Chapter 8:
Satan Given Power Over Left Behind Believers & Tribulation Saints
The Church age will end when the Tribulation begins, and the authority given to the Church, and the Saints, will be superseded by the power and authority that will be given to Satan to overcome the Church, the Saints, the Believers, and also the Jews. During the Tribulation, Satan and his cohorts will be given power and authority to rob, kill and destroy all who live on the earth, including the Saints and Believers, as well as the Jews:
Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring-those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus. (Rev 12:17)
He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast-all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
He who has an ear, let him hear.
If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
with the sword he will be killed.
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.
(Rev 13:6-10)
He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time. (Dan 7:25)
And again:
He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
(Rev 13:15-17)
This is another important reason why the Rapture of the Church is Pre-Tribulation and not Post-Tribulation. Currently, here and now in the Church Age, believers have been given many promises and power and authority to overcome Satan and his demons. At the Rapture the Bride of Christ, the True Church (if I can use that term), will be snatched up to heaven and the Church Age will come to an end. Jesus is coming back for His pure Bride, and those believers and Christians (Foolish Virgins - see Chapter 7) in the body of Christ that are left behind to go through the Great Tribulation will no longer have the power and authority to overcome Satan, but rather Satan will have the power and authority to overcome and kill them. The Churches left behind will dissolve and soon thereafter, organized churches will evolve into the One World Babylonian Church of Revelation 17 & 18, which Tribulation Believers are called out of (Rev 18:4).
And from the Gospels:
"You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
(Mark 13:9-13)
This will result in your being witnesses to them. But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. All men will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish. By standing firm you will gain life. (Luke 21:13-19)
Jesus speaks of ages: “Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” (Matt 12:32) Currently, in this Church Age, we have power according to Jesus’ words to Peter, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Matt 16:18-19) Even with the power and promises of God’s Word spiritual warfare continues to handicap Christians in this age. When the Tribulation begins, a new era will begin and the current power and authority of the Church will be superseded by the power of Satan. The Saints, and the Church, will no longer be able to bind and loose on earth and the gates of Hades will have all the power and authority required to overcome the Church, the Saints, the Believers, and the Jews. Jesus said, “I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you" (Lk 10:19). But unfortunately, when the Tribulation begins the snakes and scorpions will have the authority to trample on believers and to overcome all the power of the Saints - and believers will be harmed and killed by the millions.
The Holy Spirit is not going to be taken out of the world during the Tribulation. We will not be comfortless. As Jesus says above, “Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.” The 144,000 witnesses will also be sharing the gospel and many people will still be repenting and coming to the Lord. At the start of the Great Tribulation the function of the Holy Spirit apparently changes regarding the power and authority of the church. During the Tribulation, the ORGANIZED church becomes a 'Babylonian One World Church,' which is depicted in Revelation as a Whore riding a Beast.
For those left behind, life will change dramatically as chaos and devastation are poured out of God’s Wrath & the wrath of Satan. As Jesus stated so plainly above, “Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.” Christians and new believers will not be exempt. God’s wrath will be poured out to destroy all evil and wickedness, as well as to cleanse and redeem the earth; and Satan’s persecution of believers, both Christian and Jew, will be taken to a much higher level than ever before with the purpose and goal of complete and utter annihilation of Christianity and Judaism. Satan will come close to meeting his goal of total annihilation of believers and Jews since Jesus says, “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.” (Matt 23:22)
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" (Matt 23:31-39)
The blood flow against Israel will only stop when, as Jesus says above, "For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord'" (Matt 23:39). When the Jewish people finally recognize Jesus for who He really is - their Messiah, the blood flow will stop and He will return. This the final prophecy to be fulfilled before Jesus returns and Satan knows that if he can kill all the Jews before they make this confession, then Jesus can't return and take possession of the earth. “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive..." makes it sound as though Satan will get rather close to completely exterminating the Jews (and Christians) during the Tribulation to prevent the Jews from making this profession that brings back their Messiah. (This is also explains why Satan was so intent on killing the Jews through Hitler.)
The signs indicate that the time of the Rapture is rapidly approaching. And as just covered in Chapter 6 - Partial Rapture Of Believers, being a Saint, or a believer, does not guarantee a ticket for the Rapture. Therefore, we believers to must either GET RIGHT or GET LEFT for further purification and martyrdom.