He who restraineth???

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Originally Posted by Lafon

TIME is "...what withholdeth that he [i.e., Anti-Christ] might be revealed in his [own appointed] time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: [that is] only he who now letteth will let [that is to say, the passage of TIME], until he be taken out of the way." (emphasis added).

Consider this which might enable one to grasp why TIME is that which presently prevents the manifestation of the "man of sin... the son of perdition":

From the beginning God established a plan wherein all things would occur at the "TIME" which He prescribed; such shall it be when the Anti-Christ will make his debut.... and not one moment before! In like manner as He established a specific moment that He would become manifest in a human body, thus shall it be for the "man of sin's" manifestation upon the earth.

That is what I once believed when I was a futurist.

[Lafon]

Originally Posted by mfblume

That is what I once believed when I was a futurist.

Mike, I'm truly saddened to have already discovered that you still aren't. And no, thanks, I don't want to engage in a debate about alternative beliefs of end-time prophecy... been there, done that! (BTW, I am not a proponent/adherent of so-called "Rapturist" teachings, but do embrace a belief in a future resurrection of the righteous.)

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Originally Posted by Lafon

Mike, I'm truly saddened to have already discovered that you still aren't. And no, thanks, I don't want to engage in a debate about alternative beliefs of end-time prophecy... been there, done that! (BTW, I am not a proponent/adherent of so-called "Rapturist" teachings, but do embrace a belief in a future resurrection of the righteous.)

It always amazed me how people take prophecy leanings to this extent that you claim you are saddened, especially when I still believe in a future resurrection, too. Whatever. I, also, have not discussed this with many here who truly and objectively discussed it when we dialogued. Most will not consider anything that disagrees with their present view, so they are not even dialoguing, really.