8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
"And then..." indicates that we are moving on to the next subject.
As in, while we see the iniquity previously written about is in the process of working, "and the next thing....".
8 kai <2532> {AND} tote <5119> {THEN} apokalufqhsetai <601> (5701) {WILL BE REVEALED} o <3588> {THE} anomoV <459> {LAWLESS [ONE],}
Note that the [ONE] is in parentheses and might be a little "help" from the translators. If that is the case this could well be speaking about a particular group of "lawless". If so the 1/4 of mankind in Islam - that is antichrist as the most primary fundamental of their "religion" - would sure seem to qualify, as would all the unregenerate lawless of all of mankind. Perhaps with a significant portion of the ecumenical, pluralistic, institutional "church" with them.
Daniel tells us that the little horn will change times and laws. Mohammed did both with his own calendar and Mohammedan worship on Friday, not even to mention his whole false doctrine.
Is "that wicked" perhaps not only a reference to their spiritual condition, but also to the murder, misery and mayhem of 1400 years of Mohammed's Islamic Jihad? Maybe also the centuries of papal persecutions?
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
on <3739> {WHOM} o <3588> {THE} kurioV <2962> {LORD} analwsei <355> (5692) {WILL CONSUME} tw <3588> {WITH THE} pneumati <4151> {BREATH} tou <3588> stomatoV <4750> autou <846> {OF HIS MOUTH,} kai <2532> {AND} katarghsei <2673> (5692) {ANNUL} th <3588> {BY THE} epifaneia <2015> {APPEARING} thV <3588> parousiaV <3952> autou <846> {OF HIS COMING;}
Annulling Mohammedanism with His coming.
Surah 19:88 They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!" 89 Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!
Rev 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. http://www.beholdthebeast.com/islam__quran_and_666.htmRev 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 9 [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan ....
Seems to indicate an individual
but once again, only because of the bracketed helper words, making me even more suspicious because they were again required, to insert an individual person, into the same passage. Perhaps tradition driven.
Works both ways for Mohammed, or his minions, but as I write I am increasingly favoring understanding it as a group.
It isn't a reference to Satan, since his/their coming is after the working of, that is the result of, Satan's operating him.
And they are coming as a flood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYUSound familiar from somewhere?
.... with all power ......
Revelation 13:2
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.Satan gave his power and seat to the Islamic kingdom "beast". (leopard-bear-lion - Greece, Medo-Persia, Babylon - today's Syria/Lebanon, Iran, Iraq - the seat of Satan's Islamic kingdom "beast")
..... and signs ......
Revelation 19:20
And the beast {Islam}
was taken, and with him {kingdom/beast is a "his" in Daniel}
the false prophet {Mohammed}
that wrought miracles {Quran}
before him, {beast, Islam, Muslims}
In this rare instance, the NKJV does a little better job of this portion of this verse:
(NKJV) Revelation 19:20 .
..and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence...The Greek word "
semeion" translated as "miracles" and "
signs" is defined in Strong's as "
that by which a person is distinguished from others and is known". That makes Mohammed a perfect fit for the false prophet, since
he is his known for his Quran, and has without question been distinguished from others by it for 1400 years.
.... and lying wonders,
Surah 9.30 The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!
1John 5:10
He that BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD hath the witness in himself: HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT GOD HATH MADE HIM A LIAR; because HE BELIEVED NOT THE RECORD that God gave OF HIS SON. 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth,
Are Muslims alone in not receiving a love of the truth?
Pretty horrifying to contemplate unsound church doctrine in light of this. The product of the modern invention of seminaries.
Mar 7:13
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. 1Th 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Does "a" lie mean a specific lie or just any lie? How about the lie of Islam that is the EXACT OPPOSITE of Christianity:
http://petewaldo.com/islam_is_the_opposite.htmSurah 4:157 That THEY SAID (in boast), "WE KILLED CHRIST JESUS the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- BUT THEY KILLED HIM NOT, NOR CRUCIFIED HIM, but so it was made to appear to them,... FOR OF A SURETY THEY KILLED HIM NOT:-
Sura 19:88 They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!" 89 INDEED YE HAVE PUT FORTH A THING MOST MONSTROUS!
http://petewaldo.com/ 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
1Cr 6:19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. [/color]
