The church will be raptured before those verses. In Thessalonians,that temple will be in Israel. Church has no need of a temple. We are the temple.
2Thessalonians. 2:7 says,he who now letteth will let until he is taken out of the wsy. Then the wicked one is revealed.
He who letteth is the Hol Spirit. Jesus said he will never leave or forsake us. So then when the Spirit leaves we have to go with him or Christ lied. What would happen to the church if the Spirit left us alone down here?
Not true let's take a look at the subject of this chapter which starts from the first verse
II Thessalonians 2:1 "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,"
Does this doctrine(rapture) happen before the above verse
I Thessalonians 2:2 "That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is [the Lord is just] at hand."
Paul doesn't want you to misunderstand what he is about to say. This is why he makes it plain and simple; Paul told them not to confuse what he is saying here with any other teaching, or spirit, or even that first letter from him.
II Thessalonians 2:3 "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come [it will not be], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;"
Jesus Christ is not gathering anyone to Him, nor is He coming here to earth,
except there be a falling away first. The word for
"falling away", in the Greek is
"apostasy". Jesus told us in His revelation to John, in
Revelation 9:11, that
"Apollyon" is one of Satan's names, and this name is derived from the word apostasy.
The word
"perdition" means
"one that perishes". Satan and only Satan has already been condemned to die [to perish] by God.
What did Paul say again?
Jesus Christ is coming back to this earth, but the saints of Christ will not be gathered to Him until the
"son of perdition" [Satan] be revealed first.
II Thessalonians 2:7 "For the mystery of iniquity [lawlessness] doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way."
There is no mystery around when this will take place, for we will know his methods of operation [withholdeth], and the signs, the seasons, and the times of Satan's arrival to earth. If you are in the Word of God and not following these "one verse preachers", you will know when to expect the Antichrist. You will also know within hours of when to expect our Lord Jesus Christ's return. Satan's reign on earth is not seven years because God reduced that time to five months for the
"elect's" sake, as Jesus told us in
Matthew 24:22. Jesus also revealed that the time is shortened to five months, to John in
Revelation 9:5, and 10.
The "
mystery of lawlessness" is the mystery of iniquity. "
He who now letteth will let"; in the Greek should be translated;
"He who holds fast [ketcho] will stand." The ellipsis, or
"omission from an expression of a word clearly implied";
"There is one who hold's fast", instead of by repeating the verb,
"will let". However,
"katecho" is a transitive verb, and an object must be supplied also. So if the subject in verse six is Satan, then the object must be his position in the heavenlies [see
Ephesians 6:12], from which he will be ejected from heaven by Michael [
Revelation 12:7-9].
"Out of the way", in the Greek is "
out of ek", or "
the midst". It is the same expression used in
Acts 17:33, and
I Corinthians 5:2.
Many "rapture theorists" claim this one who
"letteth" is the Holy Spirit, and they claim that when He is "
taken away", then the Antichrist will come. By reversing the role of the characters in the verses here, and attributing what is Satan's to the Holy Spirit, you have a whole new doctrine called the "Any moment doctrine". This false doctrine is better known as the "rapture theory". It is dangerous to play around with a foreign language; and when the flock relies upon their shepherd for the truth, and the shepherd is assumed to be correct; in ignorance it is accepted just because he said it.
It is Michael who "holds fast" on to Lucifer [the Antichrist], and Michael will continue to keep Lucifer held until the appointed time, spoken of above. That time is appointed by God. Then at the appointed time God will give Satan the keys [authority] to release his fallen angels and they will be cast to the earth [see
Revelation 9:1-10]. Let's take a look at the one [Michael] who holds on to Satan now.
Revelation 12:7; "
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels," Michael [that is who the
"he" is in
II Thessalonians 2:7 and his [Michael's] angels fought against the dragon [another name for Satan] and his [Satan's] fallen angels.
Revelation 12:8;
"And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven." This war took place in heaven, and that is where Satan and his angels are now; though Satan's spirit, and demonic spirits are all over the earth today. Now we will see what Michael does with Satan, in fulfilling
II Thessalonians 2:7.
Revelation 12:9;
"And the great dragon [Satan]
was cast out [that is the transitive verb of verse seven],
that old serpent [this is the role Satan played in the Garden of Eden],
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world [except for God's elect]:
he was cast out onto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
This is when Satan will physically appear on earth as a man with his angels. This is the time of the Antichrist's coming, and we must know when this time is by when these events takes place, for Satan comes at the sixth trumpet.
Then the verse picks up where Satan is standing in the holy place. Satan's object is to deceive all the world, and have the world take his markings in their minds. God's Word thus says that Satan will come to earth and stand in that Holy place,
before Christ will come and gather anyone back to Himself.
