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2 Thessalonians 2:8
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8 And [kai] then [tote] shall [apokalupto] that Wicked [anomos] be revealed, [apokalupto] whom [hos] the Lord [kurios] shall consume [analisko] with the spirit [pneuma] of his [autos] mouth, [stoma] and [kai] shall destroy [katargeo] with the brightness [epiphaneia] of his [autos] coming: [parousia] KJV-Interlinear
8 And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; NASB
The reign of the anti-christ is totally controlled by Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ controls history. Whether the details have to do with your personal life or the larger scale of world history, is irrelevant. Jesus Christ controls history.
When the time of the Rapture arrives, as controlled by God the Father, and as we studied a week or so ago, three things will occur nearly simultaneously. You of course recall what those three events are!!! You might want to revisit 1 Thess. 4:16 for that study.
Immediately after the Rapture, the holds are off as far as Satan’s plan is concerned. Then the identity of the anti-christ is revealed and the Tribulation, that seven year period also known as Daniels seventieth week, begins.
Those last seven years are the resumption of, and the conclusion of, the dispensation of the Age of Israel, which our dispensation interrupted at the Feast of Pentecost, nearly 2000 years ago.
But just as his identity and rule begin in a moment of time, so also, his (the anti-christ’s) rule will end in a moment of time. Christ will control both.
There is however a seven year gap between the two events.
Christ will recall (Rapture) all believers to Himself with the power of His voice, and Christ will end the rule, life and empire of the anti-christ likewise with only the power of His voice at the Second Advent.
Who can stand before Christ? No one. The power of Gods voice far surpasses all of mans (or angels) weapons.
The most powerful and evil man in all of history will begin and end by the mere sound of Gods voice.
While people demonstrate their opposition of truth by means of embracing invented religions, alternate beliefs, philosophies, cults, and so forth, the anti-christ will weld contempt for anything of a philosophical or theological nature. He is a respecter of nothing and no one.
During the first half of the Tribulation, the first three and a half years, also called Satan’s Utopia, the anti-christ will attempt all manner of regulation and law, in order to regulate and control the world. It will fail. Gods judgments will begin at the outset of this period of time.
At the mid-point of the Tribulation, Satan will indwell the anti-christ and assume formal control over planet earth. The last half, the last three and a half years, of the Tribulation, also known as the Great Tribulation, will see the most horrible events ever in history. Satan will grow more and more frustrated as Gods judgments increase dramatically.
The seven seals, the seven trumpets, the seven bowls of Revelation, do not represent the escalation or sequence of events, but they represent the record of what is to come (the writings of the scrolls – thus far sealed and reserved for that future time), the warnings or announcements (trumpets declare the arrival of important matters or events), and then the actual events (the bowls actually poured out upon an indifferent people).
The multiplication of all of these things by seven, simply means that everyone has no excuse for their conscious rejection of God, Christ, doctrine, and truth.
It will apply to those folks who will have to live through the Tribulation, and it certainly applies to you, right now.
You have no excuse for not advancing in your spiritual life to spiritual maturity.
With His breath, the Lord will slay, ‘analisko,’ which means to bring to an end. In other words, ‘You’re fired!’
But worse than that, the anti-christ’s rule, his power, his organization, will all come to an end, and he will be thrown into the Lake of Fire, while yet alive.
Other related verses - Dan 7:26, Dan 11:45, Isa 11:4, Isa 30:33, Topheth means The valley of Slaughter, the place of burning, Rev. 1:16, 2:16, Rev. 17:11, Rev 19:20, 19:15,21.
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