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your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to
the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will
not come unless the apostasy comes first...

Once more Paul is writing about the days that precede the return of Yahshua. He is
writing of the days we live in. Paul states that Yahshua will not return unless the apostasy
occurs first. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible defines apostasy in the following
manner.

646 apostasia (ap-os-tas-ee'-ah);
feminine of the same as 647; defection from truth

As one looks further into the meaning of this Greek word, it is seen that it shares a
similar root with the Greek word meaning divorce. The apostasy of which Paul speaks is
literally a divorcement from truth. Taken in relationship with Paul's other statements we
can discern that the last days will be a time when those who claim to be followers of
Yahshua will divorce themselves from truth, and they will in turn be wed to myths and
fables. They will figuratively heap up for themselves teachers that will proclaim error and
falsehood unto them.
This is the perilous circumstance that we find ourselves in today. It is not the masses
that are proclaiming truth, but the remnant. Truth is not widely preached and received,
rather it is largely rejected, having been replaced with falsehood. How did this circumstance
come about? Again the apostle Paul informs us of the reason.

II Thessalonians 2:10-12
Because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved... for this reason God
will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, in order
that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

Because men have preferred lies over truth, the Father has sent a deluding influence
upon them. This passage, and the others we have looked at, are not talking about the world,
but those who claim to be followers of God. Those who read this book, and other writings
that are proclaiming truth in this hour, must realize that what is written here is out of synch
with the masses of Christendom because the masses of Christendom are themselves out of
synch with God.
Yahshua said He was the truth, yet the truth is not loved in the last days before
Yahshua's return. As a result the Father has sent delusion upon mankind so that they might
believe what is false, which is what they prefer.
In the Gospels we find Christ uttering the following lamentation.

Luke 18:8
"However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"

Yahshua is speaking in reference to His second coming. At His first appearing there
was a whole nation of people who claimed to be followers of His Father. There was a well
used religious system centered around the Temple and the synagogues. People were
studying the scriptures continuously, and they claimed to be waiting for the appearing of