2 Thessalonians 2:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

And exalteth

Called

1 Corinthians 8:5

Sitteth

Daniel 8:12

Daniel 11:45

Revelation 13:6

General references

Proverbs 30:13

Isaiah 36:14

Bible References

And exalteth

“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.

“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

Out of one of them came forth a rather small horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the

Beautiful Land.

“Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.

And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

Called

For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

Sitteth

And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will fling truth to the ground and perform its will and prosper.

He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

General references

There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;