a devlish man will (or has already) come

The man of lawlessness, who is he? In the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, Hawthorne, Martin, and Reid discuss that at different times Christians believed the man of lawlessness to be the Papacy, a Roman Emperor, or all the Roman Emperors. Paul all through out his writings proclaims an eminent eschatological period, and specifically in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Paul speaks of a devilish entity whom will precede Christ’s parousia. Several things should be researched in depth in order to further discuss the text mentioned above. First, a one must gather a general comprehensive understanding Paul’s eschatology throughout his writings. Next, one would probably need to understand how the apostle thought by delving into Jewish beliefs on end times. Then an exegesis of the text is necessary in order to discuss the passage and in order to understand what is known of that which holds back the man of lawlessness.


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