Post #274: The Restrainer Taken Out of the Way | KJV Right Division (Week 10)
Post 274 · Day 67-2: 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 – The Restrainer Taken Out of the Way
“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed.” — 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8 KJV
Something — or Someone — restrains the full manifestation of evil. When the Restrainer is removed, the Wicked One (Antichrist) is revealed. The mystery of iniquity already works, but it is held in check. The removal of the Restrainer precedes the Tribulation's unleashed wickedness.
Right Division: Right Division: The Restrainer is most likely the Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ — the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15) and the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13). When the Body of Christ is raptured, the restraining influence of the Spirit-indwelt Church is removed, and the man of sin is revealed. This is the strongest right-division argument for a pretribulation Rapture: the Church is the Restrainer, and the Restrainer must be removed before the Tribulation begins.
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