Laurentiu Mot: The sanctuary in the NT

The temple of God in the New Testament, with special reference to 2 Thess. 2:4
The presentation will first highlight the various Greek temple-terms (e.g., hieron, naos, oīkos, hagia, skēnē, katoikētērion) and their general distribution throughout the NT, in the hope to grasp their core semantics. Then the study will proceed to discuss the phrase “the temple of God” in the context of 2 Thess 2:4. The apocalyptic-eschatological context of 2 Thess 2 facilitates the understanding of the temple concept in the NT, as this passage brings together prophecy, theology, and identity issues. Particularly interesting will be to see the man of lawlessness as sitting as, not in, the temple of God, which really makes the end-time events look like a Tale of Two Temples.