This is a great hard verse for the Bible Genius to go after.  I thank Pete Davis for the research and love of the truth and his contribution to the podcast and to my life.  

One of the resources that was heavily relied on is this article by Lee.

http://www.historicism.net/readingmaterials/IIThess.pdf

I can neither endorse or denounce but did like his historical perspective on this verse.

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Keep up the study. 

Thanks for stopping by.

In Christian love, 

Bryan