I don't understand this verse:
For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 2 Thessalonians 2:11
Because isnt a powerful delusion the same as a lie?
And God can't lie. Can someone explain this verse to me?
hello Angelique.
God cannot lie,and this delusion does not come from God,although He is allowing it to happen.
This is a prophesy concerning the end time,when God is going to end this sin business on earth,and cause all who do not love Him to follow the beast kingdom,and take the mark of the beast,in which they give up their human rights,and ability to repent,and then God will put them down.
Rev 9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Rev 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Rev 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Rev 9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Rev 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Rev 9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Rev 9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Rev 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
God always gives warnings before He cracks down on the wicked,which are the 6 trumpets,6 disasters that happen on earth that the world knows about,but after each trumpet they will not repent of their sins,and turn to God,and after the 6th trumpet,which is the worse war in the history of mankind,they still will not repent of their sins,and turn to God,so God allows the beast to deceive all people who do not love God to follow the beast kingdom.
Since the 6 trumpets,6 warnings,did not turn them to God,He will allow the beast to deceive all people that do not love God to follow the beast kingdom,so He can end this sin business on the entire planet.
Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Rev 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Rev 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Rev 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Rev 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
War will break out in heaven,and the devils will be cast to earth where they deceive all people that love not the truth,but have pleasure in unrighteousness,which is the strong delusion that God will send to all people who do not love Him.
Satan is no longer the prince of the power of the air,but the devils are confined to the earth,and it becomes their holding cell,and the man of sin,and the people that took the mark,gave up their human rights,and ability to repent,and God will put an end to the sinful ways of people on planet earth.
When they take the mark of the beast they will have the nature of a devil,and will go by the actions of the devil,as they war against all people that did not take the mark of the beast,and the man of sin has no will of his own,but will only go by the actions of the devil,and will care about no one,not even the people that followed him.
The Bible says in Daniel chapter 7 that Babylon will never have physical dominion again,so the beast kingdom is Babylon in spirit,who represents the kingdom of man,human religion,the occult,which is what the beast kingdom is about,and the man of sin convinces the world that he harnessed the power of nature and received power.