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…ellion. Pretribulationism does not need to force a spatial meaning into it. The chapter's restrainer is more relevant. A present restraining power operates until "he be taken out of the way", and then the Wicked is revealed (2 Thessalonians 2:6-8). Paul does not identify the rest…
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…my premillennial sequel to my rapture book, I have been revisiting Paul’s account of the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2. Something holds back the revelation of the final lawless ruler. The Thessalonians knew what Paul meant. We have his letter, but not the earlier conversation…
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…ot be forced to mean a spatial departure. It normally denotes rebellion or defection. The restrainer is more suggestive: lawlessness is held back until a present restraining power is removed, "And then shall that Wicked be revealed" (2 Thessalonians 2:7-8). The text does not iden…
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