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occurs first. Strong’s Dictionary of Greek words defines apostasy in the following manner.

646 apostasia (ap-os-tas-ee'-ah);
feminine of the same as 647; defection from truth (properly, the state) ["apostasy"]:

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 so that they might believe what is false. This passage and the others we have
looked at are not talking about the world, but those who claim to be followers of God. Paul
earlier said they would have “a form of godliness, but deny the power of it.” This is speaking
of the church. The true power of godliness is the power to transform men’s lives, but men
have preferred not to be transformed. Instead they have desired to transform the scriptures
to support the pursuit of their soulish life and its desires.
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, and as a
result the Father has sent delusion upon mankind so that they might believe what is false,
which is what they prefer.
As one examines the scriptures with an understanding heart they will perceive that it
has ever been the case with mankind that only a remnant has really known what the Father
was doing in the day in which they lived. In the days in which Moses led the children of God
forth from Egypt and into the wilderness, there was truly a large body of people who were
known as God’s chosen people, but not all understood what they should have known.

Psalms 103:7
He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel.

What a gulf separates knowing Yahweh’s ways, and witnessing His acts. Of the
millions of Israel, only one man was said to have known the ways of Yahweh in the day in