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Man of Lawlessness

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The man of Lawlessness is one of the greatest mystery of the bible, for thousands of years one religion after another have made various predictions about this mysterious person of lawlessness, that is, the one who is to appear in the end times of our world corrupting all mankind, but God's elect. But what does the bibles, or God's word say, about lawlessness? what is lawlessness according to God's word?

1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who sins is lawless! Well yes, so this should be our staring point for any serious discussion about the man of lawlessness. In other words, if God's word is correct, and it says, we are all sinners, hence, we are all lawless?

Romans 5:12 Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

So just who is this man of lawlessness, obviously a sinner, but each of us are also sinner, subsequently, making us lawless, if God word is correct?

1John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

So first, we must figure out how we can be a sinner, and yet not be lawless in God's judgment of us? In other words, if all sin is lawlessness, and we cannot,not be a sinner according to God's word the bible, we are than a person of lawlessness?

Where The Man of Lawlessness Is Seated?

2Thess.2:4 he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

This person of lawlessness sits in God's temple, but he is lawless, moreover, he is religious because he makes himself as God. In fact, he claims himself to be in the temple of God, the anointed body of Christ Jesus, but he has sin, and as already stated, all sin is lawlessness, what are we too think? This lawless one confess faith in Christ Jesus, yet he is still lawless, which means the person is not covered by the atoning blood of Christ Jesus, how do we know that?

Moreover, how has this person put themselves in God's temple? But first, we have to cover some fundamental principle of God's word to figure out this mysterious man of lawlessness, that is, who is this person of lawlessness?

Sinners and Yet Not Lawless

Romans 6:16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

All of us are sinner, this is a basic biblical teaching for even from the most extreme Christians' religions. All teach this basic truth. We all sin, and we all fall far short of God's glory,hence, we are lawless, because we sin, and sin is lawless? So can we not be laws as a sinner?

Yes, and no! It is not a simple answer, unlike legal Christian's, who put everything in the bible into concert terms, so they can live without fear of judgment, by meeting certain rules in their contract with God through a religion.

Romans 7:13 Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

The truth is not easy, the truth is, we cannot stop sinning, no matter how much we love God's commandments. However, we can have our sins not accounted against us, by God, if we have faith.

Romans 3:28 We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Our faith in the life of Christ Jesus, we can never be good enough by our own merit, which is a simple profound argument of the whole Greek testament.

We either rest in Christ Jesus righteous life given too us by our faith, or we instead try too prove ourselves righteous by some work of law we do for others or our religion.

Mystery of Lawlessness Already at Work?

This mystery of lawlessness was already at work in the apostles day, what was that mystery?

2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

The mystery of lawlessness would appear very righteous to those going to the temple of the Man of Lawlessness to feed. But the opposite would be true; darkness and lawless, not light and truth would be found! Simply, by using the most powerful tool on earth, God's word the bible, no Christian's religion on earth would say God's word is unrighteous or not the light, hence, when one applies it in their life they are made righteous, correct?

John 5:39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Unrighteous While Appearing Righteous

What was happening during Paul's day, and the apostles John's day that both of them should talk about this anti-Christ, or man of lawlessness, already at work? Well let us remember the Jews were considered righteous because they were given God's own righteous law. Yes, the law expressed God's righteousness too them, while at the same time pointing out they were sinners, hence, lawless.

Thus, to be lawless, one would have to be without law, isn't that a true statement? God's righteous law was given through Moses too the Israelite, when Israelite broke God's law, they must be appeased for their transgression against it, or they became lawless. To appease God's wrath or judgment. God's law provided for appeasement, or justification through the blood of innocent animals, hence, without the blood the law itself could not make one clean before God.

1 Timothy 1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

A Nation Become Corrupt

The nation of Israel became corrupt with lawlessness many times in its history, God would than punishes the nations through various means, redeeming it again through innocent blood of animals.

Isaiah 1:11 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

The mystery of lawlessness for this great nations, was a misguided zeal for the law of Moses, believing they could be righteous by keeping it, while punishing anyone that did not! Misstakenly, the law could not make an Israelite righteous, let alone the nation, righteous must come through the blood of atonement.

Hebrews 9:22 According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

If the nation did not appreciate the blood what it meant for their standing with God, making them right, or justified, the law was pointless, it only condemned them as unrighteous, a sinner, the nations, and individual, would just become corrupt, and the whole nation would be lawless.

