{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/sco/th2002.htm","path":"bib/cmt/sco/th2002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/sco/th2002.htm","text":"The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]\nday of\n(See Scofield) - (Isa 2:12).\nfor that day\nThe order of events is:\n(1) The working of the mystery of lawlessness under divine restraint which had already begun in the apostle's time (Th2 2:7).\n(2) the apostasy of the professing church (Th2 1:3); (Luk 18:8); (Ti2 3:1-8).\n(3) the removal of that which restrains the mystery of lawlessness (Th2 2:6); (Th2 2:7). The restrainer is a person -- \"he,\" and since a \"mystery\" always implies a supernatural element,\n(See Scofield) - (Mat 13:11),\nthis Person can be none other than the Holy Spirit in the church, to be \"taken out of the way\"; (Th2 2:7); (Th1 4:14-17).\n(4) the manifestation of the lawless one (Th2 2:8-10); (Dan 7:8); (Dan 9:27); (Mat 24:15); (Rev 13:2-10).\n(5) the coming of Christ in glory and the destruction of the lawless one (Th2 2:8); (Rev 19:11-21).\n(6) the day of Jehovah (Th2 2:9-12); (Isa 2:12).\nmystery\n(See Scofield) - (Mat 13:11).\nsaved\n(See Scofield) - (Rom 1:16).\nsalvation\nthrough grace\nGrace (in salvation). (Ti1 1:14); (Ti1 1:15); (Rom 3:24).\n(See Scofield) - (Joh 1:17).","title":"The Scofield Bible Commentary: 2 Thessalonians: 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2","type":"page"}