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To: TaraP
*As Christians will we be a witness to the signing of Israel’s 7 yr Peace Treaty?*

No, based on 2 Thessalonians 2:6-8:

6And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;

The Antichrist will not be revealed until the One Who restrains him, the Holy Spirit who indwells those who have accepted Christ as Savior, is "taken out of the way", or removed.

The Church will be gone before the Antichrist is revealed.

30 posted on 04/19/2010 12:14:48 PM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
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To: GiovannaNicoletta

Yes, but I think the Antichrist is already at work, we now have the Antichrist’s spirit in the world...

My understanding is we will not be here when he is announced. (Saying he is GOD in the temple)


34 posted on 04/19/2010 12:18:17 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: GiovannaNicoletta

There are a few different theories about “the one who restains.” Some say the Holy Spirit, that is, at the pre-trib rapture of the church. (But how do people get saved during the following period?) Others think it refers to the Roman government. Others think it means America gets taken out. Others think it’s Michael the archangel.


38 posted on 04/19/2010 12:22:30 PM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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