1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Better beguile; since the word means not only making a false impression, but actually leading astray. Not dissimilar is the fact, that in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, previously, the appellation given is first apostasy, then the Man of Sin. SECOND, the revealing of the man of lawlessness (v3 and v4,8) and THIRD, the removal of the Restrainer of evil (v6-7). 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Translation & Meaning. IV. It was regarded with full reverence as an inspired revelation; and our Lord Himself (according to Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14) either drew from it (humanly speaking) His own doctrine of the Last Things, or at least used it emphatically for His disciples’ benefit as a corroboration. He does not teach, but prefers appealing to their memory of words already spoken: “Remember ye not?” His clauses become intricate and ungrammatical—in strange contrast with the simple structure which characterises these two Epistles. All positions are based on inferences in the Scriptures. Even for doctrines like those of the true divinity or the true humanity of our Lord, or of the indwelling of the Spirit, or the Church’s mission, the Apostles do not rest solely on direct revelation made to their own consciences, but rather dwell on the significance of historical facts (e.g., Romans 1:4; 2Peter 1:17), or, still more frequently and strongly, on the interpretation of Old Testament Scriptures (e.g., Hebrews 1:8; Hebrews 2:12-13; 2Peter 1:19). Nor can we account for this sudden ambiguity by saying that St. Paul is adopting the prophetic style; for his purpose is entirely practical, and he wishes not to awe his readers, but to recall to them plain facts which they knew and ignored. The use of the article here, "the apostasy" (Greek), Erasmus remarks, "signifies that great and before-predicted apostasy." The day when Christ comes to gather His church is closer than ever before, as apostasy marches on unabated, and heresies multiply with increasing intensity. VIII. Such pretensions would, of course, be meaningless and ridiculous to all except believers in Jesus Christ and His Church. FIRST, gross apostasy in the church (v3). The man of sin - the son of perdition (ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας). Heralded by the Baptist (Matthew 3:2, et seq. The context of the rebellion of II Thessalonians chapter two is much debated. chap. lxx, Joshua 22:22; 2 Chronicles 29:19. The application of the name “Man of Sin” to any succession of men (as, for instance, all the Popes of Rome) is peremptorily forbidden by the fact that the detection and destruction of the Man of Sin by the Advent of Christ follows immediately upon his manifestation of himself. The Five Monarchies.—Now, in the Book of Daniel there are four main predictions of what was then the future history of the world. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion (apostasia) comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction – 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ESV (some versions render “rebellion” as “apostasy” or “falling away”) Second Thessalonians chapter two has been the nemesis for pretribulationism. ,” the definite article. St. Paul’s probable Personal Expectation.—Dr. 2 Thessalonians 2:10 says, “To those involved in this dying world he will come with evil’s undiluted power to deceive, for they have refused to love the truth which could have saved them.” (Phillips Translation) 2 Thessalonians 2:11 teaches us that God will send strong delusions. Because, had he meant to say the Spirit,’ he would not have said it indistinctly, but straight out; that now he is restrained by the grace of the Spirit, i.e., the supernatural gifts [presumably that of discerning of spirits in particular; comp. Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your comforting words of grace and Your solemn words of warning against the rampant apostasy within Christendom. In preaching of Christ, it was said first, in the abstract, the kingdom of heaven is at hand; then Christ Himself, with His glory, was more openly manifested. In it, Paul speaks about the return of Jesus Christ and the arrival of the antichrist. Those who believe in a Pre-tribulation Rapture look at the root of that Greek word, which is aphistemi. Now recollect the similar reticence of Josephus in speaking of the destiny of the Roman empire when it comes in contact with the Messianic Kingdom, and it will be felt almost impossible to doubt the truth of St. Chrysostoin’s shrewd observations: “A man may naturally seek to know what ‘that which letteth’ is; and after that, what possible reason St. Paul had for putting it so indistinctly. Others place it near the end. Although the book of Revelation had yet to be written, numerous descriptions of the Day of the Lord are given in Old Testament scriptures, which tell of that terrible time when God's wrath will be poured out on a God-hating, Christ-rejecting sinful world. Though the Beast which symbolises the Roman empire is said to continue throughout (Daniel 7:11), it is only in the same sense, apparently, as the three other Beasts are said to have their lives prolonged (Daniel 7:12). 2 Thessalonians 3:2 "And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all [men] have not faith." Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. Eighteen hundred years have passed (written circa 1880's) away since the Epistle was written, and the "day of the Lord" has not yet come, and we have an opportunity of inquiring, whether in all that long tract of time any one man can be found, or any series of men have arisen, to whom the description here given is applicable. This great power—with the aspect of which his readers are perfectly familiar, though they may have forgotten its significance (“Ye know that which withholdeth”)—is summed up in a person who wields it. The only change made by the Christian Church is to apply to the Second Advent a prophecy which the Jews applied to the one Advent which they recognised. See on children of light, 1 Thessalonians 5:5. And if to St. Paul the final Antichrist was represented by the Jews, the Roman Government, which had so often befriended him, might well be called the withholder or restrainer. For that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first - Until an apostasy (ἀποστασία apostasia) shall have occurred - the great apostasy. What, then, is ‘that which letteth’—i.e., hindereth—him from being revealed? Whitby also refers it to an event which was to take place before the destruction of Jerusalem, and supposes that the apostasy would consist in a return from the Christian to the Jewish faith by multitudes of professed converts. A direct assault on Jesus Christ and the Christian faith, is raging today.. as Satan, who is the enemy of our soul, not only assaults us as a roaring lion, but also comes as an angel of light. But the Church as at present constituted does not answer completely to Daniel’s prophecy of the Kingdom of the Saints. Before except insert in translation the day shall not come. 2 Thessalonians 3:2. (2) The word rendered “withholdeth,” or “letteth,” does not necessarily imply that the obstruction actively, consciously, or designedly obstructs the way. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Context. Thessalonians”), that, as a personal matter, St. Paul expected to witness in his own day the development of the Antichrist (whose “secret working” was already visible to him), and that he saw in the Jews the makings of the foe to be revealed. In discussing the church discipline scenario of 2 Thessalonians 3 (and its implications for ecclesiastical separation), a debated point is how Paul is describing the members of the Thessalonian church from whom he is commanding the obedient Thessalonians to separate. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. Koppe refers it to the King mentioned in Daniel 11:36. With irrefragable clearness Dr. Pusey has proved, in the second of his Lectures on Daniel the Prophet, the plausibility and minuteness with which the words concerning the Second and Third Monarchies may respectively be applied to the Medo-Persian and the Macedonian empires; and if even this point be established, there can be no hesitation in naming the Fourth. Why so? This, then, was the common interpretation which St. Paul must have learned from a child: that Daniel’s Fourth Monarchy, which was to break up before the Kingdom of God, was the Roman empire. (5) The antichristian movement does not even break openly with the Catholic Church. The Greek noun apostasia is only used twice in the New Testament. the son of perdition—a title applied besides to Judas (the traitor, Joh 17:12), and to none else. [7] Sec Daniel 8:11-12; Daniel 8:23-25, and more particularly Daniel 11:36-37. 5:14) and issues a “command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” in 2 Thessalonians 3:6–15 that the church impose disciplinary measures on the offending brothers. In the beginning of his government, he says, his plans of iniquity were concealed, and the hopes of all were excited in regard to his reign; but his secret iniquity was subsequently "revealed," and his true character understood. x. But the day is fast approaching when He (the Restrainer), will be taken out of the way. 2 Thessalonians 3:3. The "coming of the Lord" they suppose refers to the destruction of the holy city, and according to this, the meaning is, that there would be a great apostasy before that event would take place. That is the meaning in Acts 21:21 and that is the meaning in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. v. 13) and Suetonius (Vesp. Antichrist (the second "beast" coming up out of the earth); therefore he shall at first be "like a lamb, while he speaks as a dragon" (Re 13:11); "coming in peaceably and by flatteries," "working deceitfully," but "his heart shall be against the holy covenant" (Da 11:21, 23, 28, 30). In the Prophets the two are fused into one. except there come a falling away first; either in a political sense, of the nations from the Roman empire, which was divided into the eastern and western empire; for which, way was made by translating the seat of empire from Rome to Byzantium, or Constantinople; the former of these empires was seized by Mahomet, and still possessed by the Turks; and the latter was overrun by the Goths, Huns, and Vandals, and torn to pieces; Italy particularly was ravaged by them, and Rome itself was sacked and taken: or rather in a religious sense, of the falling of men from the faith of the Gospel, from the purity of Gospel doctrines, discipline, worship, and ordinances; and this not of some Jews who professed faith in Christ, and departed from it, or of some Christians who went off to the Gnostics; but is to be understood of a more general defection in the times of the Papacy; when not only the eastern churches were perverted and corrupted by Mahomet, and drawn off to his religion, but the western churches were most sadly depraved