The mystery for God people was obeying the law then thinking because God entrusted them with law, they were righteous by keeping it perfectly. But the truth was, they were sinners, and unrighteous, proven by God's righteous law, and in needing constant atonement(s) for sin, through the lives of innocent victims of animals to stay right with God.

The Jews put faith in the wrong things, they put all their faith in the law, with a zeal, but not in the blood, as their salvation. The priesthood itself became corrupt using the power of law for control of the nation, and by the time Christ came too earth it was apostate nation. Yes, power, power of laws keeping ones in bondage in trying to be righteous by meeting a law they could not, hence, proving their own self-righteousness.

Romans 3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

All Mankind are sinners, which was the point of God's law. God showed Himself through the law, how did he do that? Simply, by comparing His righteousness against mankind's righteousness, thus, proving they were sinners in need of forgiveness, which was provided by God mercy in the blood of innocent animal victims. Yes, it required faith in accepting the blood, appeasing God's anger for being a sinners. So any honest hearted person who loved God, and the truth of the law, would know on their very best day righteousness of Gods law condemned them.

Galatians 3:11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."{Habakkuk 2:4}

Their hearts would be moved in gratitude for God's love in providing away to stay right with Him by the blood. This should have keep the nation humble, not oppressing their brothers with extra burden, knowing that all are sinners, equally, in God's eye, from priest to king, or prophet; none were righteous in themselves to stand before God by their own merit, that is, without God's provision for sin by cleansing blood.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Unfortunately, many of the nations leaders love the appearance of righteousness by adroitly making up laws; so many of laws, they became measuring line upon measuring line until finally breaking the nation into a lawless nation before God. They burdened themselves with the letter of the law, and not God's mercy in forgiveness of innocent blood.

They were full of hate for one another, condemning, and being condemned, by so many rules of laws, added to God's righteous law, which condemned them soundly on all points, they needed no further laws added to death, and more condemnation. Much like digging up a dead mans bone, put too death for breaking the laws, and then burning his bones; not being satisfied with justice of the law, which put him too death!

Isaiah 28:10 For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

Isaiah 28:13 Therefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

The nation became evil, having only an evil eye towards their brothers, why? Because law is for the wicked, the law was perfect and it judged each person under it perfectly as a sinner, a powerful tool in the hands of the self-righteous. The self-righteous in this case were those believing they were righteous by God's law, instead of being condemned by it, hence, needing forgiveness, as each one of their brothers did as well.

Isaiah 66:3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:

The nation became glutted with it own fruitage, unclean, like a woman on menstruation, although, it thought is was righteous by zeal for Gods' law, it was unclean, and lawless nation. The nation had become a god unto itself, by declaring itself righteous in its own judgment of righteousness, it seated itself in God's temple, claiming to be God's people upon earth.

Lamenations 4:13 [It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
Lawlessness by a Righteous Law

What a great mystery, becoming lawless while trying too keep a righteous perfect law of God, how does such a thing happen in a person mind and heart? Law is good, and righteous, and we must keep laws if we love righteousness, but can we be righteous by keeping the law? Hence, this is the key question, the center of the point that all other information regarding lawlessness is opened up too us by this one key of knowledge, that is, can we be honest with ourselves about the truth of our fallen condition in relationship to God's law?

Subsequently, we may have the most righteous law created by God Himself, but we can never be righteous while having sin. The only way to be righteous is to be without sin. In other words, unless God provides a justification for our sins we cannot be right. In fact, loving the law does not remove our sins, the nation of Israel itself had too be covered with the blood of God's mercy in order to be right before God's by His Law.

Rom. 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good. 7:19 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice. 7:20 But if what I don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. 7:21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present. 7:22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man,
7:23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. 7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

Rom.7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.

Does this mean a person should not keep the law? Saying; “ let us eat and drink because no matter what we do we are condemned!” No that was not the purpose of the law, it was to build faith in us, in our love for God, and our neighbor in pointing out our true condition, asking God for forgiveness, and than spilling blood God provided to atone for our sins. Hence, we should come up to mercy, and kindness; making us a compassion person having mercy over judgment towards others.

