{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">It is thus that the apostle expresses himself: “We beseech\r\nyou, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and\r\nby our gathering together unto Him, that ye be not soon shaken\r\nin mind, or be troubled, neither by word, nor by spirit, nor by\r\nletter as from us, as that the day of the Lord is at hand. Let\r\nno man deceive you by any means: for <i>that day shall not come</i>,\r\nexcept there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be\r\nrevealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself\r\nabove all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that\r\nhe sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is\r\nGod. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told\r\nyou these things? And now ye know what withholdeth, that he\r\nmight be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth\r\nalready work: only He who now letteth <i>will let</i>, until he be\r\ntaken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed,\r\nwhom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth,\r\nand shall destroy with the brightness of His coming: <i>even him</i>,\r\nwhose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power,\r\nand signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of\r\nunrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not\r\nthe love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this\r\ncause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe\r\na lie; that they all might be damned who believed not the\r\ntruth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”<a id=\"r1261\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1261\"><sup>[1261]</sup></a> To explain each\r\nparticular here referred to does not belong to our present purpose.\r\nThe prophecy also regarding Antichrist is stated in the\r\nbook of Daniel, and is fitted to make an intelligent and candid\r\nreader admire the words as truly divine and prophetic; for in\r\nthem are mentioned the things relating to the coming kingdom,\r\nbeginning with the times of Daniel, and continuing to\r\nthe destruction of the world. And any one who chooses may\r\nread it. Observe, however, whether the prophecy regarding\r\nAntichrist be not as follows: “And at the latter time of their\r\nkingdom, when their sins are coming to the full, there shall arise\r\na king, bold in countenance, and understanding riddles. And\r\nhis power shall be great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_388\">388</span>prosper, and practise; and shall destroy mighty men, and the\r\nholy people. And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: there\r\nis craft in his hand, and he shall magnify himself in his heart,\r\nand by craft shall destroy many; and he shall stand up for\r\nthe destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his\r\nhand.”<a id=\"r1262\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1262\"><sup>[1262]</sup></a> What is stated by Paul in the words quoted from\r\nhim, where he says, “so that he sitteth in the temple of God,\r\nshowing himself that he is God,”<a id=\"r1263\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1263\"><sup>[1263]</sup></a> is in Daniel referred to\r\nin the following fashion: “And on the temple shall be the\r\nabomination of desolations, and at the end of the time an end\r\nshall be put to the desolation.”<a id=\"r1264\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1264\"><sup>[1264]</sup></a> So many, out of a greater\r\nnumber of passages, have I thought it right to adduce, that\r\nthe hearer may understand in some slight degree the meaning\r\nof Holy Scripture, when it gives us information concerning the\r\ndevil and Antichrist; and being satisfied with what we have\r\nquoted for this purpose, let us look at another of the charges\r\nof Celsus, and reply to it as we best may.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VI.","Chapter XLVI."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-441"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"3f80df0160ce142966017c7df7ebe25e4993b616bf6bbf14c05e6e446d59a26b","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"DAN","chapter":8,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Dan. viii. 23-25","verse":23,"verse_end":25}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1262","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. 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