Father in Rev 22
I can hardly wait, yet remain in trust, trusting Father, not all has come to be as Father sees will be as said this in the beginning, seeing all as good and rested on the seventh day. Amazing so, see Hebrews 4:9-13 and trust Dad to reveal that too you too
How can one, anyone rest in troubles? Paul saw to do that, and not complain and still rejoice, even while in jail. Who rejoices in troubles? Wow, woe is me, I need God in risen Son and nhave got gvien this to me and you too, love all I see s the call.
Jesus did without any flesh fight back at all, all the way to that cross, and willingly did this for us y'all
 
  • Like
Reactions: Suze and Falconn007
I have no ‘interpretation’, Other than what the Holy Spirit share in True Spiritual Knowledge.

‘True Spiritual Knowledge’ comes from a fellowship in spirit with the Holy Spirit and this is shared.

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Many errors are made in DISCERNING Holy scriptures, by the mere fact of not sticking to the basic root of ‘words’ and also in how ‘words’ are generally defined.

For instance , the word ‘man’ in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is not referring to ONE, SINGULAR ‘MAN”.

This is the definition of ‘man’ in the verse:

and the man ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Strong’s 444. anthrópos

KJV: certain, man

(although the KJV insist it is a certain man, you can wait forever until that certain man arrives, or get on with your spiritual growth and put away all childish things of the carnal mind and look at what all mankind has done to find the face of this; “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition”

NASB: man, men, people, man's, human, mankind

444 ánthrōposman, the generic term for "mankind"; the human race; people, including women and men (Mt 4:19, 12:12, etc.).

444 (anthrōpos) relates to both genders (male and female) as both are created in the image of God. i.e. mankind in general (inclusive of every man, woman and child; see also 1 Cor 11:7). (435 /anḗr specifically refers to a male and 1135 /gynḗ to a female.)

[444 /ánthrōpos ("man") answers to the Hebrew term, ̓adam – and 435 (anḗr) answers to the Hebrew term ̓ish.

K. Wuest, "There are two words in Greek which mean 'man,' anēr, which refers to a male individual of the human reace, and anthrōpos, which is the racial, generic term, and which has the general idea of 'mankind' " (3, Great Truths to Live By, 46).]

A truer rendering would be :

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Light/Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and mankind’s sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition,

>>>> The ENLIGHTENMENT of Spirit in opposition to mankind’s failed interpretations of God’s Word, becomes evident when the Faithful are given the Revelation of Jesus to contrast against their own previously carnal embedded; worldly beliefs, worthless rituals, obsolete traditions, religious lies, political deceits of DEAD INK[flesh ideologies].

Being in “the Light/day of the Lord”, is being in the Spirit of Truth that is Jesus’s Spirit, the eternal Living Word of God Spirit.

At that precise moment, the Faithful will fall away from all carnal knowledge(ideologies) of mankind, and their “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

The Faithful can DISCERN :

Ephesians 2:3
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

>>>> As for those “opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

How many times have you come across many who proclaim themselves to be man[flesh] of God,

or falsely claim science and faith can co-exist,

or falsely preach the rapture, as IF flesh can enter into heaven,

or that they died and went to heaven or hell and came back.

or proclaim the assistance of an eternal fiery torturous mythical place called ‘hell’

or falsely predict the coming of the Christ … and so many other carnal-ignorant delusions and lies… (insert them here )

KNOWING FIRST:

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 2:14
The flesh man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Galatians 5:17
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Here are the witnesses to 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Matthew 24:10-12
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, / and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. / Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

>>>> Many will resort back(falling away from spiritual growth) to mankind’s carnal flesh way of thinking and interpreting the Word of God without Holy Spirit guidance.

