No 3

(What is holding Satan back)

Satan, at present is in the world and he basically wants everyone to know that he does not exist; that way he can go about using the different means he has at his disposal, such as: mediums, magicians, humanism, rock music, astrology, etc, etc and the unsuspecting soul who uses these methods has certain pleasure and begins to like the power.

There was once a man who used to balance pencils , screwdrivers and various other objects on the tip of his fingers. Everyone that saw him do these things was amazed at his "powers" and of course, the man liked these powers too and he would use them to get what he wanted because everyone was afraid of him There are hundreds of other examples such as these; I'm sure you know of some also.

I bet you're wondering why God would let this go on. The answer is simple; the world belongs to Satan. In Matthew 4:9, Satan tempted Our Lord and said, "And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." I ask you, how can Satan GIVE something to somebody if does not already belong to him?

The world belongs to Satan and were it not for the Spirit of God, this world would be rampant with evil. Thank the Lord that there are some spots in this present world that Satan can't touch. For example, a believer's heart is inpenatrable by Satan. All he can do to believers is be bothersome , but he can never, never, win true believers to his cause because they belong to the Savior Jesus Christ and no one can pluck them from His hand. (John 10:28)

Notwithstanding, there will come a time when the Spirit of God will be removed from this earth. The Bible says in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 "For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way."

I ask you, where does the Spirit of God now reside? In the believer's heart. Next question: How will God do this? Very simple, at the rapture of the Church all believers both dead and alive will be removed from this earth and as the Bible says: "and so shall we ever be with the Lord" 1 Thess 4:17b.

At this time, evil will take over the world and Anti-christ will come forth.