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The Rebellion aka The Falling Away

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness -- the son of destruction -- is revealed.

Strong's Concordance

Definition - Apostasy, rebellion, defection, falling away

Word Origin - Derived from ἀφίστημι (aphistēmi), meaning "to lead away, to depart, to fall away.

Usage - The term ἀποστασία is used in the New Testament to describe a departure from the faith or a rebellion against established religious beliefs. It is often associated with a significant turning away from God and His teachings.

Helps Word-studies

646 apostasía (from 868 /aphístēmi, "leave, depart," which is derived from 575 /apó, "away from" and 2476 /histémi, "stand")–properly, departure (implying desertion); apostasy –literally, "a leaving, from a previous standing."

The Greek word for "rebellion" (or "falling away" in some translations) is apostasia which literally means "a leaving, from a previous standing."

One had to have been a believer at one time in order to later turn away from God and His teachings.

The false teaching that those who fall away were never really Christians just doesn't stand.

If they had never been a Christian, then there is nothing to fall away from.

Only a one-time believer can fall away from the faith.