Learning Righteousness

1Cor.1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

Now that we have established is a fundamental truth, that righteousness or being right which means the same, comes through the blood of innocent victims God provides for us within His righteous law, rather that be the Old Covenant wrought through Moses, or the New Covenant brought through Christ Jesus. Without the blood there can be no right standing before God, or being righteous/justified. The man of lawlessness appears righteous by law, but is actually unrighteous because he is not under the mercy of God expresses through the innocent victim animals blood first under physical temple of Israel, and then later under the righteous blood of Christ Jesus in a spiritual temple.

So we must learn righteousness, how do we do this, by our faith in God's provision of blood, which is our salvation, by this first step we start learning righteousness, but who's righteousness ours, or God's?

Well, the man of lawlessness teaches personal righteousness is how we stand before God through meeting and learning rules of law. But as already stated, we cannot stand in personal righteousness without being made right by God's mercy in the blood.

So we must first learn God's own righteousness expressed under His Law too Moses, next we must learn about Christ Jesus righteousness expressed in God's love through the New Covenant. So it is not about our righteousness except to say be must become righteous by our faith in Christ Jesus righteousness, what does this mean?

Matthew 9:13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.{NU omits "to repentance".}"

If The Tree Is Righteous and Holy So are It Branches

Psalms 9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

Our righteousness according to God does not come from us in keeping the law, in saying: “if I keep the law I am righteous with God.” Righteousness says; “because I accept Christ Jesus righteousness, I am made righteous by a gift of his perfect life imputed too me by God's unmerited kindness.”

Levitius 19:15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Now we are made part of the righteous Holy tree of God, Jesus Christ, we are grafted into the tree, hence, receiving it life which is righteous in every way with out sin. We than learn Christ Jesus righteousness not our own, because his righteousness is our righteousness, so there can be no self-righteousness in Christ Jesus.

Rom. 11:16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Rom.11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

One Body of Righteousness, and One Body of Lawlessness

1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Subsequently, God has provided one righteous person to make all of us right in, not many lesser groups claiming a righteousness by confessing they represent Christ Jesus by their doctrine. But the key here is understanding as there is only one body for salvation, Christ Jesus, there is equally as well only one body of Lawlessness, what does this mean?

1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:16 Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."{Genesis 2:24}

It means do we view the truth through eyes of faith as God sees things or eyes of flesh, that is, seeing as though God is a man defined by rules of doctrine that sound good to the flesh walking by sight instead of faith?

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

In other words, there is one body of Christ Jesus, not many? One body since Christ Jesus was on this earth all united in the body of Christ Jesus by his righteousness. So there is one man of lawlessness united by self-righteousness of the flesh, not Christ Jesus righteousness, not many men of lawlessness in different parts of man kinds history as there are not many body of Christ in various periods of mankind's history.

1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, isn't it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn't it a sharing of the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:17 Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.

It this a biblical truth? If it is we should see the apostles of Christ dealing with the man of lawlessness as the dealt with the body of Christ Jesus, and that would be equally true of every generation since Christ Jesus, one body of Christ, and one body of lawlessness.

This would mean the two seeds God prophesied in the garden of Eden would exist in full bloom at the end of this world, but both seeds existed, by two righteousness, one self-righteousness, and Christ Jesus righteousness throughout the history of mankind. (clarification; first the righteousness of the law under physical Israel, and then Christ Jesus righteousness during the Christian's era.)

Gen.3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."

Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed,"{Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7} which is Christ.

Revelation 12:17 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments and hold Jesus' testimony.

The body of Christ than being two-thousand years old, but one person suffering tribulation by the life of Christ Jesus throughout each generation of mankind, and the man of lawlessness persecuting the true seed during the same periods of mankind's history since Christ Jesus.

Gal.4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 4:27 For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."{Isaiah 54:1} 4:28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 4:29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

The Mystery of Lawlessness

The mystery of Christ Jesus body is a sacred secreted that only those sharing in the body of Christ Jesus righteousness can understand by Holy Spirit. On the other hand, the mystery of lawlessness as one body of unrighteousness, that is, having no atoning blood before God is a great mysterious to those deceived into lawlessness by self-righteousness.

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

When something is a mystery it is undiscovered, but once known, it is no longer a mystery to those having the knowledge/truth. The mystery of lawlessness exist for those not in Christ Jesus righteousness until the end of their world, they are completely deceived by something so powerful they are willing to deny Christ, themselves, and even their brother and sisters to maintain their error of false doctrine.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie.

Yes, deceived by looking into a mirror that condemns them into death, having no sacrificed for sin, exposed by the same law mirror, and so what indeed does this mean?

