The restrainer must be removed in order for the man of sin to appear. Jesus when he returns will then destroy the man of lawlessness with a mere breath.

The Holy Spirit of God is the only Person with sufficient (supernatural) power to do this restraining. How does He do it? Through Christians, whom He indwells and through whom He works in society to hold back the swelling tide of lawless living. How...

This astonishing prophecy was God’s immediate answer to Daniel’s prayer. The burden of that prayer was Israel’s sin. This answer shows God’s plan to deal not only with Israel’s sin, both in Daniel’s day and in a future day, but also with the sin...

The author included this prayer not as a mere record of the humble prayer of the godly Daniel, but also as a model prayer for Israel in the times of the Gentiles and for contemporary believers to follow.

For the first time in this epistle, Paul wrote that he personally had taught them. He said this in order to emphasize the truth of his message, as he was the chief spokesman in Thessalonica. Paul did not regard prophetic truth as too deep or...

The man of lawlessness is typically identified with the Antichrist as well as the unnamed figure or figures who are expected to arise against Jesus prior to the time of his return.

This man of sin is a prominent figure in the Bible, and the ultimate personification of the spirit of the Antichrist spoken of in. He will no doubt live many years before the Great Tribulation, but he will only be revealed as the man of sin during...

Apostasy is possible only for nominal Christians. In the case of real believers, the Scripture declares that God either brings them back through suffering and chastisement or removes them through death.

Having stated the issue and identified the sources of the false teaching, Paul proceeded to warn his readers against being deceived. The Thessalonians must not be deceived by any person, no matter how credible he might appear to be, or by the way...

At one time most people carried a road map in their car before we all had GPS on our phones. A road gave us the big picture so that we may know where we are and where we are going. This passage does the same for us when it comes to understanding the...