How and when will the Antichrist be destroyed?
The Antichrist will be destroyed at the end of the seven years, when the Lord consumes him with the spirit of His mouth and destroys him with the brightness of His coming. This occurs after the church is removed and the Holy Spirit's indwelling role ends, as the wicked one is revealed.
Les explains that 2 Thessalonians 2:7 says the mystery of iniquity was already working, going back to the Tower of Babel. The hinderer is taught to be the Holy Spirit indwelling the believer, who will hinder until He is taken out of the way. That departure is the church being removed. When the church is gone, the Holy Spirit's role as indwelling the believer ends, though He remains the omnipresent God during the tribulation. Then verse 8 says the wicked one—the Antichrist, the man of sin—will be revealed, and at the end of the seven years the Lord will consume him with the spirit of His mouth and destroy him with the brightness of His coming.
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:
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When and how does God destroy the Antichrist?
The Lord will destroy the Antichrist at the end of the seven-year tribulation when He comes, consuming him with the spirit of His mouth and destroying him with the brightness of His coming.
When is the Antichrist revealed according to 2 Thessalonians 2?
The Antichrist, the man of sin, will be revealed only after the church is gone, when the Holy Spirit's indwelling role in believers has ended.