Strong Delusion
Strong Delusion
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians 2:11
(2 Thessalonians 2:7)
No. That
is what is popularly taught. But it actually takes place before
the rapture.
I think
you are wrong
Look,
after the Lord has come for his own, caught up to meet him in the
air
(For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of
the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall
rise
first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the
Lord. 1Thessalonians 4:16,17) there will
not be a single
Christian left on earth. There will be no-one left to discern the
truth. Those
that are left, the unsaved, will be ‘ripe for the picking’. You are
correct,
the anti-christ will subject the world to his lies. But this is not
what God
calls “strong delusion” And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 Thessalonians 2:11
What do
you mean?
If I can
put it bluntly, what happens in the seven year tribulation
(Daniel’s 70th week) is really not a concern for Paul and
for the
following reasons. Don’t get me wrong. Paul ‘bleeds’ and ‘intensely
desires’
after the Jew and wishes himself accursed in their place (Romans 9:3).
But when
he writes to the churches his focus is on the churches.
1.
Thirteen of his books are to the Christian churches, Timothy, Titus
and Philemon.
2. Events
of the tribulation are covered in Matthew 24 and Revelation.
3. The
main message of 1st and 2nd Thessalonians
is the rapture encouragement for the persecuted church.
4. The
rapture is in both his books (1Thess 2:19; 4:16-18; 5:1-11);
1Thess 2:1-3)
4. They
have received the love of the truth and they will
escape the wrath of God … when ye received the word of
God which
ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in
truth,
the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
Forbidding
us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved,
to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to
the
uttermost. 1 Thessalonians 2:16
5. Before
the rapture there is a falling away Let no man deceive you
by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a
falling away
first 2 Thessalonians 2:3
6. The
chapter in which the phrase “strong delusion” occurs, is
addressed to the church, not the Jews or those in the tribulation.
Paul’s
concern is for people before the rapture not after. Events in the
tribulation
are covered in Matthew 24, Revelation 6-19, Luke 21 and so on). It’s
like Paul
is saying “I’ve done my best warning everyone about the state of the
church (apostasy
2Thess 2:3) and strong delusion 2 Thess 2:11) that may
stop
people getting saved.
… with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved. 2Thessalonians2:10. They might
get saved.
Well what
is this ‘strong delusion” then?
The
“strong delusion” will be made up of strong delusionS (many
delusions, plural).
Like what?
1. The
Catholic mass is the actual body and blood of Jesus.
2. The
‘Pentecostal Jesus’ is the Jesus of the New Testament
3. Put
your hands on the TV screen and you can get healing from God,
especially if you send the money as well.
4. All
versions of the Bible are as good as,
and even better, than the Authorized Bible, The King James Bible.
Look I go
to a Christian church and
that’s
good enough for me!
The
delusions were rife back in Paul’s day with over 100 cults by the
end of the 1st century. The mystery of iniquity was already
at work
in Paul’s day. Today, we have the ecumenical movement, Promise
Keepers,
speaking in ‘tongues’, the Alpha course, replacement
theology, physical healing in the atonement, apostles and prophets
are for
today, the prosperity gospel, the faith gospel of Ken Copeland,
Benny Hinn, Derrick Prince, Joyce Meyer, Creflo
Dollar,
effeminate dressing and long hair by men, sodomy is not sin,
British
Israel theory, God pre-destinates some people for hell, TULIP,
no
literal hell, Freemasonry, back to the Jewish feasts and
ceremonies,
loss of salvation, emphasis on the Lord’s prayer, inter-faith
dialogue between churches, the self-esteem gospel, psychiatry
and psychology in the church, misunderstanding of baptism of
the Spirit,
stress and money management courses and prosperity seminars in
churches, yoga
and healing of memories in churches, martial arts and acupuncture
philosophy, worldly tests (Meyers Briggs) to identify gifts,
rejection
of the inspiration, infallibility, inerrancy of the
King James
Bible, the social gospel, disbelief in dispensations,
acceptance
of Rome’s doctrine, the denial that Rome
is behind all other versions of the Bible, theistic evolution,
the gap
theory, co-operation with Charismatics, creation not in six
literal
days, 2nd chance at salvation after death, inter-faith
church services, water baptism needed for salvation, emphasis
on unity, loss
of salvation, infant sprinkling, tithing, signs
and
wonders, God is love not wrath, women preachers and
pastors,
no belief in the rapture, getting slain in the ‘spirit’,
rapture happens
mid-trib, Jesus only died for those who will be saved and are selected (Calvinism).
I could go on.
Are you
saying these people are not saved or can’t get saved?
There are
lots of people who go to Christian churches like the
Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Brethren (not the cults of the
SDA’s,
Mormons, Roman Catholics and such like) who think they are saved
but
they are not. It might be they are not told the truth, therefore
they do
not and cannot receive the truth. They like their church because it’s a
club
with friendly people.
The
scripture is quite clear – “… because they received not
the love of the truth, that they MIGHT be saved.” (2Thess 2:10).
It doesn’t
say they can’t or won’t be saved. So the above
apostasies/false beliefs/wrong doctrine limit the chances that a person
might
get saved. They still can, but their window of opportunity is reduced
being
clouded by false beliefs and teachings.
What do
you mean?
An unsaved
person walks into a Pentecostal service and is urged to get
out the front to get filled with the ‘holy spirit’. They are filled
with a
lying spirit (1Kings 22:22; 2 Chron 18:21). Man, they’re jumping around
and
feeling good. “Wow! This ‘spirit’ is the same ‘spirit’ that the
Catholics have.
They must be Christians too! They love Jesus like me.” But they never
got
saved!
Let me
stress, it’s not called the strong delusion, meaning just
one delusion, but is simply called strong delusion. ‘Strong
delusion’ is
made up many apostasies, delusions and many false beliefs.
But
doesn’t the scripture say they will all be damned?
No. The
wording is very important. See what it says, not what you think
it means. That they all might be damned who believed not
the
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
1. It
doesn’t say they will be damned, but the possibility exists
they might be damned.
2.
Believing any of the above list of apostasies, means you have
not believed the truth. You might end up being damned.
3. The
above list of apostasies, false beliefs, wrong doctrine are all
unrighteousness.
Look
no-one is perfect!
In fact,
talk to any of those involved in the above list, not only are
they wrong, but they have pleasure in being wrong. They have pleasure
in being
unrighteous. They have pleasure in not believing the truth. They are
arrogant
and blinded.
I’d like
more proof!
The word “saved”
is a Pauline word used for a person’s permanent
salvation before the rapture … that
they might be saved. 2 Thess
2:10. The jailer
asks “What must
I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30). This is eternal security, never to be
lost!
During the seven year tribulation, no-one can be saved and have eternal
security. It’s a Jewish dispensation or time of temporary salvation.
You can
lose it!
Well I
still think that a ‘strong delusion’ occurs after the rapture.
No problem
there, but Paul’s ‘strong delusion’ occurs before the
rapture. God says
I also
will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon
them; because
when I called,
none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they
did evil
before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. Isaiah 66:4;
Rom
1:32
WHAT’S
HAPPENING TODAY?
Delusion
and fear have gripped the whole
world. You may have rejected Christ. You may have false beliefs. You
may have
received a false Christ. You may or may not be saved. You might not get
saved.
The mystery
of iniquity is not a
sudden thing. It’s a slow, creeping and insidious
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