The “multiplication of wickedness” of their OWN MAKING, the love of most will grow cold.”, This fulfills :

  • Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that YOU HAVE LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

1 John 2:18-19
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now MANY antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. / They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

>>>> the MANY antichrists(spirits) leave the Faithful, and this is why “they did not belong to us”

Will then who did they belong too !?! Here is that answer :

  • John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
KNOWING first, that even Peter carried the spirit of antichrist : Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Later Peter would instruct on what he himself Spiritually experienced : 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
The word can refer to an individual man. You are proposing an alternative, but this man/mankind is the son (singular male) of perdition. Also, mankind has long been revealed as lawless, so it would not be a sign of any use. 2 Thess. 2:4 mentions himself, also singular masculine.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 2ndTimeIsTheCharm
You are proposing an alternative,

"proposing an alternative" is what carnal people say to themselves to feel good about their inability to DISCERN what is Spiritual TRUTH.,

This Truth, in your carnal mind, could not possibly be from Spirit.

I only have one question :

Why did you even bother to reply with an opinion unfounded by Holy Scriptures !?!

It belittles us both, to behave as if we did not know the answer to that question.

Mankind is lawless, until their EYES and EARS are open to Spiritual Knowledge. Then and only then shall the Faithful 'few of mankind called and chosen', will receive the Law of Christ. The Spiritual anointing of God.

Here is the definition of perdition :

per·di·tion

https://www.google.com/search?clien...2ahUKEwiVjKSutfWQAxVxm2oFHZcgKTEQ3eEDegQIKxAN
noun: perdition

  1. a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death.
SO people can continue to choose in believing, the 'Son of perdition' is just one((singular)) certain man ?!? or the plight of all mankind((plural)) !?!
 
I have no ‘interpretation’, Other than what the Holy Spirit share in True Spiritual Knowledge.

‘True Spiritual Knowledge’ comes from a fellowship in spirit with the Holy Spirit and this is shared.

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Many errors are made in DISCERNING Holy scriptures, by the mere fact of not sticking to the basic root of ‘words’ and also in how ‘words’ are generally defined.

For instance , the word ‘man’ in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is not referring to ONE, SINGULAR ‘MAN”.

This is the definition of ‘man’ in the verse:

and the man ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) Strong’s 444. anthrópos

KJV: certain, man

(although the KJV insist it is a certain man, you can wait forever until that certain man arrives, or get on with your spiritual growth and put away all childish things of the carnal mind and look at what all mankind has done to find the face of this; “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition”

NASB: man, men, people, man's, human, mankind

444 ánthrōposman, the generic term for "mankind"; the human race; people, including women and men (Mt 4:19, 12:12, etc.).

444 (anthrōpos) relates to both genders (male and female) as both are created in the image of God. i.e. mankind in general (inclusive of every man, woman and child; see also 1 Cor 11:7). (435 /anḗr specifically refers to a male and 1135 /gynḗ to a female.)

[444 /ánthrōpos ("man") answers to the Hebrew term, ̓adam – and 435 (anḗr) answers to the Hebrew term ̓ish.

K. Wuest, "There are two words in Greek which mean 'man,' anēr, which refers to a male individual of the human reace, and anthrōpos, which is the racial, generic term, and which has the general idea of 'mankind' " (3, Great Truths to Live By, 46).]

A truer rendering would be :

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Light/Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and mankind’s sin is revealed, the son of mankind’s perdition,

>>>> The ENLIGHTENMENT of Spirit in opposition to mankind’s failed interpretations of God’s Word, becomes evident when the Faithful are given the Revelation of Jesus to contrast against their own previously carnal embedded; worldly beliefs, worthless rituals, obsolete traditions, religious lies, political deceits of DEAD INK[flesh ideologies].

Being in “the Light/day of the Lord”, is being in the Spirit of Truth that is Jesus’s Spirit, the eternal Living Word of God Spirit.

At that precise moment, the Faithful will fall away from all carnal knowledge(ideologies) of mankind, and their “mankind of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

The Faithful can DISCERN :

Ephesians 2:3
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

>>>> As for those “opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”

How many times have you come across many who proclaim themselves to be man[flesh] of God,

or falsely claim science and faith can co-exist,

or falsely preach the rapture, as IF flesh can enter into heaven,

or that they died and went to heaven or hell and came back.

or proclaim the assistance of an eternal fiery torturous mythical place called ‘hell’

or falsely predict the coming of the Christ … and so many other carnal-ignorant delusions and lies… (insert them here )

KNOWING FIRST:

James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 2:14
The flesh man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Galatians 5:17
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Here are the witnesses to 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Matthew 24:10-12
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, / and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. / Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

>>>> Many will resort back(falling away from spiritual growth) to mankind’s carnal flesh way of thinking and interpreting the Word of God without Holy Spirit guidance.

