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1 | The Restrainer - Revisited! | 2 Thess 2:7 | retxar | 17530 | ||
I agree that the restrainer is the Holy Spirit or the Church. I lean very much toward the church because vs7 says "taken out of the way" not "gets out of the way". The church would have to be "taken out of the way", but the Holy Spirit would need no help. Also, the Holy Spirit cannot remove His presense from the Earth as some have said, because: 1. He is omnipresent 2. There will be a great work of the Holy Spirit done on earth after the a-christ is revealed. However, "taken out of the way", does not have to mean the Holy Spirit's presence would be removed from Earth, just that His restraining power upon the a-christ would be lifted. Anyway, I'm staying with my first answer (c). Good teaching, bro retxar |
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2 | The Restrainer - Revisited! | 2 Thess 2:7 | Morant61 | 17531 | ||
Greetings Rextar! The church would be less problematic that is for sure. The phrase is literaly '...until out of the midst he becomes'. Some feel that, if it is a reference to the Holy Spirit, He doesn't cease to "be here" but simply withdraws His restraint. Either way, we will not know the identity of the restrainer for sure until we are in Heaven. Regardless, the message is perfectly clear. Even the man of lawlessness has to wait until God says go and even then he is destined for destruction at the appearing of our Lord and Savior. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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