Note, I want it understood that the Antichrist will probably use a human host, however the REAL Antichrist was restrained at the time Paul wrote Thess...does that sound like he is a normal human? The Antichrist has been restrained for 2000 years...does that sound like a regular human? Things will get so bad at the end of the age that demons and the angels of Satan may appear openly to humans, that is why I leave it open for the possibility that the Antichrist may be a mighty angelic being that went with Satan and he may appear openly for what he is, remember this being will actually claim that he IS God.
The antichrist will be Satan possessing a human body,for he is the man of sin,and it will not be an angelic being with Satan.
The antichrist is a man.
1.In Isaiah the people that were deceived by the antichrist say is this the man that made the world to tremble.
2.The man of sin,the last king,is mighty,but not by his own power,for he gets his power from Satan.
3.Concerning the 10 horns,and 7 heads,in Revelation 12,the crowns are on the heads,which means Satan in the spiritual realm deceiving people by way of the 7 kingdoms that ruled up to the beast kingdom,and in Revelation 13 the crowns are on the 10 horns which means Satan in the physical realm deceiving people,for the ten horns are the physical dominion of the beast kingdom,the world split in to ten sections with a leader in each section who hand their power over to the beast,and that is how he gets control of the world.
4.The beast and false prophet go to the lake of fire when they are defeated at the battle of Armageddon right before the millennial reign,but Satan goes to the bottomless pit,so the beast is a man that has received judgment,and the beast and the false prophet are the first 2 people to go to the lake of fire.Satan and the beast,the man of sin,a human,are separated with each going to a different destination,and the beast,and false prophet,receive judgment before any other human,who do not receive judgment until after the millennial reign if they are not right with God.
The antichrist is a man that has been born in to this world by parents,who will be in to the occult,witchcraft,nature worship,and does not regard any god,but honors the God of forces,the evolutionary process,and will convince the world that he obtained power through nature,which the false prophet will do miracles to convince the world that the beast did harness the power of nature,and gave this power to the false prophet,and will share this power with all who follow him,and they can have power through nature,which people believe he will restore the hidden mysteries of the past when people had those powers,but lost it through time.
Because of the antichrist's interest in the occult,which he takes it to an extreme level,and lusting for power,the devil is able to manipulate him,and control him,for the antichrist,the man of sin,will know all that is involved to establish such a kingdom that will take away more people than all the other kingdoms put together.
The antichrist is that cruel to take away billions of people to establish a kingdom that highly exalts him and people,although he is top dog.Nobody can be the antichrist on purpose,but it is because of the antichrists high level of wanting to exalt himself above all that is called God,or is worshipped,and exalt himself above every person on the planet,for he will magnify himself above all,that the devil is able to manipulate,and control him,and the devil will use the man of sin to pour out his wrath,and hatred,towards mankind,which the beast will be so terrible that Jesus said if He did not shorten the days the man of sin could rule,three and one half years,no flesh would be saved.
The antichrist is a human being,a man,and when Satan controls him it could be the antichrist does not even have a thought of his own,but only does what the devil wants him to do.
The antichrist was probably prepared to be the antichrist from birth,and brought up in the occult,and things of the new age movement,so that is all he knows,all he believes,and nothing else concerning reality,but sees all things according to evolution,the occult,and the harnessing of nature for power,and all those years,being trained from birth,have made him in to a monster,all the while thinking it is the course of the world,survival of the fitness,the best plan of action for the world to get rid of everybody that does not fit the pattern of what he believes,with cruelty,and hatred,for he is all about the world,with the attitude that is the way the world operates,people pushing for power,and exalting themselves above each other,and putting people down that would dare get in the way,for I will get you before you get me,for you would try to do the same to me,because that is all he sees concerning the world,void of understanding compassion,and care for people despite their hatefulness,but only sees exaltation of oneself,and trounce all who oppose you,for that is how he sees that the world operates,and nothing else.
God said concerning the new age movement and their occult interpretation of the Bible,that their conscience is seared with a hot iron,for they look at the Bible in a different way,and do not have the love and compassion that Jesus told the saints to have,like feed,and clothe,your enemies,and if physically abused,so not physically abuse back,and if mentally abused,do not mentally abuse back,be harmless as doves,for with God it does not matter for you will prosper no matter what problems you have on earth,and God is in control and will put down the wicked,but the new age movement does not have that in their interpretation of the Bible,for they only have this earth,and their prosperity on earth,so they do not have the love and compassion that a person that believes the Bible should have,but will fight fiercely for mother earth,and their prosperity.
How much worse will the antichrist be who has been trained from birth to be the antichrist,and have his conscience seared with a hot iron,and not show love and compassion,but will highly exalt himself,and go forth with cruelty,and hatred,to protect the only place he has,and knows,mother earth,for there is no reality for him of a better prosperity,for the occult is all he knows,all he believes,and all he cares about,and he will take away every person that dares to oppose him if he can.
I do not know for a fact that the antichrist will be trained from birth to be the antichrist,but I am sure he probably was to have that much cruelty,and hatred,and to not see anything but like Mr. Smith from the Matrix movie,me,me,me.