Sermon Notes 10/19 – The Last Days

Isaiah 13:13 AND 2 Thessalonians 2:1-7

-the Lord is shaking everything

-the church is a restraining force

       2 Thessalonians 2:1-7

verse 1 – COMING – this is the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ

             – GATHERING To HIM – this is the rapture of the church

***Jesus is returning to the Mount of Olives – Acts 1:9-11

verse 2 – Do not be shaken  – the church does not have to be shaken

-the Thessalonians were told the Lord had come back and they were left behind

verse 3 – Let not one person

deceive – refers to planets that are off course and out of orbit

***2 Things must happen before the return of the Lord returns:

-a falling away – more and more people not wanting Christianity or Jesus

-the antichrist will appear

    * he will be a man

    * he will have evil and wicked character – the man of sin

-the son of perdition – it means he is doomed to destruction in the lake of fire

verse 3 – revealed – means to take the lid off or lift up the curtain at a specific time

verse 4 – opposes – to be completely against & will never end

verse 5 – remember the words of the Lord through Paul about the last days

verse 6 – restraining – means to hold something down and back

-holding back sin, eveil, wickedness and demonic oppression

-the restraining force is working today

verse 7 – the restraining force will only restrain for so long

-the restraining force is the church of Jesus Christ

-the restraining force will be removed at the rapture

-the restraining force is not the Holy Spirit

-the Holy Spirit is God, is eternal and is everywhere all of the time -= Psalm 139:7-14…..Hebrews 9:14

***The church restrains evil through prayer – Crying out Prayer…

-the church is holding back a complete and total takeover

-we cry out to the Lord because it is scriptural – Psalm 88:1-2,13/102:1-2/119:145-147

              We need to cry out to the Lord in prayer…..

      1. Because of the times we are living in – 2 tim 3:1-9 & 1 Chr 12:32

      2. Because the Lord limits Himself to our prayers – Matthew 7:7-8

-when we pray the Lord moves & when we don’t pray the Lord does not move

***NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT OUR PRAYERS MATTER***

We must continually cry out o the Lord – Luke 11:5-8

-Matthew 7:7-8 – keep praying until the Lord answers