Then there is still three and one-half years waited for the Messiahic doctrine to the Jew, and God does not deal with the Jew and the Gentile at the same time. He deals with Israel as a nation - Gentile as an individual. He never taken the Gentiles for His Bride, He's taking a people OUT of the Gentile. It's the antichrist spirit. Nico means to conquer.
Laity means the church - the laity.
Nicolaitanes - to conquer the laity. There is only one thing can happen. That is to call in the currency and pay off the bonds, and we can't do it. Then the Mark of the Beast of Revelation 13 will set in, because he holds all of the commerce, trade and everything of the world. Now, notice, he will conquer and almost has in his grip right now, while he is still antichrist before he can become beast.