The “multiplication of wickedness” of their OWN MAKING, the love of most will grow cold.”, This fulfills :

  • Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that YOU HAVE LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

1 John 2:18-19
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now MANY antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. / They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

>>>> the MANY antichrists(spirits) leave the Faithful, and this is why “they did not belong to us”

Will then who did they belong too !?! Here is that answer :

  • John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
KNOWING first, that even Peter carried the spirit of antichrist : Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Later Peter would instruct on what he himself Spiritually experienced : 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

son of perdition is a very specific title used very infrequently in scripture.

the sinfulness of mankind is definitely not something 'hidden' waiting to be revealed.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Inquisitor
son of perdition is a very specific title used very infrequently in scripture.

the sinfulness of mankind is definitely not something 'hidden' waiting to be revealed.


Yeah sure, you go one believing that then. By all means don't let a silly post ruffles your feathers. :)
 
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

2Th 2:2 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.

2Th 2:3 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;

2Th 2:4 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.

Man
anthrōpos
anth'-ro-pos
From G435 and ὤψ ōps (the countenance; from G3700); manfaced, that is, a human being: - certain, man.

The Bible says the saints will not be gathered unto Christ until the man of sin claims to be God.

Which it is speaking of a particular man.

The Bible says he sits in the temple of God so of course it is speaking of a man.

And since it says the resurrection will not happen until he claims to be God then it is a future event.

Th 2:8 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:

2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.

It is speaking of a particular man because he will be revealed whose working is of Satan.

Dan 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

Dan 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

Dan 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.

Here he is again a singular man.

Dan 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

Dan 11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

Dan 11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

Here he is again a singular man.

Which he claims to be God and he will exalt himself above all that is called god and all people.

It is speaking of a certain man.

1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.

2Ti 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

The new age movement that interprets the Bible and religions according to the occult and evolution, and people are going to evolve to be spiritual, and greater, and Jesus became an ascended master among others, and there is no personal God, and the New Age Christ is the final teacher.

The time will come that people will not want to hear the truth of the Bible but want to hear it according to the new age.

Alice Bailey the biggest prophet of the new age said Lucifer did not fall in to sin and disgrace but descended from Venus to Earth to give mankind intelligence.

The new age beliefs Lucifer is a god, and an alien, that gave mankind intelligence, and will help mankind to have peace, and advance, and evolve along with the New Age Christ.

Lucifer caused one third of the angels to rebel against God.

And will cause mankind to rebel against God which they will establish the new age that exalts people on a world wide level and nothing can be taught contrary to it.

Which God is allowing so He can end sin on earth.

So the man of sin is a certain man that deceives the world that does not love God.

Some people believed the Christ conscious would come upon mankind but Alice Bailey said the Christ conscious will come upon a single man which he will be of the new age.

Joh 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

2Th 2:3 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.

Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus was a singular man known as the son of perdition.

The man of sin who is the antichrist is known as the son of perdition which he is a singular man.

Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

The beast is the man of sin which the world worships him so he is a singular man.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Fillan
K. Wuest, "There are two words in Greek which mean 'man,' anēr, which refers to a male individual of the human reace, and anthrōpos, which is the racial, generic term, and which has the general idea of 'mankind' " (3, Great Truths to Live By, 46).]

the preceding article "ho" specifically indicates a certain, single man:

1000040889.jpg
1. to substantives that have no modifier; and a. those that designate a person or a thing that is the only one of its kind; the article thus distinguishes the same from all other persons or things, as ὁ ἥλιος, ὁ οὐρανός, ἡ γῆ, ἡ θάλασσα, ὁ Θεός, ὁ λόγος (John 1:1f), ὁ διάβολος, τό φῶς, ἡ σκοτία, ἡ ζωή, ὁ θάνατος, etc.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Snackersmom
the preceding article "ho" specifically indicates a certain, single man:

View attachment 282688
1. to substantives that have no modifier; and a. those that designate a person or a thing that is the only one of its kind; the article thus distinguishes the same from all other persons or things, as ὁ ἥλιος, ὁ οὐρανός, ἡ γῆ, ἡ θάλασσα, ὁ Θεός, ὁ λόγος (John 1:1f), ὁ διάβολος, τό φῶς, ἡ σκοτία, ἡ ζωή, ὁ θάνατος, etc.

