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2 Thessalonians 2 NIV
The Man of Lawlessness
1Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, 2not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. 3Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

5Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

[Cvengr]

Good post. I’ve found the word studies on the explicit nouns and verbs in Prophecy place me in a position while in faith though Christ to better glean the faith God the Holy Spirit provides to glorify God the Son.

[guitarplayer1953]

It appears that the lawless one will abe revealed or come on the scene when Christ returns or should I say at the beginning of the Day of the Lord. Says that he will be destroyed by the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
So how do you get a pretrib out of this?

"but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way."
Who is taken out the lawless one?