Grant R. Jeffrey on a Jerusalem Third Temple.

"Some Christian commentators have suggested that the Antichrist will lead the project to rebuild the Temple. However, the evidence from Scripture causes me to take quite a different view. While numerous prophecies describe the Antichrist defiling the Temple, John refers to the sanctuary as the Temple of God. "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein" (Revelation 11:1). In addition, when the apostle Paul wrote about the Antichrist being revealed, he referred to evil acts that would be carried out in "the temple of God" (see 2 Thessalonians 2:4). These passages strongly suggest that the Jews in genuine worship of God will build the Third Temple and that the Antichrist will later defile it during the Tribulation. Fortunately, the Word of God reveals that when the Messiah comes, "then shall the sanctuary be cleansed" (Daniel 8:14).

One of the greatest of the early church writers, Irenaeus, taught that the new Temple would be a genuine Temple built by the religious Jews. Citing 2 Thessalonians 2:4, he stated that "the Apostle himself, speaking in his own person, distinctly called it the temple of God."

Further, in his book Against Heresies, Irenaeus affirmed his understanding of the Scriptures' prophecies about animal sacrifices being reinstated in a future Temple. He cited Daniel's words in Daniel 9:27, stating, "the sacrifice and the libation shall be taken away, and the abomination of desolation (shall) be brought in the Temple: even unto the consummation of the time shall the desolation be complete." Again, for these prophetic events to occur, the Third Temple must be rebuilt by the Jews as a legitimate Temple of God" (Grant R. Jeffrey, The New Temple and the Second Coming, pages 19, 20)

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Dave L said:

Jesus and believers are the third temple. Any third physical temple will deceive many.

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Dave L said:

A third temple replaces Jesus with animal sacrifices.

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"The Sacrificial System Will Continue

One of the most perplexing ideas to students of Scripture is the idea that God intends that the annual feasts, along with animal sacrifice, will continue into the Millennium. Many Christians who have studied the prophetic portions of Zechariah 14, Isaiah 66, and Ezekiel 40 - 48, which clearly describe these Millennial worship ordinations, are confused by the idea. They ask, "Didn't the sacrifice of Christ eliminate animal sacrifices forever?"

............"Only the complete sacrifice of Jesus could ever totally atone for our sins. However, God clearly demanded the sacrifices from Adam to Christ. Those sacrifices were acts of obedience to the direct command of God, as well as acknowledgements of one's own personal sinfulness and need for God's forgiveness. Animal sacrifices covered the sins of the people temporarily until the prophesied Messiah would come and offer Himself once and for all as the necessary atonement for sin. If animal sacrifice can never atone for sin, why would God allow Israel to resume such sacrifice in the Third Temple, prior to Armageddon, and then demand that Israel continue such sacrifice in the Millennium? There are two reasons why I believe this is true."

First, the early Jewish - Christian Church continued to offer sacrifices in the first century.".......



.......Second, New Testament writers used the legal sacrificial system to illustrate very important points concerning Christ's sacrifice on the Cross.......

..... These examples of the way early Jewish believers used God's law to teach great love when He sacrificed His only Son on the cross will be repeated during the Millennium." (Grant R. Jeffrey, Messiah, War in the Middle East and the Road to Armageddon, page 317, 318 and 319)

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Dave L said:

Third Temple? Closing the Gap in Dispensationalism. | Christian Forums

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Dave L said:

Third Temple? Closing the Gap in Dispensationalism. | Christian Forums

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fwGod said:

That would be the case.
The Jews do so with intent to honor God, adhering to the old testament commandments. That happens in the first 3.5 years of the 7 year Tribulation.

The reason why they'd stop is because the lawless one goes into the temple and sits on the seat (the mercy seat), and declares himself to be God. As the apostle Paul wrote.

Essentially he doing so amounts to taking Jesus place for God has declared Jesus to be God, he sits at the right hand of God. As a verse in Hebrews states.

The actions and declaration that the lawless one makes IS the abomination of desolation. As Jesus told the Jews during his earthly ministry.

It happens at the mid-point of the 7 year Tribulation. As Daniel had been told.

At that time the Jews head for the hills, they flee to the wilderness where God protects them through the last 3.5 years of the Tribulation.

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Semper-Fi said:

Zechariah 14 Prophecy-

The Palestinians will take half of Jerusalem.
The fall of half of Jerusalem triggers a violent
and massive chain reaction that leads to
Christ’s Second Coming.

The Jews will not build a 3rd temple.
God will build the 3rd physical temple.

“Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will,
O God. He taketh away the first, that he
may establish the second” Hebrews 10:9.
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Dan 12:4
[..seal the book, to the time of the end: ...]
The book of Daniel is for this end time.

(KJV+)
Dan 12:11And from the timeH4480 H6256 "that"
the dailyH8548 "sacrifice" shall be taken away,

[..from the time the daily shall be taken away,]

The Cambridge Bible reads,
[..the continual shall be taken away,]

Daniel 12:11, Daniel 8:12 “sacrifice” is in
italics and should be left out of the translation.

