Apostasy and the Coming Alien Invasion

The title I really wanted to use was “Why I Don’t Believe the Bride will be on Earth During the Coming Demonic ‘Alien’ Invasion” but it was too long.

Those who follow my blog know that the first reason for my belief is that the Bride is not appointed to wrath (read Saved from Wrath). In that article I explain the Dragon’s wrath occurs simultaneously with the Lamb’s wrath; therefore, the demonic “alien” invasion will be part of the Dragon’s wrath. My understanding then is we will not be subject to any wrath at all—Dragon’s, Lamb’s, or God’s!

I believe the Bride will be the church of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:10) and that the overcoming church will harpazo before sudden destruction ( 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 5:1-9) (see By the Skin of Our Teeth).

Aliens?

Next, I need to explain to readers what I mean by a “demonic ‘alien’ invasion”.

As I shared in [a] previous blog article, Warnings and Hope to Those Left Behind, the Antichrist will be the world leader who arises during the Tribulation who will actually be infilled with the presence of the nachash—the serpent known as Satan. He will be revealed once the Church has been raptured. [Excerpt from Google Doodle, the Rapture, and Revealing of the Antichrist]

This world leader will come as an extraterrestrial “alien” savior doing great signs and wonders.

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:

[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie . . . 2 Thessalonians 2:8-11 KJV

...You need to understand that what people refer to as ‘aliens’ or ‘extraterrestrials’ are actually evil demonic entities masquerading as these things…

Spirit-filled believers were designed for spiritual warfare. The best teaching ever on this can be found in an article called The Mystery of Spiritual Warfare by John Paul Jackson. [Excerpt from Giants, Aliens, and a Total Solar Eclipse]

Chapter 9 of Revelation begins the description of the coming invasion that the world will perceive to be “aliens” but will in actuality be an attack by demonic entities.

Steven Ben DeNoon of Israeli Live did a video on Did Jesus Prophesy of an Alien Invasion?

Jeremy’s Visit to Heaven

Several years ago God sent the world a message through a 10-year-old boy named Jeremy about this coming invasion. Jeremy shared how Jesus took him way up in the air past the clouds and past many planets in space to a heavenly crystal city with streets of gold with many mansions. He saw workers for everything in heaven and many, many babies. He asked Jesus what was going to happen to his family and the Lord showed him the future. He showed him that there was going to be a WW3 but that a worse war was to come, that of the alien demon war. These evil demons will portray themselves as aliens but they are part of Satan's army that will try to destroy the entire world population. To listen to this story go to 10 Year Old Boy Dies, Goes To Heaven & tells of WW3 & Demonic Fallen Angles Invading Earth!!

It is my understanding that the Bride of Christ will not be on Earth when this occurs. In my last post I made the following comment:

The Babylon system will be judged in America, but those who purport that the entire Church needs refining and must go through The Tribulation to be purified do not make sense. Why would the Lord appoint the Church of our time to endure terrible global catastrophes and horrific demonic "alien" invasions versus the Church at any other time? What about the dead in Christ who were never "refined by The Tribulation"? The Scripture clearly indicates that the dead in Christ are part of the Bride yet not all of them will have gone through this so-called purification process (1 Thessalonians 4:16).

I am not saying the overcoming Bride will not go through any dangerous events. I am saying She is not appointed to wrath. . . (for more on this read Saved from Wrath). [Excerpt from What's Next for America? Comments Section]

Those who live a life wherein they exercise the gift of God within them are overcomers who, in many cases, have gone through refining fires of purification already! My favorite example of such a person is Henry Gruver. This Brother in Christ shares many testimonies on-line of God’s great power and love but my favorite is when Steve Quayle interviews Henry Gruver at GenSix Studios concerning the Fallen Angels Chained Beneath Streets of Rome!

This account is an example of not just one person walking in the authority of Christ, but several!

The Abyss—Demon Prison

Those who exercise this authority have the spiritual ability to bind and cast demons into the abyss as Jesus did, so why would Satan take the chance of unleashing his army knowing there were those still on Earth who could take authority over his evil host and imprison them?

We first learn of the abyss when Jesus ministered in the country of the Gadarenes:

And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs. - Luke 8:27 KJV

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. - Luke 8:28 KJV

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. - Luke 830-:31 KJV

The word translated deep is the Greek word abusso, which in other places in the New Testament is translated the bottomless pit . . .

