CONSCIOUSNESS
The Son of Perdition as a State of Consciousness
The 'son of perdition' is not an individual person, but a state of consciousness characterized by the denial or rejection of the Christian revelation (the…
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The Mystery Of Life
The son of perdition is one who hears, but refuses to accept, the Christian revelation. The 2nd chapter of 2 Thessalonians tells us that: "The lawless one, the son of perdition, will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming." I tell you salvation's story as I have experienced it. You may deny my words, or agree with them. Those who deny me are the anti-Christ, the son of perdition. They themselves will not be destroyed, for the mystery of Christ will unfold in them. Rather, the state of consciousness in which they dwell, will be lost, to them "for none have I lost but the son of perdition." No individual will, or can be, destroyed, for he is a son of God. He can fall into the state known as the son of perdition, and while in it, completely deny this incredible story is true. But when it awakens in him and becomes true, then he has nowhere to go but to admit the experience.
The 'son of perdition' is not an individual person, but a state of consciousness characterized by the denial or rejection of the Christian revelation (the mystical truth of God's indwelling). This state is eventually 'slain' or 'lost' by the awakening of Christ within the individual, but the individual themselves, being a son of God, is never destroyed.