I must exhort everyone away from Blasphemy. And by the bible we know that only certain children of God have ever been given the authority to forgive or retain sins. They were the Apostles of God.
1 John 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
That the lawless one or son of perdition. "That he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God."
2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
2 Thessalonians 2: 3 Let 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, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?
If you understand what I am describing here, then great. I don't mean this as an attack, just a caution.
Dear dev553344,
You said:
I must exhort everyone away from Blasphemy.
The apostasy of the church (the falling away) occurred shortly after Paul's death, not sparing the flock. The apostasy was caused by the coming of the spirit of anti-Christ whose deceptions were so powerful, that it could have deceived even the very Elect (the Apostles) if they had not been converted prior to its coming.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
However, the unconverted church was easy prey for the wolves after the Apostles deaths. And even before that time, the spirit of anti-Christ was already effecting the churches:
1John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Since the end of the 1st century, the church has been under the influence of the spirit of anti-Christ. This spirit is the second beast of the Revelation chapter 13. When the spirit of anti-Christ enters into a new believer who has only received the earnest of the spirit (Early Rain), they will become a man of sin or as John was shown, they will become the Beast with Seven Heads w/10 horns and crowns. This Seven Headed Beast beast a fallen away believer in the apostate church.
Because the deceptions of the apostate church are so powerful,
100% of all new believers will fall victim to it. No one can avoid it happening to them.
Christ said it this way:
Mat 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself SEVEN other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
The spiritual symbol of an unclean spirit represents a spirit which teaches Satan's false truth through lies and deceptions.
Since a new believer remains
spiritually blind (
Mark 8:21-25) after receiving the Early Rain of the Spirit (the Holy Spirit of Promise,
Eph 1:13-14), they cannot replace their worldly false beliefs with the truth of Christ. ONE unclean spirit leaves but comes back with SEVEN more. The number "seven" represents perfection. In this case, the number seven represents the perfection of Satan's lies/deceptions which come to a believer by the indwelling of the spirit of anti-Christ. Now, instead of ONE unclean spirit within the believer, they now have EIGHT. The number eight is a spiritual symbol which represents a
new spiritual condition. In this case, the new spiritual condition is
worse than the first.
This "worse than the first" spiritual condition causes the believer to become a
False Prophet, a
Man of Sin, a
Minister of Satan, an anti-Christ and a
Seven Headed Beast with Ten Horns & Crowns.
Since all the Elect will fall prey to the spirit of anti-Christ, they will spent their time in the wilderness with the believers who are not chosen. And just as the Parable of the Ten Virgins teaches, all ten virgins will "sleep and slumber" at night.
For the Elect though, Christ will not let them die in this worsen spiritual condition. He will come to them a
second time and pour the baptism of the Holy Spirit (also called the Latter Rain) on them. This baptism is what the 120 Jewish Elect received on the Day of Pentecost and was what Paul received after he was blinded and in Damascus for three days.
When the Holy Spirit is poured out, the Spirit will heal the fallen away believer's spiritual blindness. Now with "eyes that can see", the newly "born again" believer will "see" the Abomination of Desolation (
Mat 24:15) that had previously occurred when the spirit of anti-Christ entered them. Also at that time, the man of sin will be revealed to the believer and they will see that he is the one who is looking at them in the mirror. When these events occur, Christ says for the believer to flee to the mountains (
Mat 24:16) because judgment is about to fall on the man of sin (Gomorrah) and the Great Harlot (Sodom, type for the carnal nature). This is from the story of Lot which is a "type" for an Elect believer's moment of conversion.
Does any of what I presented above make any sense to you?
Joe