Now, somewhere upon the earth there is a shaft that goes from the surface of the earth down into Hades. This shaft in the scripture is called the abusso. It is translated the bottomless pit. And this shaft is the abode and incarceration of evil spirits. The antichrist will ascend out of the abusso, the shaft. When Satan is bound during the thousand-year reign of Christ, he will be cast into this same abusso, out of which the antichrist came. In the book of Revelation we read where an angel is given the key to the abusso during in the time of God's Great Tribulation and judgment upon the earth, and he opens up the abusso, and when he does, these creatures that John graphically describes in the book of Revelation come out of the abusso and began to attack men upon the earth. These hordes of demons released, and attacking men during the Great Tribulation period. I mean, those who have made these fantasy movies haven't seen anything yet. [Excerpt from BLB Chuck Smith Commentary]

Since the overcoming church has this kind of power, why doesn’t the Book of Revelation reveal them subduing the demonic horde? This is part of my reasoning with those who do not believe at all in the harpazo or who say it happens after the time of Jacob’s Trouble.

The Apostasy = THE Departure

Additionally, I believe that the “falling away” of 2 Thessalonians 2 that occurs before the man of sin is revealed is referring to the harpazo of the Bride:

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

In 2 Thessalonians 2:1 the phrase "gathering together" is translated from the Greek word episunagogue and refers to the Great Assembly--a gathering together in one place of all believers (Hebrews 12:22-23).

The phrase "a falling away" is translated from the Greek he apostasia. It is quite enlightening to find that most of the earlier English versions translated he apostasia as 'the departure'. erfministries.com

 

In Why the ‘Rapture’ Comes First #4 of 4 by John Fenn he writes:

The Amplified Bible in its notes, and Kenneth Wuest’s NT make notes that reveal the word ‘apostia’ at their root, mean departure, falling away from view, or departure on a journey. In Bible school in 1979 I learned the original use of the word described the act of a ship leaving port and ‘falling away’ out of site over the horizon as it departed. THAT understanding of the word is consistent with the rest of the NT and grammatically here:

“That day will not come until the rapture (Jewish catching away of believers in Messiah) comes first, and then the man of sin will be revealed…and now you know what is restraining him that he may be revealed at the right time…and he who restrains him will continue to do so until he is taken out of the way, then he man of sin will be revealed.” (II Thess. 2: 3-7)

The ‘he’ who is restraining him is the body of Christ, Christ in the earth, acting as a salt or preservative that must be removed for the man of sin to be revealed. Some would suggest it is the Holy Spirit who is removed so the man of sin may be revealed. I would say it this way, it is the Holy Spirit in us and His time of ministry to us, Jews and Gentiles alike who have been part of the last 2,000 years of the age of the Gentiles, must be removed.

 

Some believe, however, that the apostasia is referring to a departure from the faith and still others think it is a rebellion upon the earth staged by satan.  What is important to realize, however, is that this Greek word does not give the definition of who or what departs, only that there is a definite departure. 

"The falling away" cannot be something negative when Paul exhorts in 2 Thessalonians 2:2 "That ye be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled..." He was comforting the Thessalonians who believed that they were already living in the time of wrath or "the day of Christ". Also, when referring to the rapture of the Church in 1 Thessalonians 4:18, he wrote, "Wherefore comfort one another with these words". How can anyone be comforted if they believe they will have to endure ANY of the 7-years of Antichrist's rule?

So "the departure" must be a separate event that happens FIRST before the revealing of the "man of sin".

Who is Raptured and When?

In my studies, I found that there are two parts to Christ’s return.

Robert Breaker, a Youtube contributor, did an hour-long video on this subject on July 10, 2015, entitled, The Two Comings of Jesus Christ. He shows how the Messiah’s first coming to earth at his birth was a two-part event and outlines His second coming as a two-part event wherein the Rapture occurs prior to His setting foot on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4) after the Great Tribulation.

Notice I always use “overcoming church” or “Bride” or similar terms when referring to who will be raptured.

It is my belief that the Bride of Christ is represented by His rib. Just as Eve was formed from Adam’s rib, so does the Bride come from Christ’s Body. The Bride of Christ is the overcoming remnant of the Church Body who is caught up by the Bridegroom. Remember Lot's Wife

That means there will be people left on Earth who profess to be Christians but who actually are not. You don’t have to be a Henry Gruver to be raptured, but you do have to make Jesus Christ your Lord and believe God raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:9). Instead of you being the lord over your own life you give it over to Yahshuah Ha Moshiach, Jesus. You must lose your life, so to speak, to gain eternal life (Matthew 16:25).

Now who makes it into the category of the Bride is not up to me—Jesus said: Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. - Luke 21:36 KJV

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. - Revelation 22:17 KJV

Updated 6/16/23