steve7150 wrote:Then the man of sin could be referring to what Paul has said in other places in the NT regarding the "old man" and the "new man" And what is revealed regarding the "man of sin" is not to the living per say, but to the individual that has passed on to be with the Lord regarding our previous mortal lives (the old man), and the flesh that we struggled against in this life. A true understanding (or revelation) that can only be had after we have passed on to be with the Lord.
Steve, I have been thinking about what you said. If I am to understand the "falling away" as something that presently existed and is a move away from that existence and seemingly always in a negative sense, then a falling away from the old man to the new man would seem to be in the opposite direction toward good. I don't know if that made any sense at all.
Would the move to the new man be in rebellion or submission?
