No, the Bible is quite verbal on the Antichrist: “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or an object of worship, so that he seats himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself that he is God.” This fulfills the prophecy concerning Antichrist in Daniel 11:36 and 37. This will take place in the midst of the last week, as prophesied in Daniel 9:27.
Hi, new to this site and this is my first thread so bear with me please.
How about if we consider this with regard to the question of Daniel's prophecy. (Orthodox Jewish Bible Version) Luke 17:24 "Hashem, the One having made HaOlam and all the things in it, this One being Adon HaShomayim vaHaAretz, does not dwell in temples made by human hands. [
Isa 42:5 Dt 10:14;
Isa 66:1;
1Kgs 8:27]
(NET Version same scripture
24 The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.
Perhaps we might consider we're looking in the wrong place as pertains to he that will seat himself in the temple of God. (with consideration to the above scripture)
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own" 1 Corinthians 6:19.
What if he that will seat himself is that which leads the faithful, who are temples of God, (1Corinthians 6:19). A man, some may say, the Pope.
Further, how would we really know if this old testament prophecy pertains to today? 2 Peter3:8 But beloved, do not let
this one thing be hidden from you, that with
the Lord one day
is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
Are we working out the math with regard to 70 weeks to make it so? Or did this perhaps come to fulfillment some years ago? Remember God gave Moses after the Exodus a new calendar, or means to count time? Days are to be counted as years, years compiled in units of seven, i.e. 70 “sevens”. The Jubilee Calendar.
Exodus 12:1-3The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘On the tenth day of this month they each must take a lamb for themselves according to their families—a lamb for each household.
Leviticus 25:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the Lord. 3 Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce, 4 but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest—a Sabbath to the Lord. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of your unpruned vines; the land must have a year of complete rest. 6 You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat—you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you, 7 your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land—all its produce will be for you to eat.
God also warned Israel if they disobeyed this order:Leviticus 26:14.“14 “‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments—"
32."I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled. 33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.
34 “‘Then the land will make up for its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths. 35 All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it."
And after this, the land laid desolate without the Israelites living there, the Israelites entered into the period known as their "Babylonian Captivity". Where they remained for 70 years. Because they disobeyed God's order and violated 70 Sabbath years?
2 Chronicles 36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him. 18 He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials. 19 They burned down God’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items. 20 He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power. 21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message spoken through Jeremiah and lasted until the land experienced its sabbatical years. All the time of its desolation the land rested in order to fulfill the seventy years.
Anyway, those are just my humble thoughts on the topic. Thank you for reading.
