What is restraining the coming antichrist beast
Alan Yusko
The bible says clearly that the antichrist beast cannot rise to power until the restrainer is removed. These verses below are ignored by the rapture deniers as they twist scripture to deny the fact of the rapture:
2 Thess 2
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
The question is who is the restrainer? The answer is God the Holy Spirit is restraining evil. But how is He doing that? The answer is God the Holy Spirit is restraining evil in and through the saved church on earth. As the saved pray and call out to the Lord there is great power. Now keep this in mind. God the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. As God, one of His characteristics is He is omnipresent. That means He is everywhere in God's creation and there is no where He is absent.
Some teach at the rapture the Holy Spirit is removed from the earth. This is incorrect as God is omnipresent and cannot be removed from anywhere in creation. But the saved church can be removed at the rapture and the restraining influence to evil can also be removed. After the rapture God the Holy Spirit will still be here on earth. People will still be saved after the rapture. But they will pay for their faith with death via the antichrist and his followers. Some will survive and go into the millenium to re-populate the earth. But the majority of the saved after the rapture will die for their faith.
REPENTANCE: PART OF SALVATION Alan Yusko I have see confused believers or even false teachers make the foolish claim that repentance is not needed for salvation. Well, they are wrong and lack a proper understanding to the gospel that saves. You see if a person loves sin, he/she can never be saved. This is where repentance comes in. It is a hatred of sin and a desire to be free from it. Then come to the Lord Jesus and trust in Him alone for eternal salvation. This is how one may be saved. But false teachers do not see repentance in their favorate salvation verse so they twist the scriptures and claim it is not a part of salvation. Below are several verses in the New Testament that apply to a lost soul that desires to be saved. Just admit to the Lord you are a lost sinner and hate your sin. Then come to the Lord Jesus for eternal salvation. Acts 3:19 “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence o...
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