by the man of sin, by bringing in errors of all sorts in doctrine, making innovations in every ordinance, and appointing new ones, and introducing both Judaism and Paganism into the churches; which general defection continued until the times of the reformation, and is what the apostle has respect to in 1 Timothy 4:1 where he manifestly points out some of the Popish tenets, as forbidding marriage to priests, and ordering abstinence from meats on certain days, and at certain times of the year: this was one thing that was to precede the coming of Christ, another follows, which should take place at the same time; and that man of sin be revealed; who was now hid, though secretly working; by whom is meant not only any particular person or individual; not the devil, for though he is the wicked one, a damned spirit, an opposer, an adversary of God and Christ, and his people, and who has affected deity, and sought to be worshipped, and even by Christ himself; yet the man of sin is here distinguished from Satan, 2 Timothy 2:9 nor is any particular emperor of Rome intended, as Caius Caligula, or Nero, for though these were monsters of iniquity, and set up themselves as gods, yet they sat not in the temple of God; nor is Simon Magus designed, who was a very wicked man, a sorcerer, and who gave out himself to be some great one, and was called the great power of God, before big profession of faith in Christ; and afterwards affirmed that he was God, the Father in Samaria, the Son in Judea, and the Spirit in the rest of the nations of the world; and, because of his signs and lying wonders, had a statue erected by the Roman emperor with this inscription, "to Simon the holy god"; but then this wicked man was now already revealed: nor is this to be understood of a certain Jew, that is to be begotten by the devil on a virgin of the tribe of Dan, and who is to reign three years and a half, and then to be destroyed by Christ, which is a fable of the Papists; but a succession of men is here meant, as a king is used sometimes for an order and succession of kings, Deuteronomy 17:18 and an high priest for that whole order, from Aaron's time to the dissolution of it, Hebrews 9:7 so here it intends the whole hierarchy of Rome, monks, friars, priests, bishops, archbishops, cardinals, and especially popes, who may well be called "the man of sin", because notoriously sinful; not only sinners, but sin itself, a sink of sin, monsters of iniquity, spiritual wickednesses in high places: it is not easy to reckon up their impieties, their adulteries, incest, sodomy, rapine, murder, avarice, simony, perjury, lying, necromancy, familiarity with the devil, idolatry, witchcraft, and what not? He names nothing, only hints. Let no one in any way deceive you, were Paul's heartening and encouraging words, for the Day of the Lord will not come.. until three things occur. It would not be unfair, therefore, to assume that St. Paul expected the Second Advent to take place, as the First had done, “in the days of these kings” of the Fourth or Roman Monarchy. The Jew Josephus (Ant. Antichrist pretends to be actually Jesus. A falling away.—A great change in the purpose of the sentence will be felt directly “the” is substituted for “a.” Only one insignificant MS. omits the definite article; the same article in our version is vigorously rendered “that” before “man of sin.” In both cases the purpose is by no means to utter a new, strange prophecy, or to add to the knowledge of the readers, but to remind them of careful teaching given during the first few weeks after their conversion. As righteousness found its embodiment in Christ, "the Lord our righteousness," so "sin" shall have its embodiment in "the man of sin." Then, the act of session in the “Temple of God” cannot mean anything else than an attempt to exact divine homage from the Christian Church, which, of course, could only be hoped for through adopting Christian forms. With this power it is that the struggle which ends in the Church’s final victory takes place, and not with the old imperial power of Rome. Indeed, though his dominion is “diverse” from other kingdoms, yet he is almost called a king in Daniel 7:24 : the word, however, is (perhaps) carefully avoided. And as the same prophecy spoke of a world-wide empire, in the days of whose kings this new Jewish power was to arise, that same “long-established and uniform belief” must have recognised in the Roman empire the Fourth Monarchy which was to be shattered by it. Amidst a good deal which is matter of controversy, three facts remain agreed upon by all: first, that the Five Monarchies of the one vision are intended to correspond to the Five Monarchies of the other, each to each; secondly, that the earliest of these five represents the Babylonian empire, then standing, with Nebuchadnezzar at its head; thirdly, that the last of the series portrays the establishment of the Theocracy in its full development—that is, the “Kingdom of God” (which had been the main subject of St. Paul’s preaching at Thessalonica), or the visible government of the world by the Christ. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that doth shall not come, except there come a falling away first; for, except there come a falling away first, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ἐπὶ πάντα θεὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν τῶν θεῶν ἔξαλλα λαλήσει. What, then, was this Fourth Monarchy intended by the Seer (or by “the Spirit of the Christ,” 1Peter 1:11) to represent? Even the apostolic writers do not separate the two so sharply as God has historically taught subsequent ages of the Church to separate them. The early Church lived in a daily expectation of the return of Christ. There is scarcely any passage of the New Testament which has given occasion to greater diversity of opinion than this. But in Daniel’s vision all is quite different. According to him, the reference is to a great apostasy of the Jews from the worship of God, and the "man of sin" is the Jewish people. He shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws. Only here and Acts 21:21. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come … In this passage, Paul sets out to clarify a misunderstanding about the coming of Christ.. our being gathered to Him, and the Day of the Lord, which not only incorporates the future, 70th week of Daniel's great prophecy and the concurrent time of Jacob's trouble - but also the thousand-year millennial reign of Christ. The phrase man of sin (lawlessness) does not occur elsewhere, either in N.T. The account of the Satanic miracles which the Man of Sin will work in attestation of his claim shows that the persons who follow him are duped into believing that he actually is the Lord. May we hold fast to the truth and never take our eyes off the Lord Jesus.. in a world that is on the fast-track to God's punishment. He gives to those who are willing to see an extraordinary insight into the things which lie before the most ordinary eyes; He throws light upon the meaning of occurrences, or of words, which are familiar to every one externally (see Maurice’s Prophets and Kings, pp. We may almost say the same of the words of Christ Himself. : and so Ellic. The Development of the Horns.—The question naturally arises whether the prophecy has not been falsified. For had he said that shortly after the Roman empire would be dissolved, they would soon have transfixed him for a miscreant, and all the believers with him, as living and fighting for this end.” Was it not, indeed, for expounding this very prophecy that he had fled for his life from Thessalonica?” These all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another emperor, Jesus.” Does not the history give startling point to his question, “Remember ye not that when I was with you I told you these things “? Both Jesus and the man of sin say that they alone should be worshipped (2 Thessalonians 2:4). Tacitus (Hist. 141-145). 2 Thessalonians 3:3, KJV: "But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil." THE MEANING OF APOSTASIA. But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.a. Among the latter I class myself. By Dr. David R. Reagan [read in Lamplighter (pdf)] The Bible never precisely states when the Rapture of the Church will take place. [7] It might be thought, therefore, that St. Paul was only borrowing Daniel’s language, and not adopting his prophecy. If so, it is in accordance with all the proper rules of interpreting prophecy, to make such an application. KJV, Open Bible, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Complete Reference System ... KJV, Word Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: 1,700 Key Words that Unlock the Meaning of the Bible. Lightfoot argues, with great probability (Smith’s Dict. Bible Gateway Recommends. Yet if any one be so very desirous of knowing truth as not to waive such curious points, and cannot refrain his desire to understand the uncertain future, and whether or no it will come to pass, let him give heed to read the Book of Daniel, which he will find among the Holy Scriptures.” No doubt can be entertained that this writer understood the Fourth Monarchy to be the Roman empire, and did not wish to be suspected of encouraging sedition by speaking openly of its predicted downfall. I. But God’s ordinary way of making prophets seems to be different. Israel will be so far led away from the truth God gave her through the Law and the Prophets (Old Testament). (2) He is a single person. The “Man of Sin,” then, will have at one time formed (or will still profess to form) part of the Christian Church, and the Apostasy will culminate in him. He not only tries to devour us, but seeks to seduce us.. and entice us away from the gospel, with smooth-sounding philosophies, that have a semblance of truth but deny biblical facts. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. If so, it is fair to apply the prophecy to such an event; if not so, we must wait still for its fulfillment. St. John regards the world as already virtually subdued in his own lifetime (1John 5:4, Note). In his book, The Falling Away, Dr. Andy Woods provides solid evidence for regarding the word apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3as a physical departure rather than a falling away from the faith. The man of sin has been thought to refer to Caligula, Titus, Simon Magus, Nero, the Pope of Rome, Luther, Mahomet, etc. It was not only that they themselves were the Lord’s own people. The context of II Thessalonians 2:3 is the Second Coming of Christ. In these (which so frequently use the language of the Book of Daniel) our Lord holds up as the greatest terror of the last days, the constant danger, waiting even upon the “elect,” of being seduced into mistaking certain pretenders for Himself. 