We all know Jesus one sacrifice is done,
there is no more physical sacrifices required.

“By the which will we are sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”

Today we are the Temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16
" Know ye not that ye are the [temple] of God,
and "that" the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"

G3485
?a?´? , naos , nah-os'
From a primary word ?a?´? naio¯ (to dwell); a fane,
shrine, temple: - shrine, temple. Compare G2411.

1 Corinthians 3:17 templeG3485
1 Corinthians 6:19 templeG3485
2 Corinthians 6:16 templeG3485

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up
[a spiritual house], an holy priesthood,
to offer up [spiritual sacrifices], acceptable
to God by Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 2:5).

Spirit-led people can, or should see the
spiritual counterpart to the physical
sacrifices in the bible.You are a spiritual
sacrifice for God today (Romans 12:1).
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2 Thessalonians 2:4 templeG3485

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.

John 2:19 templeG3485
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy
this [temple], and in three days I will raise it up.

John 2:21 templeG3485, [body]G4983
But he spake of the temple of his [body].

G4983
s??µa , so¯ma, so'-mah
From G4982; the body (as a sound whole),
used in a very wide application, literally
or figuratively: - bodily, body, slave.

This is not the same as the Physical temples.

Mark 14:58
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple
that is made with hands, and within three days
I will build another made without hands.

A temple made with hands, to
another temple made without hands.
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Matthew 21:12, the [temple] here different
"And Jesus went into the [temple] of God,
and cast out all them that sold and bought
in the temple,

G2411
??e??´?, hieron, hee-er-on'
Neuter of G2413; a sacred place, that is, the
entire precincts (whereas G3485 denotes
the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple
(at Jerusalem or elsewhere): - temple.

Mark 14:49 templeG2411
I was daily with you in the [temple] teaching

Matthew 24:1 templeG2411, [buildings]G3619
to shew him the [buildings] of the temple

G3619
?????d?µ?´, oikodome¯, oy-kod-om-ay'
Feminine (abstraction) of a compound of G3624
and the base of G1430; architecture, that is,
(concretely) a structure; figuratively confirmation:
- building, edify (-ication, -ing).
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or Daniel 5:3 templeH1965
????, he^ykal, hay-kal'
(Chaldee); corresponding to H1964: - palace, temple.

H1964
????, he^yka^l, hay-kawl'
Probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity);
a large public building, such as a palace or temple:
- palace, temple.
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Christ is the High Priest of the spiritual temple,
the Church. The sacrificial system was re-
placed by Christ’s sacrifice (Hebrews 8:13).
(Hebrews 10:11-12). The Levitical priesthood
was removed and re-placed by the Melchisedec
priesthood (Hebrews 7).

“Now where remission of these is, there is
no more offering for sin” (Hebrews 10:18)

Hebrews 10:20 By a new and living way, which
he hath consecrated for us, through the veil,
that is to say, his flesh; And having an highpriest
over the house of God”. We have a new way
to live and a High Priest over God’s house.
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There will be another temple during the mill,
Christ will be responsible for building the
Ezekiel temple (Ezekiel 40:1, 3, 14).

He does the measuring physically and
spiritually (verses 19, 23, 28, 32).

Christ is measuring the spiritual templeG3485
today (Revelation 11:1). Revelation 3:12
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God chose Jerusalam as his city ,
and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Ezekiel’s temple is called a house of prayer.
every place incense shall be offered -Malachi 1:11

Zechariah 14 -Isaiah 62- Joel 3- Isaiah 32
(Ezekiel 48:17)will be built on the same place
Zerubbabel and Solomon built their temples.
the name of the city"The Lord is there”

Incense is a type of our prayers (Revelation 8:3).
God is addressing His own Church and its
spiritual problems and prayers.

The Lord filled the house” (Ezekiel 43:1-5,
6-7) God is going to dwell in our midst.

Christ will have His office in the holy of holies
during the Millennium. After that, God the
Father will comedown, and both Christ and
our Father will be located in new Jerusalem.
(Isaiah 65:17-19, 66:10-12)
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“Two women shall begrinding at the mill; the
one shall be taken, and the other left”
(Matthew 24:41). The Philadelphian woman
(or Church) is taken to a place of safety.
The Laodicean woman is left behind.

29 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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“Blessed is that servant, whom his lord
when he cometh shall find [so doing]” .

They that [continue doing] the Work of God.
"If ye continue in my word John 8:31

Let brotherly love continue Hebrews 13:1
Continue in prayer and watch Colossians 4:2
continuing instant in prayer Romans 12:12
And they continued stedfastly Acts 2:42
all continued with one accord Acts 1:14

But continue thou in the things which
thou hast learned 2 Timothy 3:14

The Daily, or