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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 43
2 Thessalonians 2:4-9 - Part 2
Go to II Corinthians 4, verse 3. Well, the minute Adam fell, he lost that dominion that God had given him when He first created him, and Satan picked that dominion up. So when Satan picked it up, he became then, the god of this world all the way down through human history. Now back to II Thessalonians chapter 2, and again into verse 9. So this man born of a woman, an ordinary human being from all appearances, but once the mid-point of the Tribulation is reached he will become indwelt by this god of this world, by Satan and all of his power, even as Judas was back at the first advent.
II Thessalonians 2:9
"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders."
Signs, miracles, and wonders, isn’t that right? Now let’s go back to the first time we have the instance of the powers of Satan counterfeiting and copying what the men of God were doing. So come back to Exodus chapter 7 verse 10. Now remember earlier in the Book of Exodus, God has proven to Moses that he was God’s instrument to bring Israel out of Egypt. And in order to prove to Moses that He was the real God of Abraham, He performed a couple of signs and miracles with Moses. Here Moses and Aaron go before Pharaoh, and again, to convince Pharaoh that the God of Abraham, the supernatural working God, is the One Who is sending them to get Israel out of Egypt, they too are going to use the sign gift.
Exodus 7:10-11
(instantly that Shepherd’s rod was suddenly a live serpent. Pharaoh of course knowing the powers of his magicians called his sorcerers in.) Not God’s power, but Satan’s. Because all those disciplines draw their power from Satan, everyone of them. Whenever there comes any kind of teaching like that, that is not from God, but rather that is Satanic.Now verse 12, speaking of the magicians of Egypt.
Just exactly like Aaron’s rod did, but with Satan’s power. Otherwise then it’s nothing more than the powers of the magicians in Egypt, which is Satan. So back to this man, this master counterfeiter, and that’s why he’s depicted in the Book of Revelation chapter 6 as riding on a white horse. Because the True Christ will! II Thessalonians 2:9
"Even him, (this anti-Christ) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders."
One is a political economic leader, the anti-Christ, but he’s going to have a side kick that will have much the same kind of power, called the false prophet. Revelation 13:11
Revelation 13:12
"And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast (the anti-Christ) before him, (remember this power is all coming from Satan) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, (the anti-Christ) whose deadly wound was healed."
Satan as the counterfeit of God the Father, the anti-Christ as a counterfeit of God the Son, and this false prophet or religious leader as a counterfeit of God the Holy Spirit.
To point people to Christ! We have the same scenario with this false prophet, this religious leader will not draw the world to himself, but he is going to point the world to his boss the anti-Christ as we see there in verse 12.
Revelation 13:12b
"…and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,…" (or anti-Christ.)
The world is just literally going to fall at the feet of this man, anti-Christ. Now let’s go on to the next verse. This religious leader is the front man for the anti-Christ, who has the same power that the anti-Christ has. Revelation 13:13
Well Elijah!! The counterfeiter is doing a repeat of the power of God. That’s why it will be so hard for men in this day and time to discern, "Is this the true God?" It’s the power of Satan. "Deceiveth."
Revelation 13:14a
Matthew 24:3
Now look at verse 4.
Matthew 24:4
"And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Take heed that no man (what?) Now, let’s come back to Revelation. And so we have this false prophet, the cohort of the anti-Christ himself, both tools of Satan, both with the world literally falling at their feet.
Revelation 13:14a
Oh you see, the world loves miracles. This man drove up to my home one day and he said, "Les, if you could just perform one miracle, you wouldn’t just have 50 people in your classes, you’d have 50,000!" I don’t want 50,000 people who are coming to see a miracle. Revelation 13:14b
Now they’re already calling him god, but if they’re really going to worship him someplace other than Jerusalem, they’d better make an image. Now look at verse 15. And if you don’t think these guys are going to have Satanic power.
Revelation 13:15
"And he had power (from Satan) to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed."

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