Stepan

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When the night has come, the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way and then nobody will be able to heal.

John 9:4. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.


This passage of Scripture is very profound to me and it took me some time before I could see for myself what I am going to present to you. For many years, I did not see the depth of this verse as I do now.

In John 9:4, when Christ speaks of working the works of "him that sent me, while it is day," we can see that "him" means, of course, the Father. At the time Christ was speaking these words, the day was still in progress, but the night was coming. At the present moment, I am not too concerned about expounding on the nature of all the works referred to in this verse except for one important point of focus -- very important works were obviously going on, and they were going on while it was still day. Such as, miraculous works of healing. Especially works of healing.

Christ is telling us then in John 9:4 that we can know if it is still day for as long as miraculous healings are going on by the will of God though the Holy Spirit. Since the time of Christ and through to the very last days, there will be one day followed by one night. Not two or three different days and nights. Only one day will happen and when it ends then one night will begin, that is it. When the day ends, and the night begins, Christ is saying that absolutely nobody, namely the Apostles or Christ himself will be able to do the things of the Heavenly Father in respect to healings by means of the gift of healing.

Night was already approaching at the time Christ said the words of John 9:4. Without a doubt, now 2000 years later, night is no longer just approaching but it actually is here ... with midnight drawing nearer. We are currently in the night and because we are in the night this means that, in the words of Christ, "no man may work." How then is it that we are still hearing of healings going on, especially in conjunction with those who say they are baptized with the Holy Spirit? How is it that those who say they are baptized with the Holy Spirit -- and claim to have the gift of healing -- still seem to do those things? How are men still working in the night if Christ said no one could??

I choose to believe Christ when He says during the night no man will be able to do such works! In our present days, if works appear to be going on, then those doing such works were not sent by the Father to do them and, furthermore, people are definitely not doing these works through the Holy Spirit! So what is going on here?

It has become obvious to me that since the beginning of the night a delusion slowly and gradually began to form and grow. In its fullness, this delusion will arrive as a cleverly crafted and fully grown thief in the night by the time of the arrival of the Antichrist. This is described in 2Thessalonians 2:11 that reads "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."

These healings, no matter where they will be or through whom they will occur, will be so much a part of the strong delusion that it will be very hard to convince anyone that they are believing a lie. In the time of Christ and a little further into the time of after the Apostles -- there was a day, now it is a night. The night has already lasted more than a millennium. During the night, no one by means of the Holy Spirit will be able to perform any healing. Only one explanation is possible: apparently healings come by a deceptive spirit -- a spirit not from God.

When the night specifically began has little importance compared to it already being here. However, it is easy to see that the night began around 300 AD since the gift of tongues had disappeared at the time of the first Ecumenical Council. In Acts 1, Jesus promises His disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit, which will empower them to spread the gospel to the distant ends of the earth. This gift was intended for use until the end of the day, and the beginning of the night marked the end of the promise of baptism with the Holy Spirit (going forward I refer to it as BwHS). The interesting thing emerges that during the night there will be no healing by means of the healing gift since healing can be done only by means of this gift. The cessation of the promise of BwHS means that none of the gifts of the Holy Spirit will be given in the night, including the gift of healing.

During the night -- at the beginning of the 20th century in 1906 in Los Angeles, California -- there was something called the Azusa Street Revival. There was a so called awakening with manifestations of tongues, and people began to call this BwHS with an evidence of tongues as they thought it was in the day of the Apostles. Christ tells us that there is one day and then one night when the Groom returns at midnight (the Parable of the Ten Virgins). During the night, while the Groom tarries, just like the ten virgins we all currently slumber and sleep (Matthew 25: 5-7). Just as the virgins were all sleeping, so cannot be awakening and BwHS until after the Groom returned. Even then there will not be a time for the BwHS but going home. Those who strive to awaken in practice are acting under the influence of strong delusion. If an actual BwHS were to occur, then the Holy Spirit, who does not change, would have to give all of his gifts and they have to be observed everywhere. This is not happening, only some gifts observed but not all. It is suspicious. If one gift is not given then the other gifts will not be there either. The cessation of the promise of gifts can exist under one condition and that is when the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way. We read in 2Thess. 2:6 And now ye know 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." 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. What prevents him from being revealed? - the power of the Holy Spirit in the middle of a person. It seems that one even should fallow quickly after another one. So, when Holy Spirit will be taken out of the way the Wicked one will be revealed. Yet, nothing happen so far. The question is: why is that so? The answer is already given: he might be revealed in his own time. Time for his appearance not allowed yet. The Greek o the κατέχων restraining άρτι now έως until εκ out of μέσου the middle γένηται he comes. The word ο κατέχων - the one who holds, where ο is a masculine singular pronominal article that indicates a person. The Holy Spirit or the Spirit of Truth in Greek το πνεũμα της αληθείας is neuter, they say, it does not fit there, where the restraining is a masculine one. Compare the interlinear translation of John. 16:13 όταν when δε έλθη comes εκεινος That, το πνεũμα the Spirit της αληθείας of truth... That or He is described by a masculine singular demonstrative pronoun, and who has a neuter name of the Spirit of Truth, but He Himself is a masculine one, which is quite the same as in ο κατέχων. He who restrains, the Holy Spirit, from the middle comes out.

