Man Of Lawlessness Series

NIV

Prayer

Premise-

One of the reasons I’m bringing this subject to you today is that something is happening that frankly caught me by surprise.

Over the past 2 weeks, and within the last week especially we have seen and incredible rise of antisemitism that wasn’t even seen during WWII outside of Nazi Germany. In every Western Country there are huge demonstrations calling for “From the river to the sea” to be cleansed of everything having to do with Jews.

If you don’t understand the reference “from the river to the sea”- the Jordan river makes up Israels Eastern Border, while the Mediterranean Sea makes up the western border. So when these demonstrators are shouting this- the are calling for the complete genocide of all Jews.

This isn’t just overseas- this is happening right here. Last night they attempted to breach the White House gates- smearing blood all over the fence pillars.

These are Americans, typically around college age. (military age males crossing border)

Swastika’s are being proudly flown in these marches. Let that sink in for a moment.

Swastikas.

Twisted crosses representing one of the most evil regimes ever to exist on earth.

Are Now being celebrated by many in our culture. A symbol so reprehensible even a few years ago that using it would get you forever shamed and canceled is now being celebrated. If you drew a swastika on a paper in my high school- you were expelled.

But now- people are marching under flags bearing that symbol

This is part of the spirit of Hamas- of evil, wicked, and depraved violence has gripped much of our young people, and even some of our politicians.

What has happened? The Hamas spirit has opened up the gates of hell to release a new spirit- the antichrist spirit.

The Antichrist spirit is one of complete lawlessness.

Let’s break down what we read today and see why this door has seemingly opened for the antichrist to come to power.

I. Something has to be taken out of the way

Let’s look at Verse 6-7 again-

6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.

We are going to dissect these 2 verses and correlate them with other scriptures we have studied over the last couple of weeks.

One huge point- when we talk about the end times, we can’t be just focused on what is happening in America. We have a tendency as Americans to think the entire world revolves around what is happening here.

That’s not the case when we talk about eschatology, or the end times- you look to what is happening in Israel and that region of the world to discern where we are at on God’s prophetic and end time’s calendar.

So keep that in consideration as we study these verses.

In these verses, we see a criteria that is being met both in Israel and on a worldwide scale that is being met to allow for the rise of the antichrist.

The first one is simple- the “What”.

6 And now you know what is holding him back