The true identity of the
"restrainer" is revealed to us in Revelation
12:7-12 This Scripture tells us that
the presence of Satan in heaven is the
inhibiting factor, ie restraining factor,
which is prohibiting the Church from being
raptured to heaven because as soon as
Michael, the Archangel, takes Satan "out of
the way" by force and casts Satan to earth
THEN the Church is then raptured to
heaven.
Revelation 12:7-9
describes Michael taking Satan, who is "the
restrainer", "out of the way" by force.
Revelation 12:10-12
describes the rapture of the Church to
heaven AFTER Satan is "taken out of the
way'.
Revelation 13;1-2
describes Satan revealing His
anti-Christ "in his own time" which begins
his 42 months of authority.
"And now you know
WHAT is restraining ( the presence of Satan
in heaven) that he ( the
anti-Christ ) may be revealed ( by Satan )
in his own time, and he ( Satan) who
now restrains will do so until he is taken
out of the way ( by Michael) and then
the lawless one ( the anti-Christ ) will be
revealed."
At the appointed
time Jesus will direct the Archangel Michael
to take the restrainer, which is the
presence of Satan in heaven, out of
the way by casting Satan out of heaven. As
soon as heaven is cleansed from Satan's
presence Jesus will rapture His Church to
heaven. Immediately after arriving on earth
Satan will reveal His anti-Christ to the
left-behind world dwelling on earth. God
THEN speaks to BOTH those who are raptured
and now dwell in heaven, and also to those
who are left-behind to dwell on earth in the
presence of Satan.
'Therefore rejoice O
heavens and YOU WHO DWELL IN THEM.
Woe to THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH
for the devil has come down to you having
great wrath."