192 – What Did Paul Mean by "The Revelation of the Man of Sin"?

192. What Did Paul Mean by "The Revelation of the Man of Sin"?

Paul evidently believed that immediately before the second coming of Christ there would be fierce temptation and persecution (2Th_2:3). Christ referred to the same event (see Mat_24:20-25). The man of sin is the Antichrist or Pseudo-Christ, who is to deceive many. He is described in Rev_13:11-18.

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