The Great Apostasy is in Progress

The Great Apostasy is in Progress

 I have stated earlier that I believe the great apostasy in second Thessalonians, which others call the falling away, is already in progress. While I concede that the Lord respects His called people by acceding to that interpretation and it’s ramifications (of abandoning the faith of the fathers), yet there is One who’s position is more relevant to our condition, then what is our own opinion (of our centrality to the question). 

God has His appointed times. He has His Plan. What I am seeing, I feel by saying it, is just repeating what preachers have always said, that our culture is circling the drain, before the plunge into the abyss of being handed over to satan. Preachers may have always said it because rebellion is in our nature, but we all know this time is different. For instance, there is the culturally unpopular Romans chapter one, which specifically says that a people in rebellion will suffer the symptom of sodomy. That is what happens when the Lord withdraws His Spirit. Only His Spirit can provide the spiritual sight and faith necessary to bring repentance and belief (and He will not be gracious forever). The specific sin is the result, not the cause. When He says it’s time, it’s time. His patience DOES have its limits. He will “turn him over to the tormentors” and “appoint him a portion with the hypocrites”, by leaving “ that wicked servant” to satan’s devices. Great apostasy indeed!

These times bring much greater pressure from the enemy, for he senses his short window is coming. There is heartbreak and oppression surrounding us. We can no longer fight in the natural, in a world which has only contempt for HIS Love. Let us pray for deliverance, for ourselves and those enslaved. Let us pray for the power of the Almighty to manifest, that His Name and identity be unveiled to His elect. Let us pray that HIS will be done, and His kingdom come! Let Him find faith on the earth!