Concerning the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and
sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly
from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that
the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way,
for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of
lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will
exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he
sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. Don’t you remember
that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what
is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the
secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it
back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the
lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the
breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. The coming of
the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all
sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and
all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish
because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God
sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that
all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in
wickedness. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
another day begins,
the sun rises,
the sun sets,
time passes,
pointing fingers,
assigning blame,
caught up in the
self-righteousness,
unable to see past
their preconceived
thoughts and ideas,
incapable of
comprehending,
trapped in the
delusion;
none but a few see;
the moments slip through
our fingers like liquid glass,
everything I once was
has ceased to exist;
all I have is You.
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