indicate that the Man of Sin would come from a lineage of
Christians. Second: His disregard for the desire of women is evidence of
his hatred of the true Messiah; for this reference is probably to the
desire of every Jewish woman to be the mother of Messiah. Third: Those
who acknowledge the strange god, (Satan), whom he honors, will be
prospered, and the land will be divided unto them and he will give them
authority and glory.

In the New Testament the Man of Sin is described as "the one who comes
in his own name," whom men will receive (Jno. 5:43); "that man of sin,"
"the son of perdition" (II Thes. 2:3); "that Wicked _one_" (II Thes.
2:8); and the "beast" (Rev. 13:1), and to him Satan gives all the power
and glory he offered to Christ (Lu. 4:5, 6). Of the many references to
him, two passages deal with him at length. In the first (II Thes.
2:1-10), his coming is mentioned as directly following the removal of
God's present restraint from the earth; and in the second (Rev. 13:1-8),
as has been shown, his coming is said to directly follow the casting of
Satan from heaven into the earth (Rev. 12:7-12), and continues until the
glorious appearing of Christ, which is described in Rev. 19 and 20.

The former passage (II Thes. 2:1-10) is as follows: "Now, we beseech
you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our
gathering together unto Him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be
troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as
that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means:
for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so
that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is
God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these
things? And, now, ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in
his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now
letteth (restrains) will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then
shall that Wicked (one) be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming; even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all
power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because they rec