@Falconn007

Compare Hebrews 2:6, what is man (mankind) that You are mindful of him?
-- no defining article 'ho'

1000040894.jpg
 
In layman's terms so that I do not go to fast for you.

If the Word of God states a 'certain man' it is referring to 'certain people' who think or behave in like manner as one ; a nation, a group of people, a name of people as in their race type or false beliefs. The truth is God is not pointing to an individual flesh person, flesh is of no concern nor consequences of God's Spiritual Truths

I understand, that you desperately want it to be a certain individual, so that in your vain way you can feel confident it is not including you. It is a fear grafted into you by the ignorance of the world of man flesh.


You state: "son of perdition" is mentioned exactly twice in scripture:

The son of perdition is a son of destruction, although the title "son of perdition" is mention in limited fashion, Jesus mentions them through out his ministry as the 'disobedient'.

what is it that the sons of destruction are trying to destroy ?!? Jesus tells us exactly what it is here :

John 8:37
37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.”

39They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.”

Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41You do the deeds of your father.”

Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father—God.”

42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.

44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. 45But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

If readers were to follow your carnal explanation, they would conclude that Jesus is peaking to only one individual-singular 'you'.
But as you can clearly read 'they' refer to themselves in the plural form of ; 'they', 'we', 'our' and Jesus contentiously refers to 'them' as "you" - in plural form.

It is the same with your false, "man means one individual-singular man meaning". When God states: "Son of man", is God referring to one individual-singular man or all mankind !?!

This 'man' means one individual-singular man, leads many away from repenting against themselves and being reveal what they have become in man's ideologies- sons of destruction(son of perdition), to what they must become, a man of Spiritual principle-wisdom, Faith in Spirit, many member body but ONE same Spirit of God.

See you can not teach it both ways, it leads to confusion and well God is not the author of confusion and neither is his Word.
 
If the Word of God states a 'certain man' it is referring to 'certain people'

do you think that when God said The Seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 He refers to you and everyone who agrees with you?

or specifically to Christ and Christ alone?
 
If the Word of God states a 'certain man' it is referring to 'certain people'

this sure looks to me, that you have a private rule that says, the Bible says what you want it to say, rather than what it actually says.
 
If readers were to follow your carnal explanation, they would conclude that Jesus is peaking to only one individual-singular 'you'.

no,

son of perdition is not mentioned in any of that text you quoted, and the 'you' in all of it is plural case, i.e. y'all

you're presenting invalid arguments.
 
do you think that when God said The Seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 He refers to you and everyone who agrees with you?

or specifically to Christ and Christ alone?

That depends if you follow that females and woman are one and the same or the truth that woman came out of mankind-adam.

We both know I would be wasting time trying to convince you, which is not the purpose of Bible discussions. Your mocking assure us both of that..

You are talking apples and oranges but argue they are still fruit !!!!!!! "The Christ" means Anointing or the anointed one, it has nothing to do with The Seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15.

The woman-Eve is 'helper', to which Jesus eludes to. when Jesus states I will send you another helper in my name. This is the seed you are ignorantly referring too but are unable to discern this truth in Spirit, now is this wrong !?!

Genesis 2:18
And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

23And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man[mankind].”

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”


John 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever

These are all Sirirtual parables, you do know what parables are !?!

>>>>>>This is the part where you insert you carnal ignorant mockery... and reject the truth of God's Word.<<<<<<
 
That depends if you follow that females and woman are one and the same or the truth that woman came out of mankind-adam.

No, it only depends on if Genesis 3:15 is about Jesus and if there is only one Jesus.

do you believe scripture is about Christ, and do you believe there is only one Christ?

this is the same question i previously asked you.