In a pre-tribulation model, "...he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way...", is usually identified to be the Church, or the Holy Spirit's influence through the Church. But who is he, and what does it mean that he shall be "taken out of the way" - in a post-tribulation model?

And where it says, "...then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming," does this imply that "that Wicked" is an individual who shall still be alive physically at the time of Christ's coming? If so, that would seem to preclude any first-century identity for "that Wicked" (such as Nero).