Richard2YHWH
Puritan Board Freshman
So I heard something new from the Pastor of a new church I'm attending. I moved from Oregon back to Indiana and believe I found a good Bible believing, Bible teaching church. But what he said threw me through a loop. He said that those who are saved during the tribulation period, will not receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This conversation developed from 2 Thessalonians 2:7. which says; "And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way." I don't believe the Holy Spirit is removed like He does. I believe His restraint on evil is removed, but not Him. For He is omnipresent. He brang up the Old Testament as well to justify his theology, but even that didn't make much since to me. I believe I have a problem with this. We only had one conversation that lasted about an hour; and he did admit he's never been challenged on this like I had done; that he will dig into it and get back to me. I have done more digging myself and think he is wrong. There is no reason to believe scripturally that someone who gets saved during the tribulation won't receive the Holy Spirit just as the church did before it was raptured outa here. Because of Jesus, every born-again believer receives the promised gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirits work in my opinion has never changed, and never will. If He did, then that means we have a changing God; and that definitely goes against scripture. I hope I get some good dialog here. Thank you in advance for your time in this discussion.