What this means for the Dan.11 AOD prophecy, is that to fulfill it for the end like Jesus said in Matthew 24:15, a standing Jewish temple must exist in Jerusalem for the end, and with the daily sacrifice re-established. And that means re-established old covenant worship by the orthodox Jews in Jerusalem for the end of this world.
I understand the reasoning behind what you say above.
But I have a problem with the fact that Paul used the word
naos for 'temple' in 2 Thess 2:4, and this is why:
It also just so happens that the gospels use the word
hieron in reference to the phyiscal temple complex, and
noas in reference to the holy place/most holy place, and this is confirmed by the fact that every time it's written that Jesus entered or was standing in the temple, the word
hieron is used - Jesus was not a priest in terms of Mosaic law and was not allowed into the
naos of the Jerusalem temple.
In the gospels, the last time the New Testament uses the word
naos in reference to the holy place in the Jerusalem temple, is in the verses which talk about the tearing of the veil in that temple. After this (and without fail) every time the holy sanctuary/temple
of God is being spoken of
as the New Testament Temple, the word used in the New Testament is naos (including by Paul)
, whereas every time the
Jerusalem temple complex is spoken of (including by Paul), the word used, is
hieron (multiple time in Acts).
Even the times that the Jewish religious leaders accused Paul of defiling the Jerusalem temple and called it the holy place or "this holy place", the Greek uses neither the word naos, nor the word hieron in reference to the temple in Jerusalem. instead, the Greek uses the words "hagios" (holy) "topos" (place).
Paul speaks about the individual bodies of the saints being the temple (naos) of God as well as the church as the temple (naos) of God a number of times, each time using the word naos. The one time Paul refers to the physical temple in Jerusalem, he used the word hieron.
The Revelation uses the word naos in reference to the heavenly temple/temple in heaven multiple times. Not once does it use the word hieron - not even in Revelation 11:1-2.
And the Revelation calls New Jerusalem
the holy city three times directly, but not once does it call Babylon the Great or the cities of the nations that fell when the 7th bowl was poured out, or the city spiritually called sodom an Egypt, by the title "the holy city".
Revelation 11
1 And a reed like a rod was given to me. And the angel stood, saying, Rise up and measure the temple (naos) of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple (naos), and do not measure it, for it was given to the nations. And they will trample
the holy city forty-two months.
Revelation calls
New Jerusalem the holy city three times directly, aside from the above.
So besides Revelation 11:1-2, 2 Thess 2:4
might be the only other verse in the entire New Testament that's an exception to the 100% consistent rule of the New Testament
never referring to the temple in Jerusalem as the
naos again after the verses talking about the tearing of the veil in the Jerusalem temple, and this includes the way Paul used the words
naos in his own references to the sanctuary/temple
of God and hieron in his reference to the temple in Jerusalem.
2 Thess 2
4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple (naos) of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
Naos refers to the sanctuary of God in the New Testament. Jesus entered only into the hieron. Not one verse that speaks about Jesus in the temple in Jerusalem uses the word naos. But every verse that uses the word naos in the gospels (until the tearing of the veil), is talking about the sanctuary - except when Jesus referred to His own body as the temple (naos) of God - the word used in those verses is also naos.
SO if it weren't for the above fact, I would accept that the temple that is going to be defiled as per Matthew 24:15 and 2 Thess 2:4, is highly likely a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem.
But I think we should ask ourselves what
God regards as
HIS Temple.