Deception

DEVOTION
2 THESSALONIANS
DECEPTION
2 Thess 2:3-4
3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
NIV
I surely do not think I would allow anyone to deceive me regarding anything about the coming of my Lord. I am absolutely positive I will not every think that my Lord is going to set himself up as king or God here on earth until way after the rapture or taking up of the church and the seven years are finished and this man of lawlessness is put away for one thousand years. Ok then maybe for that period of time there is going to be an earthly reign but it will include all the saints. But no way is some creep going to deceive me that he is God. I am conceived this is one of the reasons God bestowed upon whoever desires to open up the gift of discerning of spirits. I can tell if a person is of God or not simple by allowing that gift to operate within me. I don’t think that spirit pride to admit I have opened that gift. I think all of the gifts of the Spirit are meant to be opened up and used otherwise of what purpose are they? Besides this man of lawlessness cannot set himself up in God’s temple until it has been rebuilt, which includes the sanctuary, and the holy of holies. No, I am convinced I will not be deceived about this or for that matter about anything else regarding the Word of God. Already there are way too many false teachers out and about and it is far too easy to discern their wayward words, their words of self serving purpose. God is so marvelous and wise in his gifting his people. He knows how much I need his gifts as well as everyone else. So here I stand in opposition to the man of lawlessness and his claim to be God. Now I suppose there is within this a little peek into one other view. It is possible the man of lawlessness could set himself up as God within God’s temple as meaning me? Am I not the temple of God? 1 Cor 3:16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? NIV Is it possible this speaks to the issue of allowing the things of the world, the man of lawlessness to rule in my heart over the things of God? Wow, this could be really something. But I am sure it is talking about the actual events within time. But I will not be deceived in either case.