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7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
That verse is not hard to understand that the Lord was allowing the Thessalonians and other Christians in their day, troubles caused by the spirit of Antichrist, as part of the growth and expansion of Christianity.
"now letteth"..... referring to the presence time Paul was speaking to the Thessalonians.
"will let"....... actually what is inferred is "continue to let" those same sort of troubles Christians experience caused by the spirit of Antichrist, would continue all the way through history....until....
"he be taken out of the way". Which is a reference to the rapture.
The collective body of believers is the body of Christ. The "he" is the body of Christ that will be taken out of the way. That is, to say, the rapture. The "he" is Jesus, and the "he" taken out of the way is Jesus's body here on earth.
And "then", i.e. after the rapture, the man of sin will be revealed by the act of going into the temple sitting, claiming to be God.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed.......
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That verse is not hard to understand that the Lord was allowing the Thessalonians and other Christians in their day, troubles caused by the spirit of Antichrist, as part of the growth and expansion of Christianity.
"now letteth"..... referring to the presence time Paul was speaking to the Thessalonians.
"will let"....... actually what is inferred is "continue to let" those same sort of troubles Christians experience caused by the spirit of Antichrist, would continue all the way through history....until....
"he be taken out of the way". Which is a reference to the rapture.
The collective body of believers is the body of Christ. The "he" is the body of Christ that will be taken out of the way. That is, to say, the rapture. The "he" is Jesus, and the "he" taken out of the way is Jesus's body here on earth.
And "then", i.e. after the rapture, the man of sin will be revealed by the act of going into the temple sitting, claiming to be God.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed.......
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