Please answer me, why don't you have a valid and succinct reply to my post #172.
2 Thessalonains 2:8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
brightness of his coming - is a not a brilliant "flash" of light as you are claiming.
You are inventing, by misusing Matthew 24:27 as part of your support rationale.
Matthew 24:27 contains a metaphor, as to how evident it will be of Jesus's return.
Jesus used the metaphor of lightning as part of his warning in the previous verses to not go chasing after rumors that some will say that he is in the desert or some other place..
Matthew 24:27
For
as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west,
so it will be when the Son of Man comes.
Then you quoted this verse
.... from the NIV....because it contained the word flashed.
The problem is the NIV is a dynamic equivalent translation - meaning it is not as accurate as a word for word translation as the KJV is. Notice the substantial difference.
kjv Acts 22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me
The NIV quote you made....
About noon as I was approaching Damascus,
suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
"flashed" is some NIV dynamic equivalent words. So you don't have a basis.
Also, them in Revelation 6, see Jesus in heaven before the throne of God, when the sixth seal takes place. And leads to them to assembling their armies in Revelation 16:16 to make war on Jesus to stop him from executing judgement on them. So it is not like a flash of light; the world will know that he is coming at that point.
So, what you need to do is reconcile "whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming:" with what it says in Revelation 19
....
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
It is not going to be a flash like you are saying - as you have misinterpreted Matthew 24:27 and the version you are using for Acts 22:6 is flawed.
Consider Jesus will speak the destruction of the armies gathered to make war on him (metaphorically the sword in his mouth in Revelation 19, verse 15) and projecting from his eyes, which are described as a flame of fire, a bright focused beam of light onto the beast and and false prophet - which beams them into the lake of fire, a portal opening, then closing - as a possibility, we don't have enough information given to know for certain.
Also, in similitude, Jesus melting away the facade of the statue image of the beast - incarnated by Satan - that will be worshiped - bringing it to ashes, exposing Satan for everyone present to see, fulling Ezekiel 28:
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness:
I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick
; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
