Question 189: What did Paul mean by “the revelation of the man of sin?”

Answer:

Paul evidently believed that immediately before the second coming of Moshiach there would be fierce temptation and persecution (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Moshiach referred to the same event (see Matthew 24:20-25). The man of sin is the Anti-Christ or Pseudo-Christ, who is to deceive many. He is described in Revelation 13:11-18.