Is the false teaching of pre-tribulation rapture, getting the power of "him" out of the way, who restrains the antichrist?
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No it isn't.
Sure "the Spirit speaketh expressly" that this indeed will take place.
But it is saying "shall depart from THE faith" (not one's personal faith [/belief/trust]). It is speaking of FALSE TEACHERS (with regard to "that BODY OF TRUTH" i.e. "THE faith"... the CONTENT of our faith).
[It is not speaking of Christians losing or forfeiting salvation; rather, it is in CONTRAST to "the words OF THE faith and OF THE good doctrine/teaching" v.6 (thus, FALSE TEACHERS and FALSE TEACHINGS)]
Sure "the Spirit speaketh expressly" that this indeed will take place.
But it is saying "shall depart from THE faith" (not one's personal faith [/belief/trust]). It is speaking of FALSE TEACHERS (with regard to "that BODY OF TRUTH" i.e. "THE faith"... the CONTENT of our faith).
[It is not speaking of Christians losing or forfeiting salvation; rather, it is in CONTRAST to "the words OF THE faith and OF THE good doctrine/teaching" v.6 (thus, FALSE TEACHERS and FALSE TEACHINGS)]
Brother, Matthew 24 does read "after".
Brother, completely empty your mind of all man invented preconceived notions, imagine yourself on an island where you grew up alone among the animals from early childhood and had no prior exposure of the gospel. Then just read only the whole of Matthew 24 literally, chronologically for what it is, it and only it, and form your concept solely upon it. What does it tell you at this stage. From there proceed with the rest of scripture, and see how it fits in on this foundation block of Matthew 24, in the words of the Master Builder of His Church, His Bride, the Restorer of the Kingdom of Israel, our blessed Christ Yeshua, speaking to all his united believers of the future, Jews and Gentiles alike.
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
29“Immediately after the tribulation...
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
The Coming of the Son of Man
29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Brother, completely empty your mind of all man invented preconceived notions, imagine yourself on an island where you grew up alone among the animals from early childhood and had no prior exposure of the gospel. Then just read only the whole of Matthew 24 literally, chronologically for what it is, it and only it, and form your concept solely upon it. What does it tell you at this stage. From there proceed with the rest of scripture, and see how it fits in on this foundation block of Matthew 24, in the words of the Master Builder of His Church, His Bride, the Restorer of the Kingdom of Israel, our blessed Christ Yeshua, speaking to all his united believers of the future, Jews and Gentiles alike.
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
29“Immediately after the tribulation...
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
The Coming of the Son of Man
29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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As far as the Rapture is concerned: If you are not following all of Jesus' commandments, including watching (that means reading Scripture yourself and praying for divine guidance, while testing all spirits and teaching) you can very likely believe that your neighbor is being hauled off to a camp for extermination because they're a criminal, and not a Christian.
One might just take the Mark, because you believe He's coming before it is issued, so you don't recognize it. And, you may believe that the Church won't be going through a time of Tribulation, so there is no harm to agreeing to what the world is offering, much like you submit to wearing a mask today. At that point, taking the Mark, that person is lost forever.
They should have asked God what the truth is through their own study of the Word, and been waiting and watching for His Second Coming (Jesus tells us all when the Rapture is - read Matthew 24), when the one and only resurrection of the dead in Christ happens, followed by the living. Immediately, He delivers His wrath ( in 7 bowls) upon the earth. Just like in the days of Noah and Lot, He rescues His Children, then pours out His Wrath upon the unrighteous only.
No.
Yes, filling your lamp with oil, is preparing yourself to have faith by the grace of the Holy Spirit, even to bear fruit during the time of the great tribulation, whether it will mean your death, capture or persecution by fleeing to escape in the hardships of the wilderness, for helping your fellow man through this perilous time to come fro believers, immediately before the return of the Bridegroom, and by not renouncing Christ Yeshua's name by taking the mark of the beast.
