Why do they perish in 2 Thessalonians 2:10?
Their perishing is because they received not the love of the truth—the love of Christ—that they might be saved. Having rejected salvation, God sends them a strong delusion, takes away their ability to comprehend truth, and they believe the lie. Thus their rejection leads to judgment.
Les teaches from 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11 that the Antichrist’s coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, signs, lying wonders, and deceivableness of unrighteousness. Those who perish received not the love of Christ, which he equates with the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Because they rejected salvation, God shall send them a strong delusion; He takes away their ability to comprehend truth, and they believe the lie. Les says this sets the tribulation ball rolling, as the world again believes the lie of the Father of all lies. In contrast, Paul says he did not come with deceivableness or the power of a lie.
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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Who are 'them that perish' in 2 Thessalonians 2:10?
'Them that perish' in this passage refers to the unbeliever.