So you come here, knowing the Thread Topic is about the building of a Jewish 3rd stone temple in Jerusalem, and then throw out 'spiritual temple' ideas instead, and then try to tell me you weren't try to disrupt Apostle Paul's 2 Thessalonians 2 teaching about the "temple of God"?
LOL. Well, I "came here" back in December... You're really just now responding to this? I guess people do keep bumping these things back up. But that's a bit odd.
"...disrupt Apostle Paul's 2 Thessalonians 2 teaching about the ,temple of God,"... I don't even know what that means, to tell you the truth, Davy. Now, if you were to say, "...to correct (your) take on what Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 2," then yes. :)
Even with your false suggestion about interpretation of 2 Thess.2 "temple of God"...
We just disagree on it, Davy. But, if you want to call it a "false suggestion," then rest assured, I think the very same thing of yours.
...when you claimed, like all kinds of different interpretations have been done on that, as if what Apostle Paul wrote was just playing Bible roulette!
<eyeroll>
What you said against that Scripture was only to promote 'confusion', and you well know it too!
Again, Davy, we disagree on it (obviously). "Promote confusion..." Nobody's doing that. Come on, man. Come on.
There's that attempted confusion is again!
Yes, disagreeing with you is "attempted confusion." Goodness gracious.
Trying to infer that no one can really know what Paul's meaning was with that "temple of God" in 2 Thess.2!
I inferred no such thing, explicitly or implicitly. Wow.
The true... Bible student doesn't have to rely just on that one 2 Thess.2:4 verse to know Paul was pointing to a JEWISH STONE TEMPLE in Jerusalem for the end.
Ah, now see, this is interesting. I mean, generally speaking, I agree with what you say about not having to rely on just 2 Thessalonians 2:4 for clarification, certainly; Scripture interprets Scripture. God is His own arbiter.
God showed about it first, in the Daniel 9:27 and Daniel 11:31 Scripture, which Antiochus never completely fulfilled, otherwise, Jesus would not have mentioned the placing of the "abomination of desolation" about 200 years later, in His Olivet discourse!
Hmmm, well, about 600-700 years later, right? Not 200. But I agree, in principle, except... Well, I feel pretty certain if we get into talking about Daniel 9 and 11, we're going to disagree on those passages, too... But maybe not so much; it might be some fairly interesting conversation... if you were to tone this ridiculous rhetoric of yours down.
<smile>
Thus by STAYING IN GOD'S WORD AS WRITTEN...
So, again, Davy, I'm "not staying" ~ at least here and there ~ in
your understanding of God's Word as it is written. And that's no disparagement of you. Regarding all this rhetoric of yours, though... surely you are not like this in real life, right? I mean surely not...
...it is very EASY... to confirm that Apostle Paul was pointing to the 'traditional' ISRAELITE STONE TEMPLE in Jerusalem when that "man of sin" comes to sit in it and play GOD.
I would agree that it's very easy, sure. But taking the easy way out is often the problem. Not that it's difficult or obscure, but yes, it is very... easy; I agree. <smile>
Grace and peace to you, Davy.