The end time apostasy comes through the church

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 

For centuries church goers have thought antichrist comes through governments of men.
 
In the 1800's, the Russians thought antichrist was Napoleon. 
 
In the 1940's, many thought Hitler was the antichrist.
 
The truth is shown to us by the apostle John.  Antichrist was already there in their own church group.
 
I John 2:18-19  Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.



19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
They couldn't take over the early church with the apostle John there so they left and set up their own church denominations so they could change the doctrine away from the doctrine of Christ.
 
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The apostle Paul also shows us in the Bible that antichrist was already there among the elders of the church of Ephesus.
 
Acts 20
 

17 And from Miletus he (Paul) sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.  

 
25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.


 
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which HE hath purchased with HIS own blood.



29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.



30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
 
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The apostle Peter warned them telling them of the false teachers who would come among the church.
 
II Peter 2
 

1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.



2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.



3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you:

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And the apostle Paul tells them Jesus will not return until the apostasy takes place in the churches.
 
2 Thessalonians 2
 
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the coming of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures.")



4 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.
As soon as churches remove scripture, antichrist moves into those churches and sets up his own doctrine and that church group follows doctrines of antichrist and this is the apostasy.
 
This is what we are seeing today in church groups that fail to hold to all the scriptures of the NT.
 

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