I Timothy 4:1-2
NCV: Now the Holy Spirit clearly says that in the later time some people will stop believing the faith. They will follow spirits that lie and teachings of demons. v2. Such teachings come from the false words of liars whose consciences are destroyed as if by a hot iron. KJV: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH.
The Holy Spirit has revealed that in the later times, there will be a falling away both from a personal faith in Jesus Christ and from Scriptural truth. This is a prophecy from the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit wants to prepare us to stay strong in the Lord and not to be upset when these things are beginning to happen within the churches all over the world. Today in Europe, many churches are being closed due to not enough Christians attending. This is one example of what is happening lately.
Paul has said, that the day of the Lord will not come except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed (II Thess. 2:3). Why does the falling away have to come first? The Antichrist dares not to appear until the “falling away” of apostasy comes first. Antichrist will not rise to power alone. Antichrist will have the False Prophet who will prepare “The Falling Away” to accept this false “Messiah, the Antichrist.” The False Prophet will performs signs and miracles and be able to deceive the whole world. This will make it easier for the False Prophet to bring all men into spiritual allegiance with the Antichrist. When we approach the end of the age, false prophets, new religious, and spiritual darkness will take over the whole world for the rise of these great deceivers—The Antichrist and the False Prophet.
Right now, the Holy Spirit is holding back the Antichrist until the right time when God the Father will allow the Antichrist to have his own way for only a short period of time. Until then let us stay true to our Lord Jesus Christ and remember that He is Lord.
He is Lord, He is Lord,
He has risen from the dead,
and He is Lord. Every knee shall bow,
Every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
