destruction—eternal damnation in the lake of fire (19:20; 20:10). That will be the appropriate punishment for the “son of destruction” (2 Thess. 2:3), who dared in his insolent pride to copy the sin of Lucifer (cf. Isa. 14:12–14) and challenge the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Antichrist’s phony resurrection and swift destruction of the false religious system will shock the world. As it does throughout Revelation, the phrase those who dwell on the earth describes unbelievers (cf. v. 2; 3:10; 6:10;