I believe that the Man of Sin is none other than Satan himself come as a man. If you study Ezek 27-28 you will see Satan is called the "King of Tyre." Tyre historically is Lebanon which of course is to the north of Israel. Satan comes as a King who claims to be the God, but the real God makes clear that Satan will be a man and will be killed as a man.
The first beast IMO is the radical Islamic army of the North that the Man of Sin will one day lead. I believe ISIS could evolve into this Beast.
Correct, the Son of Perdition, is the only person condemned to hell already. This "son" is Satan as a Man. I really believe this and it totally fits. Satan wants to be God. God had a son who became a man and died on earth. I believe the same will happen to Satan only Satan will not rise again in 3 days as Christ did.
I agree completely. I love your phrase "Islam - hidden in plain sight." This is so true. So many fellow Christians cannot see ISLAM as the Great EVIL, the Great Satanic False Religion as it is hiding right in front of them.
This "another man" will be Satan himself. When he comes, he comes suddenly and with so much attention that the whole world will see and follow after him. Many, many people will think he is their Christ or their Muhammad or whatever they have been waiting for. But they will be deceived. I believe he will have more of a Muslim slant than a Christian slant. He will take over and lead the Beast from the Sea and cause those to "worship" (Serve is a better word) the BEAST from the Sea.
Mystery Babylon is here. It is ISLAM. It is the last in a line of false Satan sun worshiping that goes all the way back to original Babylon and even Egypt. Egypt was the first Beast and the first to enslave Israel. Once God delivered the Children of Israel from Egypt, he took them into the "wilderness" of Saudi Arabia. This is the same exact wilderness where MECCA sits - that Great Harlot City. It was here in Saudi Arabia where Mt. Sinai is located where the 10 Commandments were given and where the Golden Calf was worshiped.
The very first and most important commandment is given here in Exodus 20:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]“You shall have no other gods before Me.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; [SUP]5 [/SUP]you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me...
ISLAM worships the Kaaba Stone at Mecca. The Kaaba stone is an image (meteor) fallen from the sky. ISLAM bows down and serves this false image, just as the original Babylonians worshiped an image.