James1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; 1:24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

Understanding the Power of Law and the Unrighteous Flesh

Spirit seeks spirit, flesh seeks flesh the two are as different as light and darkness, and in real terms there exist a great chasm between the two where the flesh cannot past over. Flesh is feed by law of the flesh including the Law of Moses, and the Sprint is feed by the law of the Spirit, love, which is Christ Jesus righteousness.

John 6:57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

Matthew 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
Eph.5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly.

The flesh knows no other world but by flesh, and being feed by laws of the flesh, its every existence depends upon the laws of the flesh. Subsequently, when the flesh comes into contact with Spirit laws of the spirit world where YHWH and Christ reside it quickly defines them interpreting them into laws of the flesh to feeds and cherish the body of lawlessness, in this case, meaning without the righteousness of Christ Jesus life under the law of freedom which is love.

The only way the flesh can do differently is by not existing, being impaled, killed, and than resurrected into a spirit life with Christ Jesus, there is no other way the two can meet.

Romans 6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Gal. 5:24 Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

The flesh defines the fruit of God's Spirit into fleshly legal terms, but the Spirit defines the same fruit by love; haing complete opposites meaning to both groups. Where faith is defined by the flesh it defines it by obeying laws which feeds the flesh, this include laws such laws as the Old Law.

Subsequently, the flesh is putting faith in law, which mean by sight not by Spirit; faith, which is a fruit of God's Spirit. In other words, the flesh walks by sight, however, those walking by faith, walk by faith in the invisible power of Holy Spirit, having no sight in men and their approval by laws.

1Cor.4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.

The flesh demand physical change, and immediate reward by applying faith by sight in the law, which means, when the flesh brings itself under the power of laws making itself do good works, or good habits, it gets a reward for this life. The flesh than deceives itself by applying God's righteous laws, and getting immediate good result believing they are righteous by the fruit of the law.

Righteous how, by good result which reinforce that they are becoming more righteous each step of the way. Soon this deception becomes as spirit of error that goes into a complete blindness.

John 9:39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

John 9:41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

The greater the person can bring their flesh under the law the greater their outward righteousness is seen by other men of the flesh, thus, they become more concern with outward righteousness than Christ Jesus inward righteousness.

The apostle Paul found himself in this spirit of error that it was only by God great mercy that Christ Jesus stop Paul in his tacks into the destruction of God's holy ones.

Rom. 9:31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness. 9:32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
9:33 even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed."{Isaiah 8:14; 28:16}

Flesh Steals the Righteousness of Christ Jesus

John 10:10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

After Christ Jesus died, and his apostle started dying off the restrained of holding off self-rightness by works of law started taking over God's righteous field polluting it with weed Christian's. In other words, this field grew not by Spirit and Christ Jesus righteousness, but instead by laws, being feed, and water by laws of flesh, the same laws all the world of Satan uses to grow government, religions, and business.

John 6:33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

The natural flow would be by the flesh, not the Spirit because the Spirit is in a hostile environment, not its natural environment. Thus, even though the mystery is too the flesh they cannot understand at all how the flesh steal all things of God.

Matt.7:6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

The flesh is much like pigs that do not understand a pearl is in its muddy pen, it can make no distinction, but it will be fierce in attacking you for stepping in trying to take the pearl out if its mouth!

So too the Spiritual truths of God Holy Spirit are gobbled up as laws of flesh, which nourishes the flesh by those doctrines in elementary things of Christ Jesus.

Fat and happy the deception becomes their lives, just like each pig in the pen, not imagining there is any life outside of the feeding tough of laws of the flesh.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

By the very nature of the thing not being able to distinguish between the matter; being convinced in their own specialness.

Philippians 3:2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

The Great Mystery Exposed

It is the righteousness of Christ Jesus that exposes the Man of Lawlessness, it is not the pigs in the pen judging each other by unrighteous laws of their flesh, what does this mean?

Matthew 15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

1Cor.2:14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

When a fleshly person judges what are they judging by? The laws that is their life, rather they are using God's world or not, they are thinking in terms of being better or worst than the other person not the truth, but fear, so what is the truth?

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

The truth is Jesus Christ, it is not the flesh, the flesh is unrighteous always changing its values and so called truth, by the latest light from the every changing flesh, coming from another pig in the same pen.

