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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and my friend, you need to get your Bible.
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You need to get a pen or a
pencil and a piece of paper
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because today you're
gonna want to take notes.
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Today we're gonna dive into
two Thessalonians chapter two,
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and we're going to see
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that a secret plan is
an operation right now.
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And actually it's been an
operation for thousands of years,
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but it's about to come to ahead.
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And my friends, we're living
in the end of the age,
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we're gonna see things
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that no other generation has ever seen.
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They prophesied about it,
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but we are getting to see it come to pass.
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But I want you to order my whole series,
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which is called The
Rapture, the Antichrist,
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and the Tribulation.
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It comes with a study guide,
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So please go online or give
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And today is the last day this week
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that we're offering you my book,
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which is called The Rapture, the Antichrist,
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and the Tribulation.
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The far word is written by my friend Jimmy Evans.
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The subtitle says, an End-Times Countdown
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And What Happens Next?
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And My friends, this book
is beautifully illustrated.
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The illustrations will
just pull you into the text
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from cover to cover.
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It's 464 pages.
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And I wrote this book
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because I know that a lot
of people deal with fear
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and dismay about the end of the age,
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but there's no reason for us to be afraid.
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God has made everything clear
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to us in the scripture about
The Rapture, the Antichrist,
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and the Tribulation, and What Happens Next.
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But you can also order
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And please, when you reach
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to pray for you.
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Today is a great day for you to call.
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Just call the number on the screen and please write it down.
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Save that number so that when
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to pray with you, you
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Let it be us. We wanna pray for you
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and we will release our faith.
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And we believe with you
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that Jesus will do something
wonderful in your life.
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Amen. But reach for your Bible.
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And today we're going to go
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to 2 Thessalonians 2.
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And when we come to 2 Thessalonians 2,
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Paul is addressing the believers in Thessalonica.
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Somebody has really upset them
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and told them that the rapture
came and they missed it.
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That's a pretty bad thing to teach.
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And they declared whoever
it was that now those
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who missed it were living
in the tribulation.
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And so Paul wrote to them in this book
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to straighten things out.
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And we're going to begin today in verse 3.
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But first I wanna read something in verse 7.
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And in verse 7 it says, For the mystery of iniquity
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doth already work.
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And here we find there has been a secret conspiracy at work
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for a long, long time,
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which Paul calls in 2 Thessalonians 2:7,
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the mystery of iniquity.
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And today we're gonna go back to verse 3,
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and we're going to see the devil has been working
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for thousands of years to modify, to prime
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and to prepare the world for
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that moment when he could finally introduce the antichrist.
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It's a long process.
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The devil's been walking
the world toward the
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culmination of it.
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And my friends, the culmination
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of it is not too far from us right now,
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but let's go to 2 Thessalonians 2:
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3, where Paul says, Let no man deceive you
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by any means for that day, the end of the age,
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the great tribulation,
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it shall not come except - either underline
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or circle that word, except, it's very important -
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except there be a falling away.
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Either underline or circle
those two words falling away,
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and then separately underline
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or circle the word - first -
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except there be a falling away first.
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And that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
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And this verse is about the antichrist.
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But today we're gonna dive deep into this verse
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so I'm gonna reach for my notes
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and we're going to begin at the very first of verse 3,
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which says, Let no man deceive you.
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The word man, in Greek is the word tis. It's generic.
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It means let no one at all, no
one. It throws the door open.
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Don't let anyone deceive you.
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And this particular word deceive, means
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to intentionally take advantage of, to craftily beguile,
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to fully cheat, to fully deceive
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or to wholly lead into error.
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And it conveys a deep, deep deception
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and highlights the depth
of the deception involved.
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And the apostle Paul also
uses this word in other places
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to describe the way that Satan craftily beguiles people.
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And now we find that people
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with wrong teaching are
beguiling the church in
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Thessalonica.
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And the very fact that
the church is listening
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to them infers
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that they must have been
notable people in the church,
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otherwise they wouldn't have
taken them so seriously.
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And this takes back to what
we saw in a previous program,
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that we need to know
who's ministering to us.
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We need to know who's
feeding us the word of God.
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We need to know that we
can really trust them.
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We need to know them, that labor among us,
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they made a mistake by opening their heart
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to the wrong voices.
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And now Paul says, let no man,
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no one at all craftily deceive you.
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Then he says - by any means. This phrase -
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by any means - means to take advantage
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of you in any way.
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And then he adds for
that day shall not come.
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Even the word for in this
text says very important,
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it is the Greek word hoti.
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And it explicitly points to the next point. Explicitly
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because that day - what day - the day of the Lord
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of the great tribulation,
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it will not come except
there come a falling
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away first.
