^ [EDIT to add to my Post #4066]
G1096 - [quoting from Bible Hub]
HELPS Word-studies
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).
M. Vincent, "
1096 (
gínomai) means
to come into being/manifestation implying
motion, movement, or growth" (at 2 Pet 1:4). Thus it is used for
God's actions as emerging from eternity and becoming (showing themselves) in time (physical space).
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https://biblehub.com/greek/1096.htm
"...the
one restraining at present,
will restrain,
until out of the midst he BECOME [G1096]. 8
AND THEN [
kai tote] shall that Wicked be revealed..."
[Paul
repeats this SEQUENCE
3x in this passage / context]
We know from Scripture that He who now restrains is not the Church but the Holy Spirit.
HE is not the church as Paul
never referred the Church as 'He',
neither does the Bridegroom.
HE is not Christ as the Lord is at the Right Hand of the Father.
HE is the Holy Spirit whom satan fears greatly and has no power over or against.
When the Holy Spirit is given the unction from the Father, then HE steps aside and permits the revealing of the wicked one.
Genesis 1:2 "And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters."
Revelation 13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
JESUS Says: But if it is
by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Matt 12:28
The Eternal Spirit of God that watches over the waters which Revelation defines as multitudes of peoples.
Genesis 1:2 "And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters."
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.