Rightly Dividing The Pretribulation Rapture And The Mystery Of Iniquity Found In 2 Thessalonians 2 • Now The End Begins

Rightly Dividing The Pretribulation Rapture And The Mystery Of Iniquity Found In 2 Thessalonians 2

So the context of 2 Thessalonians 2, taken as it is written, is the
Pretribulation Rapture of the Church which leads to the Antichrist
coming to power. The Berean Bible student, seeing if these "things are
so", will take careful note that nowhere in the chapter so far is there a
mention of the Holy Spirit. Not one. So how do people come to the
conclusion that the Holy Spirit is "taken out of the way" to reveal
Antichrist? This wrong interpretation happens for 2 reasons.

by Geoffrey Grider June 3, 2017

The context of 2 Thessalonians 2, taken as it is written, is the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church which leads to the Antichrist coming to power.

“And
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For
the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.” 2 Thessalonians 2:6,7 (KJV)

The other day, I saw some postings where people were talking
about how the Holy Spirit is now “restraining the appearance of the
Antichrist”, and when the Holy Spirit is “taken out of the way”,
Antichrist will come upon the world stage. They base their assumptions
on verses found in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-9 (KJV). I would like to examine
those and other verses in that chapter, and see if we can rightly divide
our way to a deeper understanding of those passages.  [...]



Rightly Dividing The Pretribulation Rapture And The Mystery Of Iniquity Found In 2 Thessalonians 2 • Now The End Begins