The letters Paul wrote to the Christians in the Early Church were written before the time of his death in AD 65. When he mentioned “the man of lawlessness…the son of destruction,” he was referring to Titus – son of Emperor Vespasian who led the Roman Army in the siege of Jerusalem. He permanently put an end to the practice of the Law of Moses by destroying the Jewish Temple in AD 70 – making it impossible to fully follow its religious customs. Cindye Coates