God's Word, when respected and obeyed, serves as a restraining force against lawlessness, offering protection and order to individuals and societies. When people honor His Word, they remain resistant to the deceptive influences of dem evacuate and maintain a foundation of law and order. However, as respect for God's Word wanes, nations witness a shift toward relativism, becoming vulnerable to political opportunism and the lies of the lawless man. The suppression of God's Word and the truth it espouses signal that the time of the lawless man's emergence draws near.

Many in the churches of this world disregard the belief that the Bible is God's authoritative Word, containing His instructions for living. At West Hill United Church in Toronto, minister Gretta Vosper, an avowed atheist since 2001, has been supported by her congregation and leadership despite her rejection of God and His Word. She views the Bible not as the authoritative word of God for all time, a stance she held even before her ordination. Her church services have replaced prayer with community sharing, rewritten hymns, and substituted talk of God and Jesus Christ with themes of love, compassion, and beauty. Vosper promotes progressive ideology, focusing on tolerance, inclusiveness, and community idealism, while dismissing God as the source of goodness. She asserts that humans alone define and create goodness, denying any divine promise or presence. This trend among mainline churches moves toward hollow, humanistic social organizations, preaching liberal ideology to those ignorant of biblical teachings, showing no fear of God before their eyes.