Comments on: Will the Holy Spirit be here after the Rapture?

By: Bob Lyle

Bob Lyle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:40:08 +0000

It should be easy for anyone who realizes they have missed the rapture to repent, and God always responds to a repentant heart. However, it will be very hard to remain faithful in the face of the death penalty pronounced upon all who refuse to worship the antichrist or receive the mark of that beast. Those who capitulate will be doomed, according to Revelation 14:11 “And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” So it’s going to be terrible either way, except that those who are martyred for Christ will be saved.

By: manning

manning — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:37:20 +0000

i thought when the tribulation period come that the holy spirit would be taken away and it would be very hard for the people left behind to recieve Jesus. That one of the reason i thought that why God have not sent his son because he is trying to give us a chance to believe in Jesus Christ.

By: Bob Lyle

Bob Lyle — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:13:51 +0000

“Out ofthe way” does not necessarily mean “off the earth.” God stepped out of the way so Satan could try Job. He didn’t leave the earth, he just stepped aside for awile, so to speak. Even during the trial he was limiting what the devil could do to Job. By rapturing the church and starting over with the 144,000 Jews, a much smaller number than He will have removed, the Spirit will be diminishing the work that he will be doing through human agents, which are the instruments he chiefly works through. Basically He will be stepping aside so the man of sin can be revealed without all those pesky Christiians exposing to the world what a devil the antichrist really is and what he really is doing to them. Those backsliders who are left behind and do know and try to object, he will simply decapitate.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:54:49 +0000

I don’t intend to be dogmatic either way. My inclination is to believe that the Holy Spirit is that one that is restraining “until he be taken out of the way.” When will he be taken out of the way? It seems that will have to happen at a time when the enemy will still be able to make advances without the restraining power of that one who is restraining. Surely, that will be the tribulation. So, my expectation is that the role of the Holy Spirit will change during the tribulation. I don’t pretend to know the timing or extent of that change, and to make suppositions would be folly. One thing I do know, I don’t want to be left to find out first hand.

By: Erasmo A. Sanchez Jr.

Erasmo A. Sanchez Jr. — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:22:52 +0000

What about the 144,000 - 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes. Surely they will take over where the church left off. Will it not be God’s Holy Spirit that motivates them? They will see our Lord for who he really is and isn’t it the Holy Spirit who reveals this truth? My understanding is that they will be on earthh during the tribulation. We should be praying for them as our Heavenly Father could be preparing their hearts right now for all that they will be up against in that time.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:42:15 +0000

I believe the key to Ken’s response is: “the Holy Spirit will not remain on earth after the Rapture in the same sense that He is here now…” His presence cannot be excluded from any location, but His role can be altered… “taken out of the way.”

By: Roi Garcia

Roi Garcia — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:25:44 +0000

The Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity. He has the attributes of God because He is God. God is at all places at all times. Where can we go and the LORD is not there? He is everywhere. I believe that Scripture iin 2 Thes 2:7 is speaking of the church. The church also restrains politics, decisions in theology, etc. If the church is not here than major poliitical decisions going against Israel will be done.