[Buggman]

Sorry, but I don't consider Augustine to be authoritative by any stretch. I go by what the Scriptures say, and what they say in this case is that the Temple would be defiled by a man calling himself God, not that the Temple would be destroyed.

Yeshua did prophesy that the Temple would be destroyed; of that there is no doubt. But by citing a well-known fulfilled prophecy that was very much on the Jewish heart of the Temple's defilement (and therefore, subsequent restoration), He was also looking beyond that to events leading up to His Parousia on the clouds of Heaven, where every eye will see Him.

Shalom.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Sorry, but I don't consider Augustine to be authoritative by any stretch. I go by what the Scriptures say, and what they say in this case is that the Temple would be defiled by a man calling himself God, not that the Temple would be destroyed.

No, Augustine's cross-reference of Daniel to Luke, which specifically refers to the desolation of Jerusalem, trumps your reference to 2 Thessalonians -- which has no such reference whatsoever.

I realize that Hal Lindsey teaches people to improperly associate 2 Thessalonians with the abomination of desolation reference in Daniel, but you really shouldn't. It's not what the Scripture says.

By contrast, the Augustinian cross-reference of Luke to Daniel is clear, consistent, and provably FULFILLED.