way as to take the place of God in the temple of God.

Mode of Manifestation

It may, or may not, be that "the Man of Sin" exhibiting himself as God in the Temple of God is to be understood as an actual ceremony taking place in an actual building; though even this is not altogether inconceivable if we recollect that during the French Revolution a notorious actress was enthroned upon the high altar in the cathedral of Notre Dame as the Goddess of Reason and received the public adoration of the official representative of France. What has been may be again, and we know that history repeats itself; but I think we have to look for something more personal and powerful than any theatrical exhibition of this kind.

If we search the Scriptures, we shall find that the real Temple of God is Man. When Christ said, " 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up' he spake of the temple of his body" (John 2:19-21); and again St Paul says, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God?" (1 Cor. 3:16). Moreover, the promise is, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people" (2 Cor. 6:16), and so on in many similar passages, a careful consideration of which leaves no doubt but that the true significance of "the temple" in Scripture is that of human individuality.

The meaning then becomes clear. The temple which is profaned