AOD in the holy place

[RandyPNW]

We see 2 Thess 2:4 differently, but it's OK. I disagree with your metaphorical rendition of the text. For it to make sense given the context of Paul's narrative, it has to be literal.

Yes, it appears we disagree. I would go with your notion of a literal temple if I found any real basis for it in prophecy. I just can't find it, with the exception of this one passage and a few other passages with an obscure reference to God's Temple.

On the other hand, NT theology seems to forbid any notion of a restored physical temple, since it had been patterned after the true Temple of God in heaven. I will concede that the issue is less than clear to me, since I'm not sure where Paul was getting his language of the Temple from. Thanks for the discussion.