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.
PRIESTS BEFORE THE LORD By Alan Yusko Are you redeemed? Are you saved, born again, a new creature in the Lord Jesus Christ? If so then here is some very good news for you. Did you know you are a priest before God? Its true. Look at this verse: Revelation 5: 10 “And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” This verse says the saved are kings and priests before God. Now as kings we hae nothing to rule in this world. That comes later after the Lord Jesus returns physically to earth. However, right now you are a priest before God. As a priest you can pray and His ears are open to your prayers. This also gives everyone who is saved a minstry before God. When you see a need in this evil lost world, then pray to the Lord about it. In doing so the Lord hears your prayer and can choose to do things as a result of your prestly prayer. Here is another verse: Philippians 4: 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiv
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