B. God Enables the Antichrist to Do Supernatural Miracles.

B. God Enables the Antichrist to Do Supernatural Miracles.
“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,” (2 Thessalonians 2:9)
All supernatural miracles are from God or Satan. Demons also, as permitted. The reason God permits this is described, as the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write in 2 Thessalonians 2:10-11,
“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (2 Thessalonians 2:10)
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:” (2 Thessalonians 2:11)
All the saved were taken to Heaven at the Rapture, leaving only lost people to begin the Tribulation Period. They had all rejected Christ as their Savior, in spite of the myriads of miracles that he (Christ) had done as recorded in His Word, the Bible. He healed the sick completely; never a partial healing. He raised the dead, made the lame to walk, the blind to see; yet, they rejected Him.
“And many other signs (miracles) truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: (John 20:30)
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus (His Humanity) is the Christ (His Deity), the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” (John 20:30-31)
Those unbelievers who were alive at the Rapture, and in the Tribulation, are now being warned about the False Christ by the Two Witnesses and the 144,000 Jewish witnesses. Many will be saved right after the Rapture, just as the Two Witnesses and the 144,000 Jews were. Those saved as a result of their ministry will also be warning others about the Antichrist. After 3 ½ years of being warned about the Antichrist and still remaining unsaved, they will believe Satan’s lie that he is the true God, evidenced by the miracles that he is permitted to do. In 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, God reveals why he permits the Antichrist this power.
“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because THEY RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH, that they might be saved. (2 Thessalonians 2:10
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (2 Thessalonians 2:11)
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:12)
Notice in Verse 10, what stands out to me.
...they RECEIVED NOT the love of the truth...”
In other words, they had been witnessed to about Salvation; but, absolutely refused to believe it. That is, they had refused to accept the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ as payment for their sins. The Lord gives the reason in Matthew 13:15.
“For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.”