James 1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Moreover, Christ Jesus is the light of God never changing in truth, there is no variation in Christ Jesus truth. So when a person is not in the pig pen, but rather in Christ Jesus, spirit body, being led by spirit and born again by spirit, they stand in Christ Jesus righteousness, and they must compare all things in their life against the law of the body of Christ Jesus, which is love, that is, if they are to maintain being in the righteous of Christ Jesus.

But the Man of Lawlessness gains righteousness by his judgments against others he considers less righteous than himself, hence, he is in a downward spiral, why?

John 7:24 Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

Matt.7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. 7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

Because when lawlessness increases, that is, sin, the only way the man of lawlessness can combat it is by more law, subsequently, increasing the very thing he is trying to protect himself from, sin! Thus, the more judgment, the greater the mud of uncleanness filling the pig pen.

The pig pen increase hate by blaming others for breaking laws, which none of them can keep or remember because there are so many of them. So is becomes who can lie the best to maintain a clean spot on the pig.

Romans 2:1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

Hence, the man of lawless is a composite body eating the fruit of it own ways, what does this mean? It mean if you plant with a view too the flesh you reap corruption of the flesh, but those planting with a view to God's Spirit reap eternal life and righteousness from Christ Jesus.

Galatians 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Shining as Brightly as the Stars

Daniel12:10 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.

The Man of Lawlessness has by its nature buried the fine peal of Christ Jesus righteous life deep into its own fleshly teachings, but we are promised that those hidden in Christ Jesus, too the eyes of the flesh, will at last shine as bright as the stars of the heavens, but how?

Daniel 12:2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 12:3 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

The flesh has taken the spiritual law of the body of Christ Jesus, one peaceful and perfect law of freedom, and done to it, its natural desire, making it into a million and one laws of the flesh, calling them Christ Jesus righteousness. In other words, by obeying their rules of a group a religion proves you love Christ Jesus and his righteousness, what a great mystery!

How can one become sinless by his own good efforts, well they can't, they must have the righteous life of Christ Jesus expressed in the life force of Christ Jesus his sinless blood. So once more the flesh has stolen the righteousness of God for Christian's, Christ Jesus, made him into a law book of flesh, popping up weeds of law throughout the field of the world over shadowing the wheat of God's planting.

Matthew 13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

Matthew 13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

But the weeds are not shinning because of their fleshly laws, no! Rather, they are become more and more debased into the ground of unrighteousness, like the world, they do not shine in Christ Jesus righteousness, because they don't have it by the laws of the Spirit.

They have it by self-rightness, and self-rightness is a pig pen that Christ does not wallow in! Those having the righteousness Christ must shine, because Christ Jesus himself is righteousness, and imperishable life and light, so those part of him must also shine when Christ Jesus takes them out of the unrighteous self-rightness of false religion, subsequently, the Man of Lawlessness.

Matt.13:49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
13:50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth." 13:51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

Yes, religion, and those in it, are part of the one body sin/lawlessness fighting against the one true body of righteousness, found in Christ Jesus. Religion, has seated itself in Christ Jesus judgment seat, judging and condemning all those under its control by laws of the flesh.

All sin is lawlessness, yes! All sin that is not atone for by Christ Jesus righteousness, which is the same sin all the nations have. However, the man of lawlessness is a mystery to those of the flesh because this lawless one teaches that his sin are atone for by obeying rules he interpreted from the bible, hence, meeting those rules he claims will makes one righteous, which is a lie!

Romans 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Yes, a lie to Christ Jesus righteousness, it is by the blood we are atoned for, then we stand right by his righteousness,then we live under the spiritual law of love. Under this law we find atonement, but under the law of flesh we do not, so those using the laws of flesh must justify themselves actions seem by others in meeting rules of laws, but meeting those rules of laws do not atone for us. They do instead make us part of the world wide Man of Lawless, who is a religious man, and not a body of Christ Jesus member walking by faith in the unseen spiritual law of love.

Hebrews 6:18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

The Judgment For The Man of Lawlessness

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

The man of lawlessness is a fleshly composite body having many members but one body of flesh with one law of the flesh, thus, the judgment comes upon all flesh upon earth, but it does not come upon the spirit person of Christ Jesus, because the judgment cannot affect Christ Jesus, or his members, because they are a spiritual person before God, not a fleshly person, the flesh is dead in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 7:16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

So what judgment comes upon the Man of Lawlessness and the nations of our earth, the very judgment of their fleshly laws failing them creating more and more anger in the nations. Yes, the judgment that has been put upon the spirit body of Christ Jesus by flesh religious people claiming it was God personal judgment of righteousness.

