Well, you can recall now what it is that restrains him from being revealed before his appointed time.
Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One,
Then shall the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his lips and quell by his appearing and arrival —
But God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of those who hinder the Truth by their wickedness.
For the secret force of lawlessness is at work already; only, it cannot be revealed till he who at present restrains it is removed.