Paul speaks of the last days when "restraints" will be removed from the church groups and this removal of "restraints" will allow antichrist (the man of lawlessness) to move into the "temple of God", into the churches and take over "as if he were god."
II Thessalonians 2 (NASB) ... Let no one in any way deceive you for it (the day of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy (the falling away... KJV) comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he taketh his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
... And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he may be revealed.
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.
And then that lawless one will be revealed.
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WHO or what is the restraint that held antichrist back?
"THE RESTRAINT" was the WORD OF GOD, the Holy Scriptures.
As soon as scripture could be removed, lawlessness could move into the congregation.
As soon as the churches stopped saying such teachings of Jesus as Matthew 5:32, then lawlessness could move into the church groups, allowing the disobedient to sin and to feel approved in their sin.
Matthew 5:32 ... But I (Jesus) say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
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Antichirst is not one man but a spirit in many men, just as the devil is a spirit in many men.
The restraint of the scriptures has been removed from a majority of the church groups today so antichrist can reign in the churches in the apostasy that is now going on before our eyes in the church groups, setting the stage for the return of Jesus.
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In 1979, God gave me the following terrifying dream:
Destruction was everywhere.
Destruction was everywhere.
A meeting was going on. A man was speaking to a room filled with people. I went in and began to listen.
A second man rushed in and said: "Stop ... Wait ... Can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."
The first man resumed speaking.
I looked out the window to see what had "already begun."
There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense speaker at top of the pole. A gas was coming out of the speaker. I knew it was poisonous and would kill the people. It was coming directly toward us!
The shocking thing was the speaker that was set there for the purpose of warning us was being used as the instrument which dispersed the gas that was poison and would kill us!
I looked at the man seated next to me. He had a big grin on his face and was looking directly at the man who was speaking to the group. But then I saw this man was a corpse, though he looked alive. He was already dead!
I looked about the room at the other people and realized they were all dead.
As I sat back in my chair and listened to the man speaking I began to feel sleepy and I knew as I sat there among them this was killing me too.
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God was showing me the anarchy that was already going on in our church groups as far back as 1979. It is worse now.