2 Thessalonians 3:3, NLT: "But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one." He is the son of perdition, as consigning many to it, and finally doomed to it himself (Re 17:8, 11). In Daniel’s vision this Fourth Monarchy (or rather, its continuation and development) was to exist side by side with the saints of the Most High, and between them and one outgrowth of the Fourth Monarchy a struggle was to take place before the final establishment of the Kingdom of the Saints (Daniel 7:25). Even in St. Jerome’s time, “From this place onwards” (he is commenting on Daniel 11:36) “the Jews think that Antichrist is spoken of, that, after the little help (Daniel 11:34) of Julian, a king shall arise who shall do according to his own will, and lift himself up against all which is called God, and speak great things against the God of gods, so that he shall sit in the Temple of God and make himself god, and his will be performed, until the wrath of God be fulfilled: for in him shall the end be. Sources of the Apostolic Doctrine of the Last Things. EXCURSUS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROPHECY, what the Thessalonian Church was likely to gather. A few considerations will make the latter point clearer:—. The Greek word “apostasia simply means to ‘to stand away from’ or ‘to depart.’ Only by examining how this word is used in its immediate context will determine what the departure is from, whether it be a spiritual or physical departure.” New Testament writers used the verb from of apostasia fi… For pride is the beginning of all sin, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. But that is not all. In the first place, as we have seen above, the movement is distinctly not an atheistic movement, like the German Socialism. Acts 4:25; Acts 5:31; Acts 13:33). ), it had been established by the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Mission of the Holy Ghost, while the Roman empire actually stood (Psalms 2; comp. If, therefore, the dream of Nebuchadnezzar may be said to have been fulfilled in the first coming of Christ, in the days of the Roman emperors, the vision of Daniel must wait for its fulfilment until the Roman empire has passed away into an even more different form than it has at present reached. That man of sin.—It is not absolutely certain from the Greek, but the context makes it tolerably clear that the “Man of Sin” is the head and centre of the Apostasy itself, and does not form a separate movement from it. X. Characteristics of Antichrist.—(1) He is a human being. But it may be objected that some of the words in which St. Paul most narrowly describes him are taken, not from the description of the Little Horn in Daniel 7, but from that of the Little Horn of Daniel 8:5, which represents quite a different person, viz., Antiochus Epiphanes. The Book of Daniel.—Such materials we find, not only in the general threatenings of Joel, Zechariah (Zechariah 14. The persons must at any rate have been Christians, or they could not be apostates. Besides, the types of him—Antiochus, Caligula, Nero, &c.—could hardly be said, according to Scriptural analogy, to be “fulfilled” in a mere headless movement. III. The word means a departing from, or a defection; see the verb used in 1 Timothy 4:1, "Some shall depart from the faith" - ἀποστήσονται apostēsontai; compare the notes on that passage; see also Hebrews 3:12; Luke 8:13; Acts 5:37. Now if Antichrist be the Little Horn of Daniel, and the obstruction the Fourth Monarchy, we get exactly what we want; for (unless the prophecy is to be falsified) before the Little Horn can spring up the Fourth Monarchy must have so totally changed its appearance as to have passed into ten simultaneous kingdoms: therefore, so long as the solid empire stood it was a sign that Antichrist must wait. Some have referred it to a great apostasy from the Christian church, particularly on account of persecution, which would occur before the destruction of Jerusalem. Sources of the Apostolic Doctrine of the Last Things.—The prophecy of St. Paul does not appear to be—at least, exclusively—the result of a direct internal revelation of the Spirit. Thus, for instance, the requirements of the passage would not be fulfilled by (with Hammond) interpreting the Apostasy to mean the early Gnostic movement, followed up by the independent appearance of Nero as the Man of Sin. 2 Thessalonians 2:3(NASB) Verse Thoughts Over the past decades, the apostasy in Christendom has exploded dramatically, as the Word of God is distorted, in thousands of ways.. and the Word of truth is fragmented into a multiplicity of heretical teachings and demonic doctrines - in order to cause division in the Body, and to deceive, if possible, even the elect of … men. «1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy» 1 2 3 » All the Books … False teaching, false prophecies and fabricated letters - which were allegedly from Paul, had been circulated - causing these Christians to worry, that they had missed the rapture of the Church, whilst believing that the Day of the Lord had already arrived! I ha… Whether, however, this interpretation has any ground in the original intention of the Prophet, or of Him who, we believe, spoke by him, is for our present purpose a matter of secondary importance. … 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 2 Thessalonians 2 (3) This person, though single, heads a movement. . Now we may venture to say that, even if St. Paul had not (as Bishop Wordsworth supposes) St. Luke’s Gospel in his hands, yet he was familiar with the eschatological discourses of our Lord contained in the Synoptic Gospels. 11, § 7) speaks at length of the prophecies of Daniel, and how he himself was watching their gradual verification. Or that is worshipped. 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