15.  And again he says, Who opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God, or that is worshipped; (against every God; Antichrist forsooth will abhor the idols,) so that he seateth himself in the temple of God 2 Thess. ii. 4..  What temple then?  He means, the Temple of the Jews which has been destroyed.  For God forbid that it should be the one in which we are!  Why say we this?  That we may not be supposed to favour ourselves.  For if he comes to the Jews as Christ, and desires to be worshipped by the Jews, he will make great account of the Temple, that he may more completely beguile them; making it supposed that he is the man of the race of David, who shall build up the Temple which was erected by Solomon See § 12, notes 3, 4, and Hippolytus, ubi supra:  “The Saviour raised up and shewed His holy flesh like a temple; and he will raise a temple of stone in Jerusalem.”  “Cyril wrote this before Julian’s attempt to rebuild the Jewish Temple” (R.W.C.)..  And Antichrist will come at the time when there shall not be left one stone upon another in the Temple of the Jews, according to the doom pronounced by our Saviour Matt. xxiv. 2.  Cyril refers the whole prophecy to the time of Christ’s second coming at the end of the world, not regarding the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple by Titus as fulfilling any part of the prediction.; for when, either decay of time, or demolition ensuing on pretence of new buildings, or from any other causes, shall have overthrown all the stones, I mean not merely of the outer circuit, but of the inner shrine also, where the Cherubim were, then shall he come with all signs and lying wonders, exalting himself against all idols; at first indeed making a pretence of benevolence, but afterwards displaying his relentless temper, and that chiefly against the Saints of God.  For he says, I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints Dan. vii. 21.  Here again Cyril follows Hippolytus, § 25:  “And under this (horn) was signified none other than Antichrist.; and again elsewhere, there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation upon earth, even to that same time Ib. xii. 1..  Dreadful is that beast, a mighty dragon, unconquerable by man, ready to devour; concerning whom though we have more things to speak out of the divine Scriptures, yet we will content ourselves at present with thus much, in order to keep within compass.