What is left to hold back iniquity after believers and the Holy Spirit are taken away?
Nothing is left to hold back iniquity. Once every believer is taken away, and the Holy Spirit is taken away in His present role of working today, no restraining influence remains. The check on moral falling away is gone, so iniquity is left unchecked.
Les explains that Christianity has served as the brake on the falling away of moral principles in the Western world. The Christian has stood in the gap and said, wait a minute, this is wrong. But when every believer is taken away, and the Holy Spirit and His role as He works today are taken away, Les asks what is left to hold back iniquity. His answer is nothing, nothing. The restraining presence is gone; he even notes living next to the dam that holds Lake Eufaula.