Matthew 13 (New King James Version)
Five foolish virgins' lamps not filled with true faith, by the grace of the Holy Spirit:
20But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Five wise virgins' lamps filled with true faith, by the grace of the Holy Spirit:
23But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Yes, filling your lamp with oil, is preparing yourself to have faith by the grace of the Holy Spirit, even to bear fruit during the time of the great tribulation, whether it will mean your death, capture or persecution by fleeing to escape in the hardships of the wilderness, for helping your fellow man through this perilous time to come fro believers, immediately before the return of the Bridegroom, and by not renouncing Christ Yeshua's name by taking the mark of the beast.
Matthew 13 (New King James Version)
Five foolish virgins' lamps not filled with true faith, by the grace of the Holy Spirit:
20But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Five wise virgins' lamps filled with true faith, by the grace of the Holy Spirit:
23But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
No. Not when Christ "RETURNS" to the earth. Ppl are NOT "caught UP" at that point. He will be "RETURNING" to the earth, FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom at that point (as an ALREADY-WED Bridegroom, FOR "the wedding FEAST/SUPPER" NOT "the MARRIAGE" itself, which will have ALREADY taken place up in Heaven... and now He'll be RETURNING to the earth [Rev19]).
No one (of the "righteous") in THESE contexts "lift off the earth" because He is "RETURNING" to the earth at that point (FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom--the Subject of those passages).
Yes, and ALL of the following contexts speak of His "RETURN" to the earth (FOR the earthly MK age) [NOT "our Rapture"]:
--"Son of man cometh/coming/shall come/coming of/etc" (FOR the earthly MK age)
--"the wedding FEAST/SUPPER/FESTIVITIES" (the earthly MK age, or at least its inauguration); the MEAL [G347; Matt8:11 and parallel, and Lk12:36-37,38,42-44 and its parallel in Matt24]
--"the end [singular] of the age [singular]" followed immediately by "the age [singular] to come" (the earthly MK age)--their Q of Him in Matt24:3 was BASED ON what He had ALREADY SPOKEN to them about in Matt13:24,30,39,40,49-50 ("the end [singular] of the age [singular]" when the angels will REAP... "gather ye FIRST the TARES" which is the EXACT OPPOSITE SEQUENCE from that of "our Rapture" event!!!) Jesus' response then follows in both chpts of Matt24-25 (speaking of His Second Coming TO THE EARTH, for the EARTHLY MK age... NOT covering the Subject of "our Rapture" AT ALL, in this CONTEXT)
--"the kingdom OF THE heavenS" (the earthly MK age)
--when the 12 will "sit on 12 thrones, judgING the 12 tribes of Israel" (the earthly MK age)
[NONE of the CONTEXTS involving these ^ are speaking of "our Rapture [IN THE AIR]" event... which PRECEDES the tribulation period even... and the TRIB years COMMENCE with "the BEGINNING of birth PANGS [plural]" which ARE the "SEALS" of Rev6 at the START of the Trib (that is, "the beginning of birth PANGS" FOLLOW "our Rapture [IN THE AIR]" event, and are what "kick off" the 7 trib yrs / 70th Wk... with its "man of sin" IN HIS TIME ["whose COMING" 2Th2:9a = SEAL #1 = "the prince THAT SHALL COME" "for ONE WEEK [7 yrs]" Dan9:27a[26b] = the INITIAL "birth PANG [SINGULAR; 1Th5:2-3 / Matt24:4/Mk13:5 "G5100 - tis - 'A CERTAIN ONE' ['a certain one' bringing deception!])]
No one (of the "righteous") in THESE contexts "lift off the earth" because He is "RETURNING" to the earth at that point (FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom--the Subject of those passages).
