Greetings,
Paul says through the Holy Spirit:
"Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Let noone decieve you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work: only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not recieve the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
So there is Paul's account through the Holy Spirit of the coming of the Lord, why it will come, who it is that will come deceptively, what the one who comes deceptively will do and how the deceptive one the lawless one will be destroyed, and he tells them, dont be troubled in any case for the Day of the Lord will not come until the lawless one does.
Now Johns vision of Revelation through the Lord regarding the same lawless one, what he does and his destruction.
"Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and 10 horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for 42 months. Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy againts God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
If anyone has an ear, let him hear. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."
So Pauls account through the Holy Spirit and Johns vision through the Lord both speak of the exact same, the man of lawlessness and the beast, they are one and the same.
Now here is the end of the lawless one, the beast, both of the same account spoken in both Pauls word through the Holy Spirit and Johns vision through the Lord, and the understanding of "If anyone has an ear, let him hear."
"Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that noone knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called the Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS.
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great."
And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and thier armies, gathered together to make war againts Him who sat on the horse and againts His army.
Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he decieved those who recieved the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with thier flesh."
"He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword."
The beast leads all not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain for the foundation of the world into captivity, and is put into everlasting captivity.
"And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."
The people of the world are slain by the sword, they all worship the beast and cause more to be slain by the sword because they worship the beast, the beast kills with the sword and his people kill with the sword and they shall make war againts the saints and overcome them, which means they will kill many, many saints.
The beast and his armies, every tribe, nation, tongue, both free and slave, both small and great will be killed by the sword which proceeds out of His mouth, as they killed by the sword, they shall be killed by the sword.
And we know that the natural must pass on to become spiritual, all must die for life, all of His will also pass from the natural body to the spiritual body, as Christ died and rose, we also shall die and rise, those who are not sleeping at His coming will be changed in a twinkling of an eye, that is, your body shall die, for corruption must take on incorruption, this body must pass away.
So that is your soon, your soon is however long soon takes for the lawless one to be revealed and destroyed at His coming with His armies and not a day before, so dont be troubled or shaken of mind, for that Day shall not happen until scripture is fullfilled and we are gathered up into Him.
Those who sleep in Him and those who are alive at His coming, we shall be gathered up together.
Grace to you, peace from God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
