Dear Pastor John,
Who is the one in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 that needs to be taken out of the way, who holds back the revealing of the man of sin?
Thank you for your answer!
Zoli
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Hi, Brother Zoli.
I have always understood that verse, as well as the one before it, as referring to the Spirit. The Spirit is at present holding back the full force of mystery of iniquity, but when God withdraws His Spirit, that “man of sin” will be revealed and unleashed on the world.
The spirit of antichrist will be given perfect expression through the Beast and the false prophet found in Revelation. But that same spirit is at work now in the confused religious institution that men call “Christianity”, and those who are in it are being prepared by its false ways to receive the Beast and false prophet when they come.
Thank you for the question.
Pastor John