Who is the Restrainer in @ Thessalonians 2:7

Who is the Restrainer?

Nothing within the Greek language suggests that the restrainer is the Holy Spirit or the Church. The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin but He doesn’t place any restraints on our sin. If this were the case you would have to throw the concept of free will out the window. Just look at history, how can you get any more evil than Hitler and so on and so on. If the Holy Spirit were restraining sin in the world today and the past He would have stopped the first and second world war. This also goes for the church or body of Christ.

Yes, when we submit to the Holy Spirit we will restrain ourselves from sin but He still gives us the choice. The body of Christ can stand against sin but we can’t prevent it. The notion that verse 7 in this chapter is the Holy Spirit or the Church being removed from the earth is absurd. There is no article for either and the subject is satan and his revealing and where he is being held until that revealing.

2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, (Subject being laid out)
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. (What time period the Lord Jesus will come back)
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;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. (After this point the subject doesn’t change until the end of the chapter)
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth (Who is the restrainer) that he might be revealed in his time.

This would better be rendered; You know who is holding the son of perdition back or restraining (Katecho) him at this time. This is not speaking about the evil spirit of satan which is called the “mystery of iniquity” but the physical satan. He will be revealed in the proper time or when God says he will.

7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: (present) only he who now letteth will let, (Michael) until he be taken out of the way. (Future)
The mystery of iniquity is speaking about the evil spirit of satan which has been at work in the world sense the beginning of time. The second part of the verse is speaking about the physical satan and who is actually holding him or restraining him. The question would then be; Who is holding satan back or restraining him in the physical sense? The next question would be where is satan being held?

Satan is not here on earth in his physical body at this time. You cannot confuse the physical satan and the evil spirit of satan, they are not interchangeable. This is why Paul calls the evil spirit of satan the “mystery of iniquity” to distinguish between the physical and spiritual satan. His evil spirit is a mystery because you can’t see it in the physical sense but you can see the physical body of satan but only after he is “revealed” in his time. When he is revealed is when the restraints will be “taken out of the way”

The beginning of verse 7 says “the mystery of iniquity” is already at work in the word today so satans evil spirit is not being restrained and if you think he is you’re living in a dream world. (Hitler) Verse 7 has to be understood properly or you will completely loose the subject that is being spoken of. The first part is the evil spirit of satan and the second part of the verse is the physical satan. The first part of the verse is present tense and the second part is future tense.

Where many go wrong in interpreting these verses is they confuse the physical satan and his evil spirit. It should be obvious to everyone that satan is being restrained somewhere other than here on earth at this time. I believe Christ told satan “get behind Me” after satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness and that is where satan is today being restrained by Michael and his angels.

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, (Revealed in his time) that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, (To stand in the holy place) and his angels were cast out with him.
There should be no doubt as to who the “restrainer” is, it is Michael. There should be no doubt satan is kicked out of heaven and revealed in his time. Only after that can he physically stand in the holy place and claim to be god.

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

There is no mention of the Holy Spirit or the Church in any part of the entire chapter and those who inject either into the subject matter here have lost the ability to read and apply subject, object and article. Transitive verbs cannot be changed until the subject matter changes and the entire chapter is devoted to the son of perdition and his appearance before Christ’s appearance.

If the Holy spirit is restraining evil in the world today or the past then explain Hitler, or present day child molesters, thieves, murders and perverts running wild in the world we now live in. To even add further insult to injury how can you say the Church is restraining evil when they are part of it?

Saying the restrainer is either is absurd and you need to learn how to read all over again.
The restrainer is Michael and the restrainee is satan, pure and simple.

“Withholdeth” G # 2722 katechó; I hold fast, bind, arrest, (b) I take possession of, lay hold of, (c) I hold back, detain, restrain, (d) I hold a ship, keep its head.
The words withholdeth and letteth have the same meaning in the Greek tongue.

“Mystery” G # 3466 mustérion: a mystery or secret doctrine Original Word: μυστήριον, ου, τό Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: mustérion Phonetic Spelling: (moos-tay'-ree-on)
Definition: a mystery or secret doctrine Usage: a mystery, secret, of which initiation is necessary; in the NT: the counsels of God, once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof; the Christian revelation generally; particular truths or details of the Christian revelation. mystery.
From a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth); a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites) -- mystery.

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