For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way, 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. The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved. Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.
We can see this happening in the world all around us, but people don't perceive of the spiritual nature and influences that are causing the phenomena....
We can see this happening in the world all around us, but people don't perceive of the spiritual nature and influences that are causing the phenomena....