Falling away

The apostle Paul speaks of two frightful things that will strike the church just prior to Jesus' return.

Indeed, the Lord will not come back until these two awful things happen. And I want to show you that both things are taking place right now before our very eyes!

First, Paul tells us that in the last days there will be a great falling away. And second, he warns that an evil spirit of antichrist will overtake - many believers who are turning aside!

Of course, the church has been preaching and teaching for years about the coming Antichrist. We have been expecting the appearance of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition. Some speculate that he will be revealed in our time that, in fact, he already has been born and is living somewhere on the earth.

Is there such a man? Yes, I believe there is and he is totally possessed of Satan. Yet when he appears, he will be well received. He will demand the devotion of all mankind setting himself up as God before the world!

The only reason the Antichrist hasn't been revealed yet is because his time hasn't come. But one day the Holy Spirit will lift His restraining hand, and the Man of Sin will be revealed in full power.

The Bible assures us, however, that when this evil man's - time is--finished, he will be consumed by God: "...whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:8).