2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 1-4 (see EGW comment on 1 John 2:18). The Man of Sin and the Second Advent—In the days of the apostle Paul, the Thessalonian brethren were laboring under the erroneous impression that the Lord would return in their day, and Paul wrote to correct this false impression, stating what events must transpire before the advent could take place. He declared: “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”{7BC 910.1}

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(910) 1-4 (se EGW til 1 Joh. 2,18). Det syndige menneske og genkomsten.--I apostlen Paulus' dage, arbejde brødrene i Tesslonika under det fejlagtige indtryk at Herren ville komme tilbage i deres dage, og Paulus skrev for at rette disse falske indtryk, skrev hvilke begivenheder måtte ske før ankomsten kunne finde sted. Han erklærede: "Lad ingen på nogen måde forlede jer. Først skal nemlig frafaldet komme og lovløshedens menneske åbenbares, fortabelsens søn, modstanderen, der ophøjer sig over alt, hvad der hedder Gud og helligdom, så at han sætter sig i Guds tempel og udgiver sig selv for at være Gud."