2 Tessalonicenses 2

2 Tessalonicenses 2

Wuest - And then shall the Lawless One be disclosed [in his true identity], whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of His mouth and render inoperative by the sudden appearance of His personal presence, BGT 2 Thessalonians 2:8 καὶ τότε ἀποκαλυφθήσεται ὁ ἄνομος, ὃν ὁ κύριος [Ἰησοῦς] ἀνελεῖ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ καὶ καταργήσει τῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, NET 2 Thessalonians 2:8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival. NLT 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming. ESV 2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. NIV 2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. GNT 2 Thessalonians 2:8 καὶ τότε ἀποκαλυφθήσεται ὁ ἄνομος, ὃν ὁ κύριος [Ἰησοῦς] ἀνελεῖ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ καὶ καταργήσει τῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, KJV 2 Thessalonians 2:8 And 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: YLT 2 Thessalonians 2:8 and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence, ASV 2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; CSB 2 Thessalonians 2:8 and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming. Then that lawless one: 2Th 2:3 Mt 13:19,38 1Jn 2:13 3:12 5:18 whom the Lord will slay: Da 7:10,11,26 Rev 18:8-10 19:20 20:10 with the breath of His mouth Job 4:9 Ps 18:15 Isa 11:4 Ho 6:5 Rev 1:16 Rev 2:16 19:15,20,21 by the appearance of His coming: 2Th 1:8,9 Heb 10:27 2 Thessalonians 2 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: Revelation 19:15+ From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. Revelation 2:16+ ‘Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. Psalm 18:15+ Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. Psalm 33:6+ By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE ANTICHRIST Then - expression of time - see discussion of then. This conjunction indicates progression in a narrative and in this context specifically indicates sequence of events. In this case Paul has just said the spiritual/divine restraint will be removed, and the "lid comes off" revealing to the world the Antichrist. While there is a sense in which he will likely be known at the beginning of the Seven Year "Tribulation," (cf Rev 6:2+, Da 9:27a+) his lawlessness will not become obvious until 2 Th 2:3-4 and Mt 24:15+ take place. Then it will be very clear what his character and his agenda are for the world! That lawless (anomos) one will be revealed (apokalupto) - Will identifies this as prophecy. Be indicates it is passive voice, almost certainly the divine passive as God is sovereign over the timing of his revelation.The man of lawlessness (2 Th 2:3) is rightly described as the lawless one, the one who behaves as it there were no divine laws. The only laws he will acknowledge are his own "lawless" laws! W E Vine says of Greek word for lawless (anomos) "the thought is not simply that of doing what is unlawful, but of flagrant defiance of the known will of God." That would be a good description of the Antichrist who defiantly "opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God." (2 Th 2:4+, cf Da 11:36-37+ where "the king" = Antichrist). Just as Jesus will be revealed (apokalupsis) from Heaven (2 Th 1:7+), the Antichrist will be revealed (apokalupto) on earth (2Th 2:3, 2Th 2:6) Lewis - Notice the passive voice (be revealed) -- an external force will do the revealing of the man of lawlessness. He will not reveal himself, but God will permit Satan to unveil him and energize him (see 2 Th 2:9). (2 Thessalonians 2:8-12) Whom the Lord will slay (anaireo) with the breath of His mouth - Notice that there is a prophetic time gap (cf time gap) of 3.5 years between the revelation of the lawless one and the slaying of the lawless one by the Lord. In a very real sense, this event is also fulfillment of the prophetic principle in Daniel 2:21 that "He (GOD) Who changes the times and the epochs (IS ALSO); He (WHO) removes kings and establishes kings." The "king" that will be removed is the Antichrist, while the King Who will be established is the Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords (Ps 2:8, Da 7:14, Da 7:27, Da 2:34, 35, 44 = "great mountain" becomes a "kingdom"). While Paul says the Lord Jesus Christ will slay the Antichrist, the passage in Rev 19:20+ indicates that the Antichrist is seized and thrown into the Lake of Fire. In other words the Antichrist would cease to exist in this world (which is what slaying [more literally "take away"] will accomplish), and instead would exist forever in another "world" of unspeakable torment (Rev 20:10+). Isaiah has a similar description in a Messianic prophecy declaring that "with righteousness He (THE MESSIAH) will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked." (Isaiah 11:4+. cf Rev 1:16+, Rev 2:16+) Vine comments that Paul is quoting from "from Isaiah 11:4, Septuagint, “with the breath of His lips shall He slay (LXX uses the same verb as Paul in 2 Th 2:8 = anaireo) the impious one”; a vivid metaphorical statement of the effect of His voice, cp. Job 4:9; Psalm 29:3–6; 33:6."