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Jan 4, 2022 · Whoever the restrainer is, He is someone of great power who is hindering the advance of the Antichrist and preventing the satanic kingdom from overwhelming the world. In his second epistle to the Thessalonians, Paul assured the church that they were not yet living in the Day of the Lord, that is, the end times’ judgment had not yet begun.
57 Bible Verses about Restraint. Most Relevant Verses. Matthew 26:52-53. Then Jesus *said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? Exodus 36:6.
- The Identity of The Restrainer
- Clues to The Identity of The Restrainer
- The Spirit-Indwelt Church
- The Removal of The Restrainer
- Conclusion
We know that God is at work restraining evil in general. But the exact identity of the restrainer has baffled expositors with multiple solutions offered. Paul must have told the church at Thessalonica who the restrainer was. He says, “And now you know what is restraining…” (2 Thessalonians 2:6). However, he does not tell us in this or any other of ...
Saint Augustine was transparent when he confessed not knowing who the restrainer is. But several clues can help us identify the “one who is holding back.” First, the restrainer holds back the man of sin. Second, the restrainer is referred to with both neuter and masculine verbs (participles). The phrase “what is restraining” uses a neuter verb, sug...
There are four key reasons for identifying the restrainer to be the church indwelt by the Holy Spirit. First, this restrainer requires omnipotent power. Second, this view adequately explains the change in gender – from neuter to masculine (2 Thessalonians 2:6-7). In Greek the word pneuma (Spirit) is neuter. But the Holy Spirit is also consistently ...
The Rapturewill change everything. When the rapture occurs, the Spirit-indwelt church and its restraining influence will be removed. That will release the world to sin as it never has before. Christians who stand for civic righteousness and law and order will no longer be presently exerting their influence. The church’s salt and light will be extra...
The Holy Spirit (that indwells the believers) is hindering, standing in the way, and restraining the powers of evil. Until He is taken out of the way, and immediately the man of sin (the lawless one) then shall be revealed. As soon as the church is removed from this world, there will be no more restraining forces against evil. As a result, the man ...
It is the Restrainer (keeping Satan restrained) who will be called to Heaven and not the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is in each and everyone of us and it is a matter of whether or not we choose to acknowledge it. Some people call it our conscience.
Dec 3, 2012 · The verb means “to restrain,” therefore it is the rule of the Roman empire (or the rule of law, God ordained political order, etc) that restrains the chaos of the man of lawlessness from being revealed.
1. (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. 2. (v. t.) To draw back tightly, as a rein. 3. (v. t.) To hinder from unlimited enjoinment; to abridge. 4. (v. t.) To limit; to confine; to restrict. 5.
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6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For the [a]mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only [b]He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. Read full chapter.
