After some thought the alien thing in the previous post was not fully explained. Bottom line is whatever this thing is its going to have to be really impressive.
2 Thess 2:
9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
This highlighted text above makes it clear this event is not something that could or can be mistaken for anything else. It removes all the speculation about "well maybe the anti-Christ is walking around the earth today." There is no event in the history books that even remotely resembles the highlighted text above. The Lord God made sure to set this thing apart. What does this have to do with the alien thing? The alien thing is demonic by nature. So, when they show up they will be doing all the things demons can do which includes matter manipulation, shape shifting, weather manipulation to name a few. These few things alone will be enough to flip the 2 Thess 2 switch.
Also, in order to almost fool the elect its going to have to be really convincing. The key with all of this is they can try to "kick start" the final 7 years as they have in the past but it is all doomed to fail if the Restrainer is not taken out of the way:
2 Thess 2
7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming
Also there is the fact that the Restrainer, which we are part of has been instructed to actively restrain with all the tools at our disposal. This does not bode well for the enemy's current plans. Then again, is the Restrainer is taken out of the way in the blink of an eye and the groundwork has been laid then the enemy may proceed.
For those of us who believe that means we have to be fully engaged in our earthly mission while at the same time keeping our eyes on the sky-but not for aliens...Each one of us needs our own comms line with the General, our Commander in Chief in heaven. We take our orders from Him. You know what this servant is receiving by what is written on this blog. Make sure you are getting your own individual instructions as well. Each one of us was created uniquely to fulfill a mission in this evil age. Lets do what we were put here to do. It starts with prayer.
Glory to God
grace and peace
