Most are already familiar with the writings of Paul in 2 Thessalonians pertaining to the anti-messiah that will arise and sit in the temple, but who is it that will deceived when he comes? There are many Jews, not all, who have not yet accepted YESHUA as the Messiah and their Savior, as they do not believe that He has already come the first time as a Lamb to take away the iniquities of the world! We know that when He does come back He is coming as a Lion to destroy the enemies of YAHWEH. So being that they have rejected His first coming, they will be easily deceived into thinking the anti-messiah is the true Messiah. They have their own Oral Torah doctrines that have led them away from the truth to be deceived, but they aren’t the only ones as we will see.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“But in connection with the coming of our Master YESHUA the Messiah and our gathering together to meet Him, we ask you, brothers, not to be easily shaken in your thinking or anxious because of a spirit or a spoken message or a letter supposedly from us claiming that the Day of YAHWEH has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For the Day will not come until after the APOSTASTY has come and the man who SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM TORAH has been revealed (the lawless anti-messiah), the one destined for doom. He will oppose himself to everything that people call elohim or make an object of worship; he will put himself above them all, so that he will sit in the temple of ELOHIM and proclaim that he himself is ELOHIM. Don’t you remember that when I was still with you, I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is restraining, so that he may be revealed in his own time. For already this SEPARATING FROM TORAH IS AT WORK SECRETLY, but it will be secretly only until he who is restraining is out of the way. Then the one who EMBODIES SEPARATION FROM THE TORAH (anti-messiah) will be revealed, the one whom the Master YESHUA will slay with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the esteem of His coming. When this man who AVOIDS TORAH comes, the Adversary (Satan) will give him the power to work all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders. He will enable him to DECEIVE, in all kinds of wicked ways, those who are headed for destruction BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH that could save them. This is why ELOHIM is causing them to GO ASTRAY, SO THEY WILL BELIEVE THE LIE. The result will be that all who have not BELIEVED THE TRUTH, but have taken their pleasure in wickedness, will be condemned.”
Firstly, we see that Paul says in verse 7 “for this separating from the Torah is at work secretly…”
Paul clearly identifies the lawless one who separates himself from the Torah as the anti-messiah, who is the one who champions the lawless doctrines of Christianity, just think of the phrase “the law is done away with!” that Christianity preaches. Why is it done secretly? Because as Genesis 3:1 tells us is that he is subtle meaning very crafty at what he does! Satan will never come out as a grotesque, horned, pitchfork carrying monster to lead you astray! No! He infiltrates secretly with deception that looks and sounds good on the surface, but full of death. The tactic of “separating believers from the Torah” is secretly working death in the lives of those who claim to follow YESHUA, because Satan has them believing that they are walking in the full truth and that they won’t die for lawless behavior, even though they are walking in utter rebellion, complete disobedience to the Creator. Satan is giving them a false sense of salvation which is why he preaches the saved by grace alone doctrine and millions of Christians have accepted it, because he knows those who disobey the Torah will be cast out. We know this is true because YESHUA said it and Paul is confirming it.
Matthew 7:21-23
“No everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what My Father in heaven wants. On that Day many will say to Me, ‘Master, Master! Didn’t we prophesy in Your Name? Didn’t we expel demons in Your Name? Didn’t we perform many miracles in Your Name? Then I will tell them to their faces, ‘I never knew you! GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU WORKERS OF LAWLESSNESS!”
These are believers that YESHUA is talking to who prophesied in His Name and cast out demons in His Name, yet He will say depart from Me you workers of lawlessness! Those who said the law is done away with. This is the secret deception of Satan that has many walking on the broad path of destruction.
Genesis 2:16-17
“And YAHWEH ELOHIM took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and to keep it. And YAHWEH ELOHIM commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat; for in the day that you eat of it YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.”
Genesis 3:1-4
“Now the serpent was more subtle than all the wild beasts that YAHWEH ELOHIM had made. And the serpent said to the woman, truly has ELOHIM said that you shall not eat of any tree of the garden? And the woman said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of all the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, ELOHIM has said, you shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die. And the serpent said to the woman, YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE.”