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And the word accept means unless,
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unless, which means something
has to happen first.
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And what's going to happen first,
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he calls it a falling away,
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which in Greek is the word apostasy.
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And I'm going to read from my notes
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because this word is very, very important.
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The word apostasia, which here is translated falling away,
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is a compound of two Greek words.
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The first word is apo.
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It means away and it pictures
intentional distance.
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The 2nd part of the word is histemi.
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And the word histemi means to stand.
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But when you compound the word apo
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and histemi, they form the word apostasia.
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And these two words, when compounded mean
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to stand apart from, to distance
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oneself away from, to step away from,
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to withdraw from, to shrink away from.
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And it is from this very word apostasia
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that we get the word apostasy.
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Now, some people today,
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and actually a large
number of people are trying
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to extrapolate this word
to describe the rapture,
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and they translate it like this.
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For that day shall not come
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and list the rapture comes first.
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But this particular word falling away,
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the Greek word apostasy, does not
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and cannot describe the rapture.
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This is the word apostasy.
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The same word is used in the Old Testament
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to describe a political revolt.
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It's used to describe a mutiny
against the authority of God.
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It is used in Greek literature
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of the same time in the New Testament
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to describe a a military revolt:
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this word is always used
to describe a mutiny
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or a rebellious attitude.
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And Paul was a linguist.
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Paul knew exactly how this word was used.
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And now he carries it into this text
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and he tells us at the very, very end of the age,
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there is going to be a worldwide mutiny against the
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authority of God.
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It's going to be a rebellion
against the authority of God.
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And notice he says it's
going to happen first.
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And the word first in
Greek is the word proton,
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which means first, as in chronology
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or sequence of events. Now we find
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that a worldwide modification
process is going to take place
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as we come to the end of the age;
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and step by step, little by little, one decade on top
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of another decade, the devil's going
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to begin modifying the world,
priming it, preparing it
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to become a lawless place
that will receive the man
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of lawlessness
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or the man of sin who is the
antichrist. And my friends,
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there really is a conspiracy that's been at work
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for generations.
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It's the mystery of iniquity that's referred
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to in 2 Thessalonians 2:7,.
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My friends, even a hundred years ago,
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the antichrist could not have manifested
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because the world still
was a God-fearing place.
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A hundred years ago,
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the world was still basically rooted in scripture,
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at least western civilization.
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And the antichrist could not have made his
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appearance at that time.
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For the antichrist to make
his appearance, the world has
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to be changed, it has
to be modified, it's got
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to be prepared for his arrival.
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And this word apostasia, which here is translated
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as falling away, describes a
mutinous attitude toward the
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law of God,
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when society as a whole - apo - will begin
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to move away from histami,
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and stand away from the
law of God, they're going
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to shuck the law of God,
throw away the rule of God,
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they're going to defy
the authority of God,
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and they will claim to be creating a new progressive kind
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of world free of old moral standards
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and old moral codes.
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And that is exactly what is taking place.
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Jesus described this in Matthew 24:4,
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where he just said that deception, the Greek word planao,
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a worldwide wandering will happen at the
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very end of the age.
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When you come to 1 Timothy 4:
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1, Paul,
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even prophesized many in the church are going to depart from
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what they once believed.
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This is the teaching of scripture that the very, very end
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of the age, there's going to be a falling away
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or a mutiny against the authority of God
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first; this has to happen first
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before the man of sin can be revealed.
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And it's very interesting
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that when society has finally
reached this zenith of sin,
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when society has cast
aside the law of God,
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that's when the antichrist
will eventually make
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his big appearance.
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And we actually read about this in Daniel 8:
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23, which says it like this -
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And in the latter time of their kingdom -
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it's talking about the world -
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when the transgressors are come to the full - that's
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what we're talking about,
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a time of apostasy - a king of fierce countenance
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and understanding dark sentences shall stand up.
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He's waiting for that moment.
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But you can read this
in other translations.
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For example, the new King James version says it like this -
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And in the latter time of their kingdom,
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when transgressors have
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Well that's where we're headed.
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That's when a king shall
arise, having fierce features,
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who understands sinister schemes;
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or the New American standard
Bible says it like this -
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And in the latter period
of their dominion,
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when the wrongdoers have
run their course - that's
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what we're talking about, a
time of apostasy when society
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as a whole has rejected the rule of God,
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they've gone another direction.
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And the New American standard Bible says,
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when the wrongdoers have run their course,
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a king will arise insolent
and skilled in intrigue.
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The new living translation
says it like this.
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And boy, I really like this one.
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At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height,
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a fierce king, a master
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of intrigue will rise to power.
