The Antichrist Will Be Revealed

2 Thessalonians 2:6-12 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 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. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.


There have been no shortage of fantastical theories about the identity of the Antichrist over the ages. Some have claimed it is a reference to the rise of Islam, others have pointed to Hitler or Stalin or some other world leader, but the Apostle Paul gives us all the details we need to properly identify him.