Murders, puppies, and the Restrainer

A guy on Twitter sent me a tweet. He wrote: "The Rapture can't get here soon enough and get rid of the annoying asses that preach about it."

He thinks he is annoyed now, I shudder to think what his, and others', lives will be like when the Restrainer is removed. See, The Holy Spirit was only given two titles directly, Comforter and Restrainer. He comforts and He restrains.

"But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John 14:26)

"While indwelling believers, the Holy Spirit will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment." (John 16:8)

It is that conviction that the Twitter guy writhes under.

"For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way." (2 Thessalonians 2:7) So, when He is taken out of the way the restraint will be gone. The opposite of restraint is unleashed. Hell unleashed. What a world that will be! Let's ponder what such a world would be like by looking at the world now.

Mexican Soldiers Open Fire on Family in Car at Checkpoint, Killing Boy, 15, and Father
MONTERREY, Mexico — Soldiers opened fire on a family's car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday

Bosnian police find girl who tossed puppies into river
Bosnian police on Friday said they had tracked down a Bosnian girl who sparked worldwide outrage when she was seen on video throwing half a dozen puppies (one by one) into a river.

Gunman Kills 1, Injures 3 In Apparent Random Attack
A man is dead and three others are injured after a man walked up to them and began firing late Tuesday night, according to Suffolk County Police. The incident occurred on the front stoop of a home located at 165 Railroad Street in Huntington Station, where the four men were walking. Police say an unknown gunman walked up to the group and began firing...

U.N. puts Congo sex attacks at more than 500
"U.N. officials on Tuesday put the number of rapes and other sexual attacks in eastern Congo since late July at more than 500, more than double the previous estimate."

Eight human heads found in Mexico
Eight human heads were found early Tuesday in four separate places near roadsides outside the northern Mexico city of Durango, the local prosecutor's office said.

Life is cheap. Women are raped, people killed randomly at close range, girl calmly and cold-bloodedly tossed little puppies into a freezing Bosnian river. Heartless at age 13. Mexico is simply out of control. Murders, arsons, rapes, killings, massacres, abortions...all happening while the Restrainer is HERE. What would the world be like when He who restrains evil is gone??

This is not to say that God will leave people without a witness. The Holy Spirit will still be present on earth but He will not be indwelling Christians. He will revert to the Old Testament style of conviction by 'coming upon' them. God will supernaturally seal the 144,000 and they will witness throughout the Tribulation. The Two Witnesses will witness. An angel will witness to the world while flying around it repeatedly. New born-again Christians will witness. But for the first moments, days, weeks or months after the rapture, before the 144,000, before the Two Witnesses, before the Angel, before new Christians convert, there will be NO RESTRAINT to evil in the world. Do you want to be here? I sure don't. And I won't be. You don't have to be here either.

Jesus is extending His hand to one and all. He took the punishment for sin by dying on the cross for you. He was actually thinking about you and me while He hung there. All you need to do is ask Him to forgive your sins (believing sincerely that you sin and that you need forgiveness, of course.) And believing that Jesus is the only One who CAN forgive. You will be gone with us in the rapture!

For all those really believe life will be better post Christianity, and that "The Rapture can't get here soon enough and get rid of the annoying asses that preach about it," know this: just when you really WANT to hear the word preached, just when you NEED it, "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I will send a famine through the land--not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD." Remember, in John 14:26 above, "But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things..." they will need a teacher but the teacher will not be indwelling Christians. Who will teach them?

Get the Word while you can. Do not be so quick to get rid of us. And...be careful what you wish for!