Greetings to you Shalom, DLL and all others,
Joining in the discussion I figure it easiest to state up front that I support the petribulation catching away.
For your thoughts...
II Thessalonians 2 (KJV)
1 Now we beseech you, bretheren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, AND THAT MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, THE SON OF PERDITION;
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, showing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
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
Who in verses 6 and 7 is the one that withholdeth other than the Holy Spirit? Why is he taken out of the way?
With that thought in mind look at these verses
Romans chapter 8
vs 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELL IN YOU. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
If the Holy Spirit has to be removed before the Antichrist is revealed and it is clear that the self same Spirit dwells in me, then where ever He goes I go!
Ephesians 4:30
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
How can anything separate us from that which has been done to us and dwells in us?
Gods' blessing upon you all,
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