*** Antichrist in the church groups.

 

 

2 Thessalonians 2

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

(When churches fall away from scripture and set up other doctrine, the restraint holding antichrist back is removed and "the spirit of antichrist" moves into those church groups.)

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

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In l982, I was reading verse 3 of 2 Thessalonians 2, and God spoke to me and said:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches ... The falling away are churches leaving the scriptures."

The restraint against antichrist are the scriptures.

NASB: 2 Thessalonians 2

3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the Day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;

When I read these verses in the NASB version of the Bible, I said to God, "Who is it that restrains antichrist?"  And immediately I knew it is Jesus (The Word) who restrains antichrist.

Antichrist is not one man but is a spirit in many men.

The apostle John tells us this:

1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

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I saw one pastor after another twist scripture and explain away scripture and omit scriptures and even lie about scripture to their congregations in those years when I tried to find a church to attend.

I would go to the pastors and ask them where it was in the Bible after hearing them speak doctrines that I could not find in the Bible.

Two of these pastors said exactly the same thing when I asked them this:  "I can't remember where it is in the Bible."

(They both had spoken these doctrines the previous day at their church service and I searched the Bible and could not find that which they said at their service.)

I asked each of these pastors to look it up and tell their secretaries where it was and have her call me and tell me where it was in the Bible because it was very important to me to know where it was in the Bible.

Shockingly these two men both became angry and replied:  "ALL RIGHT!  It is not in the Bible."

Both pastors knew they had lied for both told something to be true when it was not true.  They just made up what they said.  

Neither man repented nor showed any shame.

Nor did either man show any love for the Bible nor respect for the Word of God.

Both of these pastors were antichrist in their churches.

I was greatly grieved and horrified until God showed me this was ordained to happen, this falling away from scripture.  And Paul said it had to happen before Jesus could return.  And it is happening today and has happened.

After that, I was no longer angry nor discouraged over being unable to find a church group for I knew it was ordained by God to happen and the apostasy had to happen in the churches before Jesus could return.

It was part of the end times.

When Jesus returns, HE will destroy those churches that are antichrist.

2 Thessalonians 2:8  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:

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