the son of perdition

THE PERSON OF THE "MAN OF SIN" He is called the "man of sin," and this expression is qualified by another, "the son of perdition." As before, we search the Scriptures to learn what use the Spirit has elsewhere made of this phrase, and we find it employed in only a single other instance (John...

THE ORIGIN OF THE "MAN OF SIN" Led by our investigation thus far to look for the Evil One in the Church of God, we find all the other language of the prophecy pointing in the same direction. The first stage in the predicted development of the wicked one is that of APOSTASY. Speaking of the...

THE SEAT OF THE "MAN OF SIN" "He, as God, sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." The Greek phrase here employed for "temple of God," is (“ton naon tou Theou”) now, from Matthew to Revelation this expression occurs only seven times. The following are all seven instances: 1...

In this study it is our goal to determine the person or nature of the “Man of Sin”, where he comes from, and how it is that he sits in the temple of God. “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son...