The sword is ready to be given into the hand of the slayer. 

Ezekiel 21:11

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“And He has given it to be polished, that it may be handled; This sword is sharpened, and it is polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.’” Ezekiel 21:11

God has prepared His fury to be unleashed and has given the sword of His wrath into the hand of the slayer. The slayer was the king of Babylon at that time and is the world government of the beast today. The temple of God (our body as the home of the Holy Spirit) has been destroyed and tribulation arises on this earth by the hand of the slayer.

God destroys those who destroys His temple, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 The destruction comes to Israel, the world government and its global culture.

The global turbulence in the world is a result of the Holy Spirit being taken out this world. The rejection of Jesus Christ prohibits the infilling of the Holy Spirit, but receiving Jesus is synonymous with receiving the Holy Spirit, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit. And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” Acts 19:2-3

The Holy Spirit is who restrains lawlessness. “For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8

The sword that enters into the private chambers is the entity that governs through what people say, do, think, and feel. This entity replaces the human spirit and conscience and hardens people against the Holy Spirit. This is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

We are created to be the home of the Holy Spirit. The one who destroys the temple of God will be destroyed.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11