Isa.49:25 But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children. 49:26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

The tribulation of the body of Christ Jesus has been some two thousand years long, there has never been such a long period of tribulation ever in the history of God people non-stop for two thousands years? Two thousands years of tribulation for the body of Christ Jesus in their flesh, by judgment of unrighteous weed-Christian's, seating themselves in the very temple of God, exulting themselves over the Christ and his own body members, by unrighteous laws of their flesh.

What then will happen when it is done, the tribulation ends, and the body of Christ Jesus sealed, WOE to the nations when their own ways come upon them, but first, the Man of Lawlessness must be exposed and destroyed proving he was not God, but of the laws of the flesh; not being the spiritual temple of God, but rather a fleshly temple of lawlessnes, a man made false temple used for unrighteously controlling the nations.
(nation in this case mean peoples and nationality not government eventhough the nations are the government, but those of nation which also make up relgions using the same laws of flesh all parts of Satan system uses, but not the body of Christ Jesus.)

2Thess.2:8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming; 2:9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2:10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

We are deep into two thousands years of flesh ruling as Christ Jesus brothers upon earth using the very word of Christ to enslave and corrupt the body of Christ Jesus, the end will come! When the very power the Word of God Jesus Christ will judge those unauthroized, which are using the bible God's or written word; the spirit of Christ Jesus will become like a fire, from those very words written about him on paper like stones of hail judging those lawless, without his atonement; in a fierce judgment devouring their flesh, yes, flesh their laws, which the which feed the world of the flesh; becoming a rightoeus fire burning into the very soul each person, exposing every word and deed they thought was safe by legally hidding it into a contract with God by self-good merit; will prove no hidding place.

Matthew 12:36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Matthew 15:8 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Matthew 15:18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

No longer will they shine in self-righteousness by stealing God's word, exulting themselves in the temple of God, before all the nations, they will be exposed as unrighteous, as are any other of mankind system built without the precious blood of Christ Jesus.

God will clear His righteousness, he will become exult among the nation having to know the truth, Jesus Christ.

Habakkuk 2:16 You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

Ezekiel 36:23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Revelation 16:9 People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.

Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

Conclusion of The Matter

Let each of us live by faith, declaring Christ Jesus righteous in our hearts, expressing our faith too others by our mouths. Let us glorify what God has given His glory too, Jesus Christ.

Let us understand the issues; all sin is lawlessness, which is evil, we cannot read ourselves of sin, without Christ Jesus, God's own glory too us. Anything less is an idoltoo the Man of Lawlessness, which is composite body of lawlessness existing throughout the history of mankind, which has been created by human righteousness by laws of the flesh.

This lawlessness must increase by its nature, that is, the fleshes nature, as we move to the end of days, the very laws the flesh uses will cause them to blasphemed the God whom they thought created them, the same laws they have claimed self-righteousness by their doctrianl laws of flesh.

Subsequently, increasing wrath among the nations as judgment increases so will evil and God's own wrath will come. The laws of the flesh will be compounded into breaking and failing backwards, by all those loving them as superior too the love of Christ for their brothers and sisters. Hence, eating up the fleshly parts of false religion, or the Man of Lawlessness.

Lawlessness means, sin not atone for by righteous blood of Christ Jesus, it does not mean no law, but the exact opposite, creating a mystery to the flesh. In fact, there will be an ever increasing of laws from God's word, and worldly laws, to feed the fleshes ever declining system of things built by laws of the flesh.

Flesh will feed upon flesh, until those days must be cut short, or no flesh will be saved. It is only those freed from laws of the flesh that will shine as Christ Jesus own righteousness.

Revelation 18:8 Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

Those of the flesh, not of Christ Jesus, who have no flesh in the sight of God flesh will be caught as snare does the flesh of animals. Their pattern of feeding is very obvious to those setting the snare, they repeat as beast the same pattern of eating God's word, and pronouncing judgment upon others by laws abolished in the Christ Jesus righteousness.

Luke 21:35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

flesh receives the measure, which they measuring out, they declare the truth of God's word, but find themselves as lawless as those they judge as sinners with God's word.

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.{or, Hell}

Luke 12:49 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

Luke 3:17 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."