Man of Sin & Papal Rome

@This "man of sin" would come first, causing a "falling away" before the end comes- Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2 Thessalonians 2:3

@Of course we all know of the Papacy and its claim to Infallibility- Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4

@He would arise apparently sometime after the days of Paul- Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. And then shall that Wicked be revealed,.. 2 Thessalonians 2:5,6,8

@He works with the power from Lucifer- Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10

Lets look at the phrase "deceivableness of unrighteousness". What does it mean? It was a new system to decieve the masses of followers like nothing they had ever seen before. The power and pomp of Papal Rome. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 Thessalonians 2:11

Christianity had God-our Redeemer & Creator

Papal Rome had a god too-the Pope, the Holy Father in Rome

Christianity has a saviour-Christ

Papal Rome has a saviour-the Sacraments of the Church (Last Rights, Mass, Confession,etc)

Chrisitianity had a sacrifice-the Lamb that was slain for the world/Christ on the cross

Papal Rome has a sacrifice-the Mass

Christianity has a mediator for us-Christ in Heaven

Papal Rome has a mediator for you- the priesthood

Christianity has a pardon-from the blood of the Lamb

Papal Rome has a pardon-the confessional

Christianity has an advocate for us in Heaven-Christ our Advocate

Papal Rome has an advocate supposedly in Heaven for you-Mother Mary

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:12

Babylon (Papal Rome & the apostate churches that still have a foot in her-through Sunday sacredness in place of the Sabbath and the idea of the Immortality of the Soul) God calls His faithful in these Churches to come out of her- And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:1-5

In closing Paul says- Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 2 Thessalonians 2:15