📜 KJV BIBLE STUDY: 2 Thessalonians 2:7
📖 VERSE: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

— FULL ANALYSIS — [The Church] Phrase: “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:” Note: The term ‘mystery’ (musterion) in Paul’s epistles refers to a truth previously hidden but now revealed (Romans 16:25). The ‘mystery of iniquity’ is the pervasive, lawless principle of Satanic power that is currently working covertly in the world, opposing God’s authority. This power is restrained, but its foundation is already laid. Supporting Scriptures:

• 2 Thessalonians 2:3: “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”

[The Church] Phrase: “only he who now letteth will let,” Note: In KJV English, ‘letteth’ means hinder or restrain. This phrase refers to the Restrainer. In Mid-Acts Pauline truth, this Restrainer is understood to be the Holy Spirit operating uniquely through the Body of Christ (the Church) during the Dispensation of Grace. While the Holy Spirit is omnipresent, His specific ministry of sealing and building the Church is the limiting factor preventing the full manifestation of the Man of Sin. Supporting Scriptures:

• Ephesians 4:30: “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”

[The Church] Phrase: “until he be taken out of the way.” Note: This phrase clearly indicates that the restraining power (‘he’) must be physically removed for the Man of Sin to be revealed (2 Thess 2:8). Since the Restrainer is tied to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the Church, the removal must refer to the rapture of the Body of Christ (our hope in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52). This event marks the end of the Dispensation of Grace and the beginning of prophetic judgments related to Israel. Supporting Scriptures:

• 1 Corinthians 15:51: “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,”

God bless,
Joyckers Ministry

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