I just wanted to throw these two concepts out for those who study and teach Greek to comment on so I can have a link I can send lay people to who are being taught this so they can see that these concepts are not sound or held by people who teach Greek. I have held off on posting this for a while but the disinformation is really starting to get out of hand.
1. In Greek if a noun has the definite article, it is referring to something that must be instantaneous. Dr. Andy Woods in regard to 2 Thes 2:3 stated:
2. That a noun in Greek can also be a verb. For instance, Dr. Thomas Ice stated (Note in the entire article he never states that apostasia is a noun):The advent of the coming lawless one or Antichrist will take place at a specified point in time and instantaneously concurrently with the opening of the first seal judgment (Rev. 6:1-2). The definite article also before the apostasia indicates that in the same way the apostasia will also take place instantaneously.(Andy Woods. The Falling Away, eBook Pg. 16. Dispensational Publishing, 2018)
Dr. Andy Woods similarly stated:the Greek word apostasia is ‘depart’ or ‘departure.’ Gordon Lewis summarizes the usage as follows: The verb is used fifteen times in the New Testament. (https://www.pre-trib.org/articles/all-a ... s-2-3/read)
Sometimes in English we use the same word for both a noun and a verb. For example, if I said, ‘Jane went on a run,’ I would be using ‘run’ as a noun. However, if I said ‘see Jan run,’ I would be using ‘run’ as a verb. The verb form of the noun apostasia is the verb aphistēmi. (Andy Woods. The Falling Away, eBook Pg. 22. Dispensational Publishing, 2018)