Jonathan_Gale
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I think the model for 2 Thessalonians 2:3 is the arrest in the Garden of Gasthename. It's not gonna be some kind of a dictator sitting in a rebuilt third temple exalting himself as god, but rather a equivalent of Judas selling out all the true Christians to the authority, then the congregation will be scattered, just like the disciples.What you are saying is not the great falling away. Look again at what Paul wrote:
2 Thessalonians 2:3 NKJV
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,
When the falling away occurs the man of sin is revealed too. That has not happened.
The world today as a whole is looking for a messiah, a false one (man of sin) according to Paul. This has not happened and will happen when the fall away happens, ie. the complete destruction of the Christian religion. Christianity will cease to exist, this has been planned by Satan’s agents like Alice Bailey for a very long time.
Along with this destruction of Christianity will be the falling away from the Christian faith of many religious people in organised churches. They will no longer believe in the Jesus preached by the apostles, and will believe in the false messiah who comes in the name of Jesus. Bibles by then will have verses edited to support this man of sin.
People who are ridiculing those who oppose scriptural corruptions will be amongst the first to be deceived by this man of sin. God will send them a strong delusion precisely because they show by their tolerance of scriptural corruption that they don’t love the truth. Which is why I am calling this out now.
On the other hand, that would be the official fulfillment of the "times of the Gentiles", Israel as a whole will finally accept Yeshua as their long expected Messiah. And they'll be preserved till Jesus returns.