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And Satan has been working this secret plan, a conspiracy,
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trying to prepare the world for that moment
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that it will finally receive a man of sin.
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And as we continue in 2 Thessalonians 2:
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3, it says - Let no man deceive you by any means for
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that day shall not come except
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unless there be a falling away first.
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So now we find there's got to
be a worldwide modification
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where society as a whole
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and many even in the church,
are gonna reject the rule
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of God and the word of God
to go a different direction.
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It's going to be a worldwide modification
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and that man of sin be revealed, the son
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of perdition.
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And notice that here in the King James Version, he's called
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that man of sin.
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In Greek, there is a definite article,
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which means this is not just
any man of sin, it is the man
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of sin, a man in a category by himself.
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This is a description of the antichrist,
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but here in the King James Version,
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he's called the man of sin.
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Well, it's really not a good translation
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because in Greek it is the word anomia.
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The word anomia means lawlessness.
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So a better translation would be that man
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of lawlessness shall be revealed.
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And then it says He is
the son of perdition.
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But let's talk about this word sin,
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which would be better translated lawlessness.
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Again, it is the Greek word anomia.
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It is from the word nomos.
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And the word nomos describes well established law like moral
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law, the law of God, nomos.
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But if you put an 'a' on the front of it, it has a canceling
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or reversing effect; it becomes anomia.
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rather than depict the law
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or a correct moral standard,
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the word anomia has the opposite meaning that is without law
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or lawless.
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It pictures either a person
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or a people who possesses
no fixed moral standards.
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It depicts those who live
void of standards without law
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or in a state of lawless.
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And this word is used prophetically
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to depict a last day society
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that will throw out all
previously agreed upon moral
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standards and will depart from
god's well established laws
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at the very end of the age.
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But now you use this
word anomia in connection
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with the man of sin.
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And we find the antichrist will be a man
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who throws away all
previously agreed upon correct
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moral standards.
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He is going to claim that he's going
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to construct a new world order: a new world
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that is more progressive,
that is free of the shackles
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and the restraints of the past.
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And he will claim that he's going
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to lead the world into a newer, kinder, benevolent place.
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But you're going to see in
future programs, my friends,
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the Bible tells us he is a fierce king.
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He's going to be terrible,
he's going to rule ruthlessly,
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but the world in this very moment is being prepared for him.
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And that is why you see so
much nonsense in society.
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We see things being taught
to kids in public education
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that they should not be taught,
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people being offered all kinds
of alternative lifestyles,
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even being told that there's no such thing
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as a fixed gender - my friends -
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people are throwing away all moral codes
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and the world very slowly is being cooked.
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It's being modified, it's being primed
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and prepared so that finally
when the antichrist appears,
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the world will receive him.
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A lawless world is going
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to produce a lawless individual.
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And in fact, the Bible says in verse 3,
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let no man deceive you by any means for
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that day shall not come unless
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or until there come a falling away first,
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and that man of sin be revealed,
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the son of perdition.
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And the word revealed in Greek is the word apokalupto.
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The word apo means away.
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The word kalupto means something that is veiled, covered,
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concealed or hidden.
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But when you put the two words together - apo
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and kalupto - it forms a Greek word apokalupto,
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which here is translated
as the word revealed.
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And when it becomes the word apokalupto, it depicts a veil
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that has suddenly been removed, thus exposing what was
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behind the veil all along,
but it was concealed
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or it was hidden from view.
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And this is important.
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Now, I realize that today
a lot of people guess about
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who is the antichrist.
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And in fact, in the future program here,
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pretty quick next week I'm gonna be talking
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to you about some of the candidates
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that people have guessed might
be the antichrist over many,
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many years. My friends, it is a mute point.
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No one knows who he is
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and no one can know who he
is until he is revealed.
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Right now, he's standing center stage,
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but he is behind the curtain.
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You may have all kinds of candidates
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that you think are the antichrist,
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but you will not know who he is
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until the curtain is pulled back.
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And my friends, you are going
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to discover very soon
the curtain's not going
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to be pulled back
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until the great restrainer
is removed from the earth.
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You say, well, who is
the great restrainer?
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Well, that's for a program next week.
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But I want you to understand,
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even if the antichrist is alive right now,
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and I believe that he is,
you cannot know his identity
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and you will not know his
identity until he is revealed.
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And when he is revealed,
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the Bible says He will really
be the son of perdition.
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The word perdition is the Greek word, apoleia.
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It speaks of something doomed, rotten, ruinous
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or decaying.
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And even though the antichrist
is going to present himself
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as the leader of a new
progressive kind of thinking,
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and he's going to lead
the world into a new day,
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this word apoleia, here translated
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as perdition, tells us everything he touches is going
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to turn to rot.
