{"id":1780,"date":"2019-01-19T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T15:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2019-01-19T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T15:20:57","slug":"what-is-the-great-falling-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/?p=1780","title":{"rendered":"What is the Great Falling Away?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not 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 Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of [b]sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 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.”
\n2 Thessalonians 2:1-4<\/p>\n

The great falling away<\/strong> (Greek: apostasia) is the great and final apostasy. One who falls away (apostatizes) has defected from faith in God. He or she is no longer is his or her spiritual position. Such a individual is no longer a child of God. His or her name has been blotted out of the Book of Life. They have returned to wallowing in the mire.<\/p>\n

There is no indication in God\u2019s word that they will recover from the great and final apostasy. For what can God do more than He has already done? Never has a generation of people had more given to them by God than these last days generations. They have regarded God\u2019s gifts, including the Holy Spirit, as toys, and they played the harlot with demon spirits. They only sought self aggrandizement, not God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, they despise the watchmen and truth speakers who warn them. No doubt they will, as their forefathers did, kill them and the prophets.<\/p>\n

There is only one gift left that God can give them that they will accept without it being forced upon them. In fact they eagerly await that gift and have been preparing themselves for it with books, videos, conferences, in every church meeting, with prophecies, revelations, trips to \u201cheaven\u201d, face to face meetings with \u201cJesus\u201d, music, Bible translations, and even weeping statues.<\/p>\n

They need not do anything more because God has already given some of them that last gift. it is coming by special delivery to everyone that falls away. They need not to approve of more perverse people in ministry and leadership positions. They need not write or support any more books, such as \u201cThe Shack\u201d, \u201cJesus Calling\u201d, \u201cThe Circle Maker\u201d, \u201cPurpose Driven Church\u201c, et cetera. There is no need to complete Chrislam or ecumenism with the Roman Catholic Church, but they will. They need not have more conferences such as \u201cIF:Gathering\u201d, \u201cBethel Conference\u201d, \u201cCatalyst Conference\u201d, \u201cEncounter: Jesus Culture\u201d, \u201cIHOP Conference\u201d, et cetera.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the reader of this article has ceased following Christ to follow an individual, you are asking for that gift as well. You have decided that the leading of the Holy Spirit was too difficult of a relationship to develop. You agreed with the purveyors of heresy that they are God\u2019s special envoys because they were more exciting and outlandish. You agree that a revelation from those arrogant ones that defend themselves with boasts and threats is more authoritative than God\u2019s word. Finally, you agreed that those individuals should be made extremely wealthy for their delivery services.<\/p>\n

To all of the ones mentioned in this article your gift has been delivered or is on its way. Are you excited? It\u2019s directly from God just as you like it. It was designed especially for you. You\u2019ve been presenting yourself as special, now it is time to prove that you are.<\/p>\n

Your gift, the only gift left that God can give you, what you have been waiting, working, and wishing for. It is the end of the large rainbow created by the New Apostolic Reformation, Kenneth Copeland and the Prosperity Movement, The Charismatic Movement, and the huge number of other devouring locusts swarming on the souls of deceived professing Christians. Here it is!<\/p>\n

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