Hello Doves,

 

2 Thess. 2: 6-7:

 

^"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."

 

The following is an observation and purely speculation on my part.

 

For the longest time I have held to the belief that it's the Bride that restrains the Antichrist to be revealed, and not until the Bride of Christ is caught up can he (the Antichrist) be revealed to the world.  Now I'm seeing something different. Scripture refers to this man who becomes the Antichrist as "that man of sin, the son of perdition" (vs. 3). The title of this man has two descriptions, that being separated by the comma.  The first part of this man's title is "that man of sin."  The "man of sin" part of his name seems to identify in how Obama is behaving now, as he legislates sin into office, even as the book of Daniel foretold. He identifies with a sinful world, blending in with humanity, therefore the world cannot see him for who he is beause he is one of them (sinful).  

 

Like I prefaced, it has been taught and believed by most (myself included) that the Rapture of the church needs to come first before "the son of perdition" can be revealed. Most of us has come to interpret "until he be taken out of the way"  to be the Sprit-filled Bride of Christ. 

 

Here's what I am observing now.  I still believe in the Rapture of the Bride in Christ, but I think what is taken out of the way is not referring to the Bride of Christ but rather to the first part of the title of his name, and when "that man of sin" is taken out of the way, then the second part of his name, "the son of perdition," will be revealed.

 

I believe 2008-2015 is the timeline. 

 

Any comments would be appreciated.

 

In Christ,

Greg