2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of
iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will
let, until he be taken out of the way.
I have attached the original Greek
context.
Notice the word 1096 Ginomai. In
English translation, it is read as "he be taken out of
the way". But in original Greek context, ginomai means a
transformation into a different state, to become.
"1096 gínomai – properly, to emerge,
become, transitioning from one point (realm, condition)
to another. 1096 (gínomai) fundamentally means "become"
(becoming, became) so it is not an exact equivalent to
the ordinary equative verb "to be" (is, was, will be) as
with 1510 /eimí (1511 /eínai, 2258 /ēn)."
"1096 (ginomai) means "to become, and
signifies a change of condition, state or place" (Vine,
Unger, White, NT, 109)."
"The important verb γινομαι ( ginomai)
means to be, begin to be, or begin to be in a certain
state or condition. It's distinguished from the verb
ειμι ( eimi ), meaning to be, in that the latter
expresses a mere existence and the former explicitly the
beginning of it; a coming into being."
To follow the original Greek context, we
have this;
"For mystery already is working of
lawlessness, only the restraining at present until out
of midst "ginomai", "transformed into a different
state", "to become". This is rapture. The restrainer is
transformed and to become a different state, to become
from mortal into immortal, to change from earth to
heaven .
"he be taken out of the way" is not a very
good translation. First, "he" is not there in original
Greek context. It is added in English translation.
Second, ginomai is a better term than "taken out of the
way" when it is an actual word of to become, a
transformation into a different state, that is, from
mortal into immortal at the time of rapture.,
Ray