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    PaulThomson replied to the thread the dignity of Jesus..
    The point of Jesus’ riddle is that Jesus was a descendant/son of David, so why does "the forefather call the descendant “Lord”...
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    This is my best guess. When Jerusalem fell to the Romans in AD 70, they installed in Jerusalem, images of Vespasian Caesar in Jerusalem...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    I don’t see “counterfeit church” there, @Lovette . A counterfeit dollar, looks just like a dollar, but is not one. Does "mystery...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    OMC, you say, “… but nothing in that passage resembles the cultic enthronement act of 2 Thess 2:4, where the man of sin sits (kathisai)...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    Where does Jesus explicitly say Judas was never of the truth? Jesus said He lost Judas. He does not say he never had Judas. None of...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    There is no chapter one and chapter two in Paul’s letter, where he presents "airtight syntactical chain in 2 Thess 2” that is not linked...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    How do you know that? Where is "the counterfeit church” presented as a real thing in scripture? When the two witnesses prophesy, will...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    1Co 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 1Co 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    Erratum - Thess. 2:6-7 should say 2Th 2:6 And now ye know what/the thing that is restraining that he might be revealed in his time...
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    PaulThomson reacted to Omegatime's post in the thread Who is the restrainer? with Like Like.
    Who is the Restrainer? John 20:21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” 22 And...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    If, “these things includes 1:6-12, then this passage does mention of include an apokalupsis for Jesus, and it is not accurate to say...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    You make a fair point about enestEken. 2:2 εἰς τὸ μὴ ταχέως (suddenly) σαλευθῆναι (aorist passive infinitive, to start to be shaken)...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    You seem to be putting the cart before the horse, Omegatime. One does not need to “assume” anything when reading a text. One should...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    I promise not to slap you OMC.
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Who is the restrainer?.
    2Th 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity (to mustErion anomias) is already working: only now restraining (kateChOn), until he/it be taken...