Jesus... AKA God incarnate is the True temple of God.
The “3rd” temple may or may not happen... but it would still be lesser than the True Temple of God. The third temple would metaphorically be “Making Ismael”.
Revelation even spells this out. Revelation 21:22
Praise Jesus that you understand Zechariah 14!
Christ Bless you!
Great post!
Jesus would also have to bring down the Ark of the Covenant, as it is shown in the Sanctuary in heaven in Revelation 11:19
YLT)
2Ch 5:7
And the priests bring in
the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto
the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs;
Jer 3:16
“Then it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says the LORD, “that they will say
no more, ‘
The Ark of the Covenant of the LORD.'
It shall not come to mind, nor shall they remember it, nor shall they visit
it, nor shall it be made anymore.
Rev 11:19
And
opened was the Sanctuary of God in the heaven, and there was seen
the Ark of His Covenant in His Sanctuary, and there did come lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
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John in the Tabernacle on Patmos
Revelation 1:
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud Voice, as of a trumpet,
12 Then I turned<1994> to see the Voice that spoke with me.
And having turned<1994> I saw seven golden Lampstands<3087>,
13 and in the midst of the seven Lampstands [One] like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the paps with a golden band.
I can vision John standing inside the holy place of a Tabernacle. [John would probably be a Hebrew Jew and perhaps even of a priestly class].
While he is standing there, he hears a Voice
BEHIND him.
He
TURNS and sees Jesus in midst of lamp-stands. ["turn" can also mean convert]
Symbolically, [this is just my view], John would have been facing the OC Table of Showbread. ..North.
The Altar and inner curtain would have been on his left...West
Then be turns, facing Jesus and the lamp-stands...South
The outer veil/entrance would then be on his left .....East
In essence, John is first facing the Table of OC Show-bread
and when he turns, he sees the NC "Living Bread", Jesus
1. gate/first veil/curtain
East side Judah Issachar Zebulun
2. the Lampstand
South Side Simeon, Gad, Reuben
3. the Golden Incense Altar
West side Ephraim, Benjamin, Manasseh
4. the Showbread Table
North side Dan, Napthali, Asher
Studies In The Scriptures - Tabernacle Shadows - Chapter 1
The Camp--The Court--The Tabernacle--The Brazen Altar--The Laver-- The Table--The Lampstand--The Golden Altar--The Mercy Seat and Ark--The Gate--The First Veil--The Second Veil--
The Significance of These and Their Antitypes.
