Good Morning Friends,
“Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used
to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he
may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is
already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till
he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the
Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the
splendor of his coming.” (2 Thessalonians 2:5-8)
You probably understand the passage above
perfectly. You understand who the lawless one is and what it will be like when
he is revealed. You understand who is the one who now holds back the power of
lawlessness. You understand what it means that this one will one day be taken
out of the way.
Of course you do! NOT! No one understands all
these things. It’s a mystery that is not yet clear to us. But one day it will
become clear, as it begins to unfold we’ll understand the fulfillment of what
God says here.
And what do we know for sure? We know for sure
that the secret power of lawlessness is being restrained. God is not allowing Satan
to act without restraint. There will come a day when God will no longer
restrain the deceiving work of Satan to bring wickedness into the world. That’s
a frightening thought. We see the wickedness around us now and wonder how it
could be worse. But there will come a day when it will be worse.
And we know one more thing for sure: when God
allows Satan to work without restraint it will be a very short-term event and
will immediately precede the coming of Jesus. When Jesus comes, Satan’s
influence and power to deceive will be destroyed -- in an instant – forever!
His, by Grace, Steve
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