Sermon Notes 10/12 – The Shaking of the Last Days

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5

Isaiah 13:13

Mark 13:24-26

-there will be many shakings in the last days – continually

-Israel in the scriptures – Matthew 24:90-13 and Ezekiel 38:1-17, 23

    ***The Lord fights for Israel

    ***The Lord does not lose one of His people – Amos 9:9

-shakings are here to stay

         How do we make it through these shakings?

1. By having white knuckles – Prov 4:13

-this is holding on to the Word of God and not letting go

2. Take a walk – Galatians 5:16

-this is spending time with Jesus on a daily basis

                 Who is the Lord shaking?

—the Lord is shaking Israel  – Zech 12:1 & 13:1

       *the shaking is to get Israel saved

—The Lord is shaking  the church

        *the Lord is telling us something os getting ready to close – the church age

      THE CHURCH IS A RESTRAINING FORCE – 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

verse 3 – man of sin and son of destruction – evil & wicked character and refers to destruction and being ruined

-revealed – there will be a specific time when the antichrist will come forth

verse 4 – opposes – to be continually against

verse 5 – never forget what you have been told

verse 6 – restrains – to hold something down and back – it is active now

verse 7 – there is a time limit upon the restraining force – it will be gone one day

-this is the church

-the restraining force is not the Holy Spirit

         ***The Holy Spirit is God and is everywhere at once

***The church restrains evil and wickedness & the total takeover of demon powers

a. there is a devil and demons – Matthew 4:1,23-25

b. we see the works and effects of evil

         ***The solution is Crying Out To The Lord In Prayer***

-Crying out prayer is Biblical – we follow the Word of God

-Crying out to the Lord is humility – we desperate need Jesus

-Crying out to the Lord is obedience

-Crying out prayer produces answered prayer – the more we cry out, the more that prayers are answered