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 ...

I've been studying the Book of Job . I've always hears that it is a really depressing, sad story.  I find it to be the exact opposite. Yes, there is a lot of depressing stuff.  Job loses his family (except wife) and all his livestock, much of his possessions and likely the respect of others. But much of Job is about how great God is. There are tons of questions that we can't answer about how the world is built and how it operates. These questions are to expand our minds to accept how really big and magnificent God is. Here are some examples: Job 5: 9-11 He [God] performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,    miracles that cannot be counted. 10 He provides rain for the earth;    he sends water on the countryside. 11 The lowly he sets on high,    and those who mourn are lifted to safety. Job 7:17-18 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,    that you give them so much attention, 18 that you examine...