Yes, and ALL of the following contexts speak of His "RETURN" to the earth (FOR the earthly MK age) [NOT "our Rapture"]:
--"Son of man cometh/coming/shall come/coming of/etc" (FOR the earthly MK age)
--"the wedding FEAST/SUPPER/FESTIVITIES" (the earthly MK age, or at least its inauguration); the MEAL [G347; Matt8:11 and parallel, and Lk12:36-37,38,42-44 and its parallel in Matt24]
--"the end [singular] of the age [singular]" followed immediately by "the age [singular] to come" (the earthly MK age)--their Q of Him in Matt24:3 was BASED ON what He had ALREADY SPOKEN to them about in Matt13:24,30,39,40,49-50 ("the end [singular] of the age [singular]" when the angels will REAP... "gather ye FIRST the TARES" which is the EXACT OPPOSITE SEQUENCE from that of "our Rapture" event!!!) Jesus' response then follows in both chpts of Matt24-25 (speaking of His Second Coming TO THE EARTH, for the EARTHLY MK age... NOT covering the Subject of "our Rapture" AT ALL, in this CONTEXT)
--"the kingdom OF THE heavenS" (the earthly MK age)
--when the 12 will "sit on 12 thrones, judgING the 12 tribes of Israel" (the earthly MK age)
[NONE of the CONTEXTS involving these ^ are speaking of "our Rapture [IN THE AIR]" event... which PRECEDES the tribulation period even... and the TRIB years COMMENCE with "the BEGINNING of birth PANGS [plural]" which ARE the "SEALS" of Rev6 at the START of the Trib (that is, "the beginning of birth PANGS" FOLLOW "our Rapture [IN THE AIR]" event, and are what "kick off" the 7 trib yrs / 70th Wk... with its "man of sin" IN HIS TIME ["whose COMING" 2Th2:9a = SEAL #1 = "the prince THAT SHALL COME" "for ONE WEEK [7 yrs]" Dan9:27a[26b] = the INITIAL "birth PANG [SINGULAR; 1Th5:2-3 / Matt24:4/Mk13:5 "G5100 - tis - 'A CERTAIN ONE' ['a certain one' bringing deception!])]
The Israelites had persecution and tribulation during their captivity as slaves in Egypt. While being present with the Egyptians in Egypt, they were under divine guidance being kept from God's wrath (not from persecution and tribulation as imposed by fellow human beings), when it was poured out over the Egyptians, during the ten plagues. They were physically still present, but they were kept from God's wrath, as it did not affect them.
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
15“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 20And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21For then there will be great tribulation ... 22And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the [c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened. 29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days ... 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Luke 21 (English Standard Version)
36But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Revelation 13 (English Standard Version)
10If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
Matthew 13 (New King James Version)
20But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 23But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
15“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 20And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21For then there will be great tribulation ... 22And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the [c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened. 29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days ... 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Luke 21 (English Standard Version)
36But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Revelation 13 (English Standard Version)
10If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
Matthew 13 (New King James Version)
20But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 23But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
No. Divine providence is keeping those who are still alive at His coming, through the hardships coming over the earth in the last days, when the sun finally is darkened and the moon turns into blood. After that, the rapture is Christ Yeshua's gathering of His bride, of those resurrected dead believers, and transfigured alive believers. He is collecting them in the clouds, before He immediately thereafter mounts down on earth, with the saints and the armies of heaven, to conquer this earth for the start of His Millennial Kingdom.
With His collective army He captures this earth, from the collective of all the remaining unbelievers, who were left behind in the immediate preceding rapture. Those who are still at that moment alive in unbelief, on earth, will then be conquered by Christ Yeshua, commencing His Millennial Kingdom.
With His collective army He captures this earth, from the collective of all the remaining unbelievers, who were left behind in the immediate preceding rapture. Those who are still at that moment alive in unbelief, on earth, will then be conquered by Christ Yeshua, commencing His Millennial Kingdom.
Yes, the God's word is clear that the real mark will accompany worshipping with it, and it will not be worshipping God.
2 Thessalonians 2 (New King James Version)
The Great Apostasy
1Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of [a]Christ had come. 3Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits [c]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2 Thessalonians 2 (New King James Version)
The Great Apostasy
1Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of [a]Christ had come. 3Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits [c]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Some erroneously consider Israel as all Jews and just Jews ( see http://bit.ly/Christianzionism ). Israel consisted of a northern Samarian kingdom under the tribes of Ephraim / Joseph (who are currently still scattered among the Gentiles unbeknownst of their Israelite identity), and the southern Judean kingdom under the tribes of Judah (who are currently gathered into the Jews.)
The abomination is a world wide false religious tyranny, affecting Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles alike, or if you prefer Christ Yeshua believing Jews and Christ Yeshua believing Gentiles alike, as they are united in one olive tree (Body of Christ, the Church, the restored Kingdom of Israel) with Christ Yeshua as the Root (Romans 11).
