When we believe in Jesus Christ and get born from above, we get the seed of God in us. This seed is eternal and we cannot lose it. No more that you can lose the seed of your earthly father, so we cannot lose the seed of our heavenly Father. You may fall out with your earthly father and never talk to him again, but you will always have his seed in you. The same holds true for the eternal seed we get. It is the token, or guarantee, of our salvation.

When we get born-again, we are part of the Church of God, the Body of Christ. He is the head, we are members of his body. We are also called the Bride of Christ.

So when the child is caught away to God and to the throne of God, so too we, as members of his Body, are caught away when we are gathered together with him as described in 1 Thessalonians 4. So the metaphor of the man-child being caught away to God is a description of the gathering together of the Church of the Body, also called the Rapture.

That’s why it says that the Devil goes to make war with the "remnant" of her seed. That is, those saints who will believe in and turn to Christ when they find themselves in the midst of the tribulation period.

The "seed of the woman" here can refer to Jesus, as it does in verse 5. It can refer to all those born-again believers who have the seed of God in them. And it can refer all the way back to Genesis 3:15 where we are told that there would be enmity between the "seed of the woman" and "the seed of the serpent."

Furthermore, (and we have Greg Shaver from Springfield, Oregon, to thank for this piece of insight), when the Messiah arrives back in heaven having gathered together his espoused, do you think he or his father are going to put up with the Devil slandering his Bride in their presence? I trow not.

Picture this: Jesus gets back to head-quarters with his Bride. The Devil cannot accuse them anymore before God for there will be no more sinning after we get our new spiritual bodies. There is not enough room in the heavenly realm once many millions of believers, from all through the ages, arrive. So Satan and his minions have got to go.

Now there is a war in heaven between Michael and his warfaring angels against the dragon and his evil spirit men, and there can be only one outcome.

The Devil and his angels are ousted out and fall to earth like figs falling from a tree shaken by a mighty wind. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth. For the Devil is fallen to earth, and he is very wroth, for he knows his time is short. Now comes to pass that prophetic utterance made by Jesus in Luke 10:18, " I beheld Satan as lightening falling to earth."

About the same time, Apollyon and those Nephilim who have been incarcerated with him in the bottomless pit, are released once more. Chapter 2 of 2nd Thessalonians is given over to the timing of this event. The context is set in verse one where it says; "Now we beseech you brethren by the coming of our lord Jesus Christ and by our GATHERING TOGETHER unto him."

So the context of this whole chapter is the "gathering together" of the saints. And in the third verse we are told;

Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.

The key to understanding this verse lies in the words, "falling away." Most commentators and teachers say that this is referring to a "falling away" of the Church from the Word and from God. (Even though there is no mention here of either "the truth" or the Word or God).

They get this notion from the Greek word used in the text which is apostasia. The word "apostasy" has been transliterated into the English language from this word. But in the original Greek, it does not mean apostasy.

The Greek word for " away" in the text is apo. Greek is a numerical language as is Hebrew. Apo is a preposition and denotes motion away from the surface of an object. It can be described in terms of a line being drawn from the circumference (or outside) of a circle and going away in an outwardly direction. Hence it is used of motion away from a place. (see Appendix 104,The Companion Bible by E W Bullinger).

It is clear from a literal interpretation of this passage that the "falling away" is speaking of a departure of something away from one place to another. Hence it is speaking of the Church departing away from the surface of this earth and heading in an outwardly direction. Remember the context? It is the gathering together of the saints.

By the way, there is no apostasy taking place in these latter days. In fact, the opposite is the case. For there are thousands coming to Christ on a daily basis all over the world. There is revival going on in parts of Africa, South America, Korea and elsewhere.

After the Revolution in China, not so many years ago, there was about one million evangelical Christian believers. Today there is an estimated 80 million. And the Church there is experiencing signs, miracles and wonders as the believers have so little going for them, they have to walk out on their faith, allowing God to work mightily. The same is true of the Church in other Third World countries.

And of course, look at all the millions of Christians there are throughout the United States. This is somewhat of a paradox. For the US has the most guns, the most money, the most drugs, the most pornography than any other country. Yet there is a polarisation right down the middle of society because so many good Christian people in the States are endeavouring to stand on God’s Word.

So no, there is no apostasy happening today. The opposite is the case. And what we are seeing is "the latter rain" and God pouring out His spirit as many thousands turn to and trust in Christ and his Word on a daily basis.

Verses 6 and 7 go on to talk of the man of sin who is incarcerated.

6 And ye know now what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

The Greek word for "withhold" is the same word as "letteth" in verse 7. It literal means "there is one who holds fast." In other words, something is "holding him fast" in this place of detention until something else "be taken out of the way."

8 Then shall that wicked be revealed…whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders."

The thing that is preventing the man of sin, the Antichrist, from being revealed and which is holding him fast in captivity, is the Holy Spirit which is living in the Church of the Body at this present time. But when this body of people is "taken out of the way," then the man of sin will be free to be revealed to the world.

By the way, the Greek word for revealed is, emphanizo, which means "to cause to be manifested or shown plainly and clearly." In other words, people are going to see these guys just as the original humans saw and cohabited with these same fallen angels who materialised on the earth as recorded in Genesis 6.

So, once this departure, known as the Rapture or gathering together has occurred, then the man of sin, the son of perdition, called the Antichrist, can be released.

This man’s name is given in Revelation as both Apollyon in Greek and Abaddon in Hebrew, which means "destroyer." Of course for those of you familiar with my book, The Nephilim, you will know that Apollyon is how the Greeks spell Apollo. And he was one of the main leaders of the original pantheon of Greek gods know as the Olympians who lived and reigned on this earth prior to the Flood of Noah, and who’s ruins are with us to this day.

This Apollo goes on to become the Antichrist, the Beast from the Abyss, who goes to his destruction. This does not mean that he will be destroyed, but rather that he goes on to destroy almost the whole world, which culminates with the last and final battle which begins at the Valley of Megiddo.

So, Jesus comes back to gather his Church and take them to heaven where he has been preparing a place for us. When the church is departed, it makes way for the Antichrist, the man of sin to be revealed. Then about the same time, there is a war in heaven, as God and His son are not going to put up with the Bride of Christ being slandered in their presence. The Devil and his angels must go, for their place is found no more in heaven. They fall to earth like figs dropping off a tree shaken by the wind. The Apocalypse begins.

I sure am glad I ain’t going to be there. Aren’t you?

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