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2 Thessalonians 2:8-9 “Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of
His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in
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accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders.”

Mercury

December 2390 Sun eclipsed by the moon radiating light into the Constellation of Scutum over Los Angeles, California

Ophiuchus is a large constellation located around the celestial equator. This makes this event visible across the earth from the
northern to the southern hemispheres. Its name is from the Greek φιο χος "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man
grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation Serpens. Ophiuchus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-
century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It was formerly referred to as Serpentarius and also
Anguitenens, a Latin word meaning the same as its current name of "serpent-bearer". This constellation has been taken as symbolic
in later literature, and placed in relation to the words spoken by God to the serpent in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15).

Serpens ("the Serpent", Greek φις) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the
2nd century astronomer Ptolemy and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical
Union. From: Wikipedia:Ophiuchus

It is unique among the modern constellations that it is split into two non-contiguous parts: Serpens Caput, the
Serpent's Head to the west and Serpens Cauda, the Serpent's Tail to the east. Between these two halves lies the
Constellation of Ophiuchus, the “Serpent-Bearer.” In figurative representations, the body of the serpent is
represented as passing behind Ophiuchus between μ Ser in Serpens Caput and ν Ser in Serpens Cauda. The
Constellation of Scutum is a cross shield which is located at the tail of the serpent.

Both hands of Ophiuchus firmly clutch the Serpent, which encircles the waist of Ophiuchus, but he, steadfast with both his feet well
set, tramples a huge monster, even the Scorpion, standing upright on his eye and breast. Now the Serpent is wreathed about his two
hands – a little above his right hand, but in many folds high above his left. ... Toward the Crown leans the Serpent’s jaw, but
beneath his coiling form seek thou for the mighty Claws Libra. There were two "serpent" constellations in Babylonian astronomy,
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known as Muš uššu and Bašmu. It appears that Muš uššu was depicted as a hybrid of dragon, lion and bird, and loosely

108 Mair, A. W. & G. R. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921.