The fulfilment of the great commission is the process of the yet unfulfilled physical restored Kingdom of Israel, the completed Body of Christ, the Church prophesy (Ezekiel 37 through Ezekiel 48). It will be fulfilled in the Millennial Kingdom of Christ Yeshua (only at the time of His second coming as prophesied in Revelation 20:4-8).
Acts 1 (New King James Version)
6Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be [c]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
The abomination is a world wide false religious tyranny, affecting Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles alike, or if you prefer Christ Yeshua believing Jews and Christ Yeshua believing Gentiles alike, as they are united in one olive tree (Body of Christ, the Church, the restored Kingdom of Israel) with Christ Yeshua as the Root (Romans 11).
The fulfilment of the great commission is the process of the yet unfulfilled physical restored Kingdom of Israel, the completed Body of Christ, the Church prophesy (Ezekiel 37 through Ezekiel 48). It will be fulfilled in the Millennial Kingdom of Christ Yeshua (only at the time of His second coming as prophesied in Revelation 20:4-8).
Acts 1 (New King James Version)
6Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be [c]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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For your consideration on 2 Thess 2:6-7 interpretation:
There are 7 Spirits of God and Jesus contains and expresses them all (Rev 5:6)
One of those seven spirits is "MIGHT" I find it impossible to believe that the Godhead has left the earth alone with unrestrained evil for thousands of years; we'd have destroyed ourselves long ago. He has always been holding back the works of darkness (many times according to our prayers), but always according to the Father's Will, throughout the ages.
I submit "He" from 2 Thessalonians is Jesus, exercising the spirit of might, and He is today waiting for the signal from the Father to stop restraining evil on the earth, at which moment, Satan will be unleashed to commit unbridled atrocities during the Tribulation (Matt 24:21). The following verse supports the assertions made:
There are 7 Spirits of God and Jesus contains and expresses them all (Rev 5:6)
Isa 11:2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
Rev 3:1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Rev 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
One of those seven spirits is "MIGHT" I find it impossible to believe that the Godhead has left the earth alone with unrestrained evil for thousands of years; we'd have destroyed ourselves long ago. He has always been holding back the works of darkness (many times according to our prayers), but always according to the Father's Will, throughout the ages.
I submit "He" from 2 Thessalonians is Jesus, exercising the spirit of might, and He is today waiting for the signal from the Father to stop restraining evil on the earth, at which moment, Satan will be unleashed to commit unbridled atrocities during the Tribulation (Matt 24:21). The following verse supports the assertions made:
Psa 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Maybe this translation will shed light on the revealing of the man of lawlessness (spirit of lawlessness, already at work in the time of Paul), who is currently still restraining himself from revealing himself, until the apostasy has reached critical mass, for him to be corruptly incontestable and undefeatable with the workings of deceit:
https://biblehub.com/isr/2_thessalonians/2.htm
2 Thessalonians 2 (ISR 1998)
1As to the coming of our Master יהושע Messiah and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
2not to become easily unsettled in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as if the day of יהוה has come.
3Let no one deceive you in any way, because the falling away is to come first, and the man of lawlessnessa is to be revealed, the son of destruction,
4who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called Elohim or that is worshipped, so that he sits as Elohim in the Dwelling Place of Elohim, showing himself that he is Elohim.
5Do you not remember that I told you this while I was still with you?
6And now you know what restrains, for him to be revealed in his time.
7For the secret of lawlessness is already at work – only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst.
https://biblehub.com/isr/2_thessalonians/2.htm
2 Thessalonians 2 (ISR 1998)
1As to the coming of our Master יהושע Messiah and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
2not to become easily unsettled in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as if the day of יהוה has come.
3Let no one deceive you in any way, because the falling away is to come first, and the man of lawlessnessa is to be revealed, the son of destruction,
4who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called Elohim or that is worshipped, so that he sits as Elohim in the Dwelling Place of Elohim, showing himself that he is Elohim.
5Do you not remember that I told you this while I was still with you?
6And now you know what restrains, for him to be revealed in his time.
7For the secret of lawlessness is already at work – only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst.
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I think it is Michael from Daniel 12:1
"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered
"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered
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I still think it is Michael from Daniel 12:1
"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered
"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered