Mystery Of The Restrainer Solved

[Lafon]

Michael, tis true that one can "teach an old dog new tricks."

Upon careful consideration of your explanation, I must confess, while extending to you a hearty "thanks," for I DO grasp what you have stated, with some reservations, or should I say, "qualifying" remarks ....

It appears that I was confusing the words of vs. #7-8 and unwittingly allowing them to cloud my thinking. The "HE who now letteth will let, until HE be taken out of the way," is, in my opinion, a reference to time. When the allotted "time" has been "used up," or expired, "then shall that Wicked be revealed." And it is the Wicked who is the "man of sin ... the son of perdition" that "the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming."

Again, I thank you for your correction of my thinking about this important matter.