Another hint is given here:
2 Thessalonians 2
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
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:
Paul is saying to his followers, look, it is happening now, it is already at work. You have yo restrain the antichrist until it is destroyed by Christ. He's saying - you're not God. This is in opposition to what the Gnostics were saying.
1 Corinthians 3:16
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The spirit of God dwells IN MANKIND, and so does the Antichrist.
1 John 2
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
The antichrist is Man. The antichrist is already here. The way to defeat the antichrist is by shedding ourselves.
John 3
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Or in other words - the spirit of God is in you, but you aren't aware of it because of your ego, your perceptions of yourself and the world. This is the antichrist. You have to remove your own desires and own sins and condemnations and other things that are not of God, THEN Christ will come to you personally. The prophesy isn't about the end of times for Earth, it is about the end of your time on Earth.
The Mark of the Beast is the number 6, 6 is the day Adam was created, body, mind and soul, 666. Or in other words, Adam, Mankind, YOU. You already have the mark of the beast, you can't buy or sell without thinking about Adam, IE Yourself. You're working every day trying to make yourself rich instead of helping others. You can't go a day without thinking about Adam. The lying signs and wonders are that you think this life is real and that this is who you are.