Saturday, May 14, 2016

What Is Meant By The Great Apostasy OR The Falling Away



Apostasy Of Joash (2 Chronicles 24:1-2, 15-22)

Joash was Seven (7) Years Old when he (Joash) became King, and he (Joash) Reigned Forty (40) Years in Jerusalem.  Joash did what was right in The SIGHT of The LORD (GOD Almighty), All The Days of Jehoiada, The Priest.

But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he (Jehoiada) died; he (Jehoiada) was One Hundred and Thirty Years (130) Old when he (Jehoiada) died.  And they buried him (Jehoiada) in The City of David, among the kings, because he (Jehoiada) had DONE GOOD in Israel, both toward GOD (GOD Almighty) and His (GOD Almighty’s) House.

Now, AFTER The Death of Jehoiada, The Leaders of Judah came and bowed down to The King (Joash).  And The King listened to them (The Leaders of Judah).  Therefore, they (Judah and Jerusalem) LEFT The House of The LORD, GOD (GOD Almighty) of their (Judah’s and Jerusalem’s) fathers, and SERVED wooden images and idols; and WRATH came upon Judah and Jerusalem, because of their (Judah’s and Jerusalem’s) TRESPASS.  Yet, He (GOD Almighty) SENT Prophets to them (Judah and Jerusalem), to BRING them (Judah and Jerusalem) BACK to The LORD (GOD Almighty); and They (The Prophets) TESTIFIED AGAINST them (Judah and Jerusalem), but they (Judah and Jerusalem) would NOT listen.

Then, The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of GOD (GOD Almighty) CAME UPON Zechariah, The Son of Jehoiada, The Priest, who STOOD ABOVE The People (Judah and Jerusalem), and said to them (The People), “Thus SAYS GOD (GOD Almighty): ‘Why do YOU TRANSGRESS The Commandments of The LORD (GOD Almighty), so that YOU can NOT prosper?  Because YOU have FORSAKEN The LORD (GOD Almighty), He (GOD Almighty) also has FORSAKEN YOU.’”  So they (Judah and Jerusalem) CONSPIRED AGAINST Him (Zechariah), and at The Command of The King (Joash), they (Judah and Jerusalem) STONED Him (Zechariah) with stones, in The Court of The House of The LORD (GOD Almighty).  Thus Joash, The King, did NOT remember The Kindness which Jehoiada, His (Zechariah’s) Father, had done to him (Joash), but KILLED His (Jehoiada’s) Son; and as He (Zechariah) DIED, He (Zechariah) said, “The LORD (GOD Almighty) LOOK on it, and REPAY!”

 

Apostasy And Death Of Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:22-27)

 

Now, in The Time of His (King Ahaz’s) Distress, King Ahaz became increasingly UNFAITHFUL to The LORD (GOD Almighty).  This is THAT King Ahaz.  For he (King Ahaz) sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him (King Ahaz), saying, “Because the gods of The Kings of Syria help them (The Kings of Syria), I (King Ahaz) will sacrifice to them (the gods of The Kings of Syria) that they (the gods of The Kings of Syria) may help me (King Ahaz).”  But they (the gods of The Kings of Syria) were The RUIN of him (King Ahaz) and of All Israel.  So, Ahaz gathered The Articles of The House of GOD (GOD Almighty), CUT IN PIECES The Articles of The House of GOD (GOD Almighty), SHUT UP The Doors of The House of The LORD (GOD Almighty), and made for himself (King Ahaz) altars in Every Corner of Jerusalem.  And in Every Single City of Judah, he (King Ahaz) made high places to burn incense to other gods, and PROVOKED TO ANGER, The LORD, GOD (GOD Almighty) of his (King Ahaz’s) fathers.

Now the rest of his (King Ahaz’s) acts and all his (King Ahaz’s) ways, from first to last, indeed they are written in The Book of The Kings of Judah and Israel.  So, Ahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him (King Ahaz) in The City, in Jerusalem; but they did NOT bring him (King Ahaz) into The Tombs of The Kings of Israel.  Then Hezekiah, his (King Ahaz’s) son, Reigned in his (King Ahaz’s) place.

The Apostasy Of Israel (Hosea 8:1-14)

 

Set The TRUMPET to Your Mouth!  He (GOD Almighty) shall come like an eagle AGAINST The House of The LORD (GOD Almighty), because they have TRANSGRESSED My (GOD Almighty’s) Covenant and REBELLED AGAINST My (GOD Almighty’s) Law.  Israel will CRY to Me (GOD Almighty), ‘My GOD (GOD Almighty), We (Israel) KNOW YOU (GOD Almighty)!’  Israel has REJECTED The Good; the enemy (Satan) will pursue him (Israel).  “They (Israel) SET UP Kings, but NOT by Me (GOD Almighty); they (Israel) MADE princes, but I (GOD Almighty) did NOT ACKNOWLEDGE them (the princes).  From their (Israel’s) silver and gold, they (Israel) made idols for themselves (Israel), that they (Israel) might be CUT OFF.  Your (Israel’s) calf is REJECTED, O Samaria!  My (GOD Almighty’s) ANGER is AROUSED AGAINST them (Israel), how long until they (Israel) attain to innocence?  For from Israel is even THIS: a workman made it, and it is NOT GOD (GOD Almighty); but the calf of Samaria shall be BROKEN TO PIECES.  “They (Israel) sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind.  The stalk has NO bud; it shall NEVER produce meal.  If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.  Israel is SWALLOWED UP; now they (Israel) are among The Gentiles, like a vessel in which is NO pleasure.  For they (Israel) have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.  Yes, though they (Israel) have hired among The Nations, now I (GOD Almighty) Will GATHER them (Israel); and they (Israel) shall SORROW a little, because of the burden of the king of princes.

“Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, they (Ephraim’s altars) have become for him (Israel), altars for sinning.  I (GOD Almighty) have WRITTEN for him (Israel), The Great Things of My (GOD Almighty’s) Law, but They (GOD Almighty’s Law) were considered a strange thing.  For The Sacrifices of My (GOD Almighty’s) Offerings, they (Israel) sacrifice flesh and eat it, but The LORD (GOD Almighty) does NOT ACCEPT them.  Now, He (GOD Almighty) Will REMEMBER their (Israel’s) iniquity and PUNISH their (Israel’s) sins.  They (Israel) shall RETURN to Egypt.  “For Israel has FORGOTTEN His (Israel’s) Maker (GOD Almighty), and has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; but I (GOD Almighty) Will SEND FIRE upon his (Israel’s) cities, and it (The Fire) shall DEVOUR his (Israel’s) palaces.”

The Great Apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

 

Now, Brethren (Believers), concerning The Coming of Our LORD Jesus Christ and Our (Believers) GATHERING TOGETHER to Him (Jesus Christ), We (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) ask YOU (Believers), NOT to be soon shaken, in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as IF FROM Us (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), as though The DAY OF CHRIST (Jesus Christ) HAD COME.  Let NO ONE Deceive YOU (Believers), by ANY MEANS; for THAT DAY will NOT COME, unless THE FALLING AWAY (The Apostasy) COMES FIRST, and the man of sin (The Antichrist) is REVEALED, the son of perdition, who OPPOSES and EXALTS himself (The Antichrist), ABOVE All, that is CALLED GOD (GOD Almighty) OR that is WORSHIPED, so that he (The Antichrist) SITS as God (NOT GOD Almighty) in The Temple of GOD (GOD Almighty), SHOWING himself (The Antichrist), that he (The Antichrist) is God (NOT GOD Almighty).

Do YOU (Believers) NOT remember, that when I (Paul) was still with YOU (Believers), I (Paul) TOLD YOU (Believers), THESE THINGS?  And now YOU (Believers) KNOW what (The Holy Spirit) is RESTRAINING, that he (The Antichrist) may be REVEALED in his (The Antichrist’s) own time.  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; ONLY He (The Holy Spirit) who now RESTRAINS, will do so until He (The Holy Spirit) is TAKEN OUT of the way.  And then the lawless one (The Antichrist) will be REVEALED, whom The LORD (Jesus Christ) Will CONSUME with The BREATH of His (Jesus Christ’s) Mouth and DESTROY with The BRIGHTNESS of His (Jesus Christ’s) Coming.  The COMING of the lawless one (The Antichrist) is according to The Working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous DECEPTION among Those (Unbelievers) who PERISH, because They (Unbelievers) did NOT receive The Love of The Truth (The Gospel of Jesus Christ), that They (Unbelievers) might be saved.  And for THIS REASON, GOD (GOD Almighty) will SEND Them (Unbelievers) STRONG DELUSION, that They (Unbelievers) should believe THE LIE, that They (Unbelievers) All, may be CONDEMNED, who did NOT believe The Truth (The Gospel of Jesus Christ), but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

 

The Great Apostasy (1 Timothy 4:1-5)

 

Now The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) EXPRESSLY SAYS, that in Latter Times, some will DEPART from The Faith (The Gospel of Jesus Christ), giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to ABSTAIN from foods, which GOD (GOD Almighty) CREATED to be RECEIVED with THANKSGIVING, by Those (Believers) who BELIEVE and KNOW The Truth (The Gospel of Jesus Christ).  For EVERY CREATURE OF GOD (GOD Almighty) IS GOOD, and NOTHING is to be REFUSED, IF it is RECEIVED with THANKSGIVING; for it is SANCTIFIED by The WORD of GOD (GOD Almighty) and prayer.

Fellow Believers, “The Great Apostasy” or “The Falling Away”, which Paul refers to in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and 1 Timothy 4:1-5, needs to be understood by reading The Old Testament, to get an idea of what “Apostasy” or “Falling Away” Biblically means.  As YOU (Believers) read These Scriptures (above), I pray YOU (Believers) grasped just what it means, and how GOD Almighty feels about it when it occurs, He (GOD Almighty) is NOT happy, and in fact it PROVOKES GOD Almighty to ANGER.

Did YOU (Believers) notice, that Paul describes this occurring BEFORE The Antichrist is REVEALED?  Question, do YOU (Believers) SEE any signs of this happening (Apostasy or Falling Away), in Our World, Today?

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