"And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will...bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming."
2 Thessalonians 2:8

Here is the remainder of the verse I looked at yesterday. I spoke of how crazy awesome Christ is and how the image we often find ourselves having of him doesn't do him justice at all; how it stops short by focusing on who he was here on earth instead of who he was for eternity past before coming to earth and then who he is now as the glorified Savior of his chosen ones.

We can see this glorified, supreme Christ very clearly in passages such as this one. The verse talks about, very briefly, what it will be like when Christ returns by first saying that he will kill the antichrist with his very breath. But, Christ doesn't stop there. Killing somebody is cool, and even cooler when it's done by God's very breath. But he not only kills the antichrist, he also "brings [him] to nothing" by his very appearance. Killing the embodiment of evil (the antichrist) isn't enough for Jesus, he also brings him to absolutely nothing. Total annihilation is what Jesus is about. Leave nothing. Take no prisoners.

This is a great and victorious truth for those of us who know this Christ. But, for those who don't, it is a terrifying truth that will one day be the most horrible of all realities. Hell is bad. Hell is scary. But hell is nothing compared to the eternal and infinite wrath of an Almighty God. Christ will render judgment on ALL his enemies; this includes not only the antichrist, satan, and the demons, but also those who "are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved." (2 Thessalonians 2:10)

If you only know Jesus as the Galilean that lived on earth for 33 years, then search the Scripture to learn more of Christ. If you don't know him at all, or only in story form, not truly knowing him personally, then pray that he reveal himself to you today instead of the on that dreadful day of judgment.

Search your hearts. Know this Christ. Amen.