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There will be absolutely
no redeeming values in the
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rule of the antichrist.
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And when you put all of these together, the RIV
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of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 says it like this.
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In light of these things,
I urge you to refuse
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to allow anyone to take
advantage of you in any way.
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For example, you won't need a letter
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to tell you when the day
of the Lord has come.
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You ought to know by now
that this day can't come
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until first
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or worldwide insurgency, rebellion, riot,
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a mutiny against God has come about in society.
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Once that occurs, the world
will then be primed, prepared
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and ready to embrace the man of lawlessness: the one
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who hates law and has rebellion running in his blood.
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This is the long awaited and predicted son of doom
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and destruction, the one who brings rot
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and ruin to everything he touches.
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When the time is just right,
he will finally come out
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of hiding and go public.
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That's a very good interpretation
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of 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
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But I want you to understand,
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Satan has been working a
secret plan for a long time,
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and it's about to culminate in our own age.
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And God chose us to live in this time,
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but we'll never see the antichrist
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because the great restrainer,
which is the church,
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is going to be removed.
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And then the Bible says that
wicked one will be revealed.
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We're outta time. I've
got so much more to say
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to you in the next episodes,
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but I'll be back in just a moment
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and I'm going to pray for you.
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This is Rick Renner, and somebody has asked the question -
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Why do bad things happen to Christians?
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But let's broaden it. Why do
bad things happen to anyone?
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And the answer begins with Romans 5,
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where we find that because of
Adam's transgression, death
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entered the planet
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and when death entered
the planet, wow, it came
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with the motto - kill - steal - and destroy.
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And because of Adam's transgression, all kinds
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of bad things happen in the world today.
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But we're told in 1 John 5, that we have a faith
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that overcomes the world,
which means if we know how
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to use our faith, we can
even override the curse
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and the death that was
released into the planet
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because of Adam's transgression.
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So my friend, embrace the
greater one that is in you
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and use your faith
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and you can override all the bad things
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that are working in the earth today.
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and right now I'm standing
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And this building is just so wonderful.
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You know, the Bible tells us in Proverbs 10:21, The lips
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And I know that is our assignment.
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God has called us to feed many
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And together with you
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Right now, we've paid off about 78% of this facility,
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and that is just wonderful.
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But now we need to knock
it out of the ballpark.
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We need to finish this
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because when we're finished
paying off this facility,
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that frees up finances
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so we can take the teaching of the Bible
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to more places across
the face of the earth
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where people are crying out for someone
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to feed them the word of God.
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And so today, if you're not already a part
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of our Giving Team to pay off this facility, I'm asking you
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to join us as a part of our Ministry Expansion Project
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to pay off this facility and
we can say, done, finished,
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and give glory to God - but my friends,
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we can only do it with your help.
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So thank you if you're
already part of the team.
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And if not yet part of the Giving Team,
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please join us as a part
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of the giving team to
pay off this facility
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so we can be finished with it
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and use these funds to
take the gospel further
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to other places across the world.
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Well, today we have covered a lot
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of very important information from 2 Thessalonians
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2:3, but it's just a little tiny part
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of a 20-part series, which is called The Rapture,
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the Antichrist, and the Tribulation.
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You need to know
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what the Bible says about these things. You need to know
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so you'll have peace and you won't have fear.
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But please order this and remember that it comes
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with a study guide and we're offering you now,
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and today is the last day this week, my book,
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which is called, The Rapture, the Antichrist,
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and the Tribulation: cover to cover
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its 464 pages and beautifully illustrated.
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The subtitle says, An End-Times Countdown
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and What Happens Next?
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And there on the cover, we have a picture
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of the angel blowing the trumpet, the rapture taking place,
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and suddenly the antichrist being revealed.
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The Bible is very clear about all of these events.
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And because the Bible makes it clear,
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it means we need to know it.
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Anyway, I want you to have this book and all these things.
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So just go online or give us a call
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and we'll get them right to you.
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And when you reach out to
us, let us know how to pray
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for you, because we're praying for you anyway.
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But when you tell us how to pray for you,
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we will be clearer in our praying
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and it will help us pray
for you so much better.
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And I wanna pray for you right now.
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Father, I thank you that you've called us to be the church.
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You've appointed us
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and you've anointed us to live in this End-Time age.
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And Lord, we thank you
that we can do it in power
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and we can do it in victory.
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And thank you that you've allowed us
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to live in this moment when
prophecies come to pass.
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In Jesus' name - Amen. I'll see you in the next program.
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But remember, Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word
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of a king is, there's power."
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If you've never received Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now: Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.