Here is a different disciple of John speaking of the Temple
1. And not only by the particulars already mentioned, but also by means of the events which shall occur in the time of
Antichrist is it shown that he, being an
apostate and a robber, is anxious to be adored as
God; and that, although a mere slave, he wishes himself to be proclaimed as a king. For he (
Antichrist) being endued with all the power of the
devil, shall come, not as a righteous king, nor as a legitimate king, [i.e., one] in subjection to
God, but an impious,
unjust, and lawless one; as an
apostate, iniquitous and murderous; as a robber, concentrating in himself [all] satanic
apostasy, and setting aside
idols to persuade [men] that he himself is
God, raising up himself as the only idol, having in himself the multifarious
errors of the other
idols. This he does, in order that they who do [now] worship the
devil by means of many abominations, may serve himself by this one idol, of whom the apostle thus speaks in the second Epistle to the Thessalonians: Unless there shall come a failing away first, and the man of
sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped; so that he sits in the temple of
God, showing himself as if he were God. The apostle therefore clearly points out his
apostasy, and that he is lifted up above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped — that is, above every idol — for these are indeed so called by
men, but are not [really] gods; and that he will endeavour in a tyrannical manner to set himself forth as
God.
Another commentary confirming the scriptures