YAHWEH gave ONE command saying if you eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil you WILL DIE, but Satan comes along and says that if you eat the fruit you SHALL NOT DIE! Sadly many choose to listen to the lies of Satan that lead to death versus the voice of YAHWEH that leads to life. Satan was able to convince them to break the commandment of YAHWEH by telling Eve she wouldn’t die knowing full well that they would, just as Satan is telling Christianity today that they can break the commandments and they will not die, knowing full well that they will. Satan has infiltrated the churches and has false teachers are posing as ministers of righteousness preaching disobedience from the pulpit.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
“For they are false apostles and deceitful workers, POSING AS APOSTLES OF MESSIAH. There is no marvel in this; for if Satan disguises himself as the malach (angel) of light, it is no great thing if his ministers ALSO POSE AS MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, who end shall be according to their works.”
Satan is telling the exact same LIE he told the in garden just repackaged in a church building. Paul goes on to say that the anti-messiah will deceive those who are headed for destruction because they would not receive the love of the TRUTH!
What is the truth?
Psalms 119:142
“Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your TORAH IS TRUTH.”
Psalms 119:160
“The foundation of Your WORD is TRUTH; and every one of Your righteous JUDGMENTS endures FOR EVER.”
Deuteronomy 8:3
“And He humbled you and suffered you to hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your ancestors know; that He might make you to understand that man does not live by bread alone; but by EVERY WORD that comes from the mouth of YAHWEH.”
John 17:17
“O Father, set them apart in Your TRUTH, because YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.”
The truth is YAHWEH’s words which is the Torah/Law! So, Paul is saying that those who are headed for destruction are those who refused the love of the truth which is the Torah! They will be deceived because they chose the lawless path!
Then in verse 11 Paul says, “The result is why ELOHIM is causing them to go astray, so that they will believe the LIE.”
YAHWEH will give them over to their own perverted minds as He magnifies the wickedness that is already present within their hearts, because they refuse to obey His commandments that lead to life, and being that they love lies then He will give them over to the father of lies to deceive them.
John 8:44-47
“You belong to your father, Satan, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. From the start he was a murderer, and he has never stood by the TRUTH, because there is NO TRUTH in him. When he tells a LIE, he is speaking in character; because he is a LIAR—INDEED, THE INVENTOR OF THE LIE! But as for Me, because I tell you the truth you DON’T BELIEVE ME. Which one of you can show Me where I’m wrong? If I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe Me? Whoever belongs to ELOHIM LISTENS TO WHAT ELOHIM SAYS; the reason you don’t listen is that you don’t BELONG TO ELOHIM.”
Those who say the law is done away with are doing the will of Satan the lawless one and don’t belong to ELOHIM. YESHUA said that “Whoever belongs to ELOHIM listens to what ELOHIM says” and what did ELOHIM say?
Leviticus 18:5
“You shall therefore keep My commandments and My judgments, which if a man do, he shall LIVE IN THEM; I am YAHWEH.”
Then YESHUA said “Because I tell you the truth you don’t believe Me”. YESHUA told you the commandments were not done away with, so why don’t you believe Him? Is it because He tells you the truth that you can’t understand Him as the Pharisees could not because of their hard hearts?
Matthew 5:17 (Hebrew)
“Do NOT THINK that I came to throw down the Torah and the prophets, on the contrary, I came to CONFIRM. I say unto you in truth, that NO ONE WORD WILL BE DIMINISHED FROM THE TORAH…”
YESHUA says don’t not “think” in other words, do not even let it into enter into your minds that He came to do away with the Torah or that not one word would be diminished from it which is the truth, yet when Satan speaks and says: Do as thou wilt and you will not die” the lawless lie is immediately accepted as truth. History repeats itself and many are walking in disobedience today which brought about the fall of mankind in the first place. So when the anti-messiah arrives on the scene, the one who separates himself from the Torah will easily deceive the lawless Christians who have already committed to following his lawless ways. They will believe he is YESHUA when he is not because they have refused the love of the truth (Torah). And that day may not be too far off, so it’s time to separate yourselves from the lies of Satan and walk in the truth, repent and following YESHUA completely.
As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!