Satan is not stupid; he knows it is written that the Antichrist will come. Most people, including some Christians, will bow to him. How can this be? That they know about him, but yet they will be deceived??!! Most Christians are sure that they will recognize him. My opinion is that they will be mistaken and deceived. And again, the question is: how can this be? They think "It's just unbelievable that we could be deceived, it can't be!" I will say that by this unbelievable thing they will be deceived. Now, what unbelievable thing could happen that even Christians could be deceived?! This is written in Scripture, and it must be understood correctly.

Most Christians believe that the Holy Spirit cannot be taken out of the way, and that the grace of the Holy Spirit will never run out. Some others believe that the Holy Spirit will be taken from the Earth along with the Church before the coming of the Antichrist. For some Christians, the unbelievable thing means that they do not comprehend how the Holy Spirit could possibly be the Who that is holding back in 2Thess. 2:7 because He does not run out. Yet just this unbelievable thing did happen when the night started...it is not something that has yet to happen before the coming of the Antichrist, when many believe is the time that they will be raptured. When the day ended, the Holy Spirit, Who had been holding back iniquity, was moved out of the way (not out of the Earth entirely) and the night began when no man could work because BwHS would no longer be possible.

Many Christians say they will be raptured before the coming of the Antichrist. They point out to 1 Thess. 4:16 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." There is error in the belief that a Rapture will happen before the arrival of the Antichrist because Christians will all be resurrected in the first resurrection and it will be one event for them (both the dead in Christ and the living) -- on the last day. With the erroneous concept, they believe the resurrection will not be only on the last day, as one event, and that after the Rapture there will still be many more days of the Antichrist's rule to come. In other words, this Rapture of the Church is mistakenly seen as something separate from the last day resurrection -- as a separate event entirely. In John 6:44 we read "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day." The last day is after the arrival of the Antichrist and this day will be the last day indeed. THEREFORE, such a point of view is erroneous and the point of view of those who believe the Holy Spirit cannot be holding back is erroneous too, because He does not run out. They also forget that, although He does not run out, the Holy Spirt can be taken out of the way from man. The only question is: where and how?

There are two environments where the Holy Spirit can be in relation to a person: the Holy Spirit can be with a person and the Holy Spirit can be in a person. Christ spoke about it in John 14:17 "...for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." "With you" means He is not in them but near them, and "shall be in you" means the Holy Spirit is actually inside of a person. It is not rocket science to see that on the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit was actually inside of people. BwHS was (in those days), not currently is (in these days), coming of the Holy Spirit directly inside of a person -- in a man's spirit with a gift from Him. Though the Holy Spirit no longer dwells inside of people (as it is night), the Holy Spirit will always be there -- dwelling with this person or with another person nearby. Rest assured, He is still with us and will be always.

There is a popular misunderstanding among Christians that the Holy Spirit will be taken away from the Earth completely. It seems that there is an incorrect understanding of 2Thess. 2:7, even though it says plainly He will be "taken out of the way" -- not from the Earth entirely. Another passage from John 14:16 "...he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever." As we can see, He cannot be taken away from us because he will be "with you forever." This means the Holy Spirit will never depart completely a person on Earth -- and only one thing remains from where he can be taken away from a person (from being "in you") when he is no longer be inside of a person. The Greek word for "the way" is translated incorrectly in English...in Greek this word is μέσος (mezos) - middle, or an interior of the person. To be exact, it implies human spirit: until he be taken out of the middle. Who is keeping the Antichrist from coming and at the same time being in the middle, men or something else? Only one -- the Holy Spirit. He will be taken out from the middle of a person, from the human spirit, therefore there will be no BwHS, and together with it there will be no healing gift.

For the Apostles, after the day of Pentecost to heal meant -- to have the healing gift which was divided by the Holy Spirit in connection with BwHS. The Holy Spirit did not change since Pentecost and His gifts did not change either. If there are gifts, all gifts would have to be observed (not just some) when there is BwHS as it is listed in 1Cor. 12th chapter. If one of the gifts is lacking, the other gifts will not be there either. Thus, it is a direct point that in the last days BwHS will not be going on because the Holy Spirit have been taken out of the middle from the spirit of man. Thus, He cannot divide His gifts, including the gift of healing and the gift of tongues. Why, you may ask, did I pay so much attention to these two gifts? Well, history shows that tongues vanished away around 300AD.This is a major sign that the Holy Spirit was taken out of the way some time before 300AD. At the same time, all the gifts disappeared including the gift of healing. In other words, for a long time now humanity has been living during the night, when there should not be any BwHS.

(See my comments below for continuation ... all of my post would not fit.)