Sounds like Paul is telling them and us that the man of sin has not yet been revealed. Amazing that God would tell cultists something He did not give even to Paul or any of the other disciples. Well of course, He hasn't, so the obsessive posts raving that someone know the identity are just cultist ravings.
That is what happens when you cannot rightly divide the word.
You apply verses that are intended for Jews to the Church (or everyone else) and you apply verses intended for the Church to Jews (or everyone else).
And the insanity that follows is continuous spam and nonsense to hammer the cultic image of their reality based on pride and works. These cults are not part of Philadelphia. Maybe Sardis?
37“Where, Lord?” they asked.
He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”
MHGinTN and RWC say they will be "taken". Hmmmmmm!
Sounds like Paul is telling them and us that the man of sin has not yet been revealed.
2000 years ago, yes. Now that the restrainer is out of the way (AS THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS STATE) and the books of Daniel and Revelation have been opened, we can know EXACTLY who the man of sin is (Antichrist, Little Horn). What you do not tell anyone is what the bible clues are to the identification. Why not? Why are you hiding those clues from all of us? The answer is that if you did share it, everyone would know that a pre trib rapture is impossible, BECAUSE THE ANTICHRIST IS ALREADY HERE.
Biblical clues of who the Antichrist is:
It will rise to be a great power after the fall of the pagan Roman Empire (after 476 AD)
It would uproot three of the ten kingdoms the Roman Empire collapsed into
It will be a geographically small nation (a little horn)
It will rule over many people, nations and tongues (it will be universal)
It will be headquartered in the city of seven hills, Rome
It will be a religio-political entity - a political city-state ruled by a priest-king
Its priest-king will make great and blasphemous claims
It will claim authority over all kings
It will claim its power to change the holy times and laws of God as its mark of authority
It will be an apostate Church that makes the nations drink her cup of apostate doctrine
It will be a “mother” Church, with apostate daughters coming from her
It will be a persecuting power, killing the faithful saints of Jesus Christ as heretics
It will hold power and authority for 1260 years following the fall of pagan Rome
It will suffer a deadly wound that will end 1260 years of dominance and persecution
It will be revived after the deadly wound, and all the world would wonder at its revival
So tell us, MHGinTN, who is the Man of Sin, the Antichrist, the Little Horn, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLICAL PROPHECY CLUES? Tell us. There is only one answer and it’s not (I don’t know cultist).
Who claims to change God’s prophetic times and commandment laws? WHO ON THIS EARTH RIGHT NOW CLAIMS THAT?
Should be real easy for RWC because he was there.
Come on, you can say it.....(clip from My Cousin Vinny)
“Come on, you can say it, it’s ok, I know”
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I can still hear Smvoice say "use the KJV" So Smvoice, this is for you:
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;
A falling away. Gr. hē apostasia, ―the falling away,‖ or ―the apostasy.‖ Apostasia occurs in the NT only here and in Acts 21:21. The article (hē) indicates that a definite apostasy is referred to, and implies that this falling away is something well known to the readers. Paul himself had doubtless given oral instruction to the Thessalonians concerning the coming apostasy. In his address to the elders of the Ephesian church some years later he predicted that the apostasy would be due to men within the church arising ―to draw away disciples after them‖ (Acts 20:30). He warned Timothy of similar dangers, adding that a time was coming when men would turn to fables, closing their ears to the truth (1 Tim. 4:1–3; 2 Tim. 4:3, 4). Peter and Jude speak with searing words about those who have forsaken the right way (2 Peter 2:1, 12–22; Jude 4, 10–13). And John testifies that, at his time of writing, many antichrists have come (1 John 2:18). The Lord Himself urged His followers to beware of false prophets (Matt. 7:15; 24:24), and predicted that many would be offended (Matt. 24:10). The form of the apostasy is not specifically defined by Paul at this juncture, but can be inferred from the above-mentioned scriptures. This much, however, is clear: (1) The apostasy is a religious matter, a spiritual rebellion, having no prime connection with politics. (2) The falling away is still future at the time of Paul‘s writing. (3) The apostasy was not only to precede the second advent (2 Thess. 2:2), it would serve as a sign of the nearness of Christ‘s return; hence the Lord‘s coming should not be expected without the prior apostasy. The prophecy concerning the falling away was partially fulfilled in Paul‘s day, and much more so during the Dark Ages, but its complete fulfillment occurs in the days immediately prior to the return of Jesus (cf. Additional Note on Rom. 13). See Vol. VI, pp. 64–67
The pre trib rapture is a FABLE and you are part of the cause for the "FALLING AWAY" from truth.