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Breath of Jesus' Mouth - what power!

2 Thessalonians 2: 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth....  "Breath" is used 79 times in the NIV version of the Bible.  We find out immediately upon opening Scripture that God's breath is powerful.  After all, God spoke and everything was created. There was darkness - absent of all light, no reflections, no stars, no moon, no glittering or shining anything until God spoke. And what is speaking if it isn't breath manipulated into words and in God's case, into actions as well. In the book of Revelation, there is a huge buildup to the climax of Satan's army against Jesus. It builds through many chapters describing the evil armies and their preparations and in two short phrases out of the mouth of Jesus, comes the sword that kills them all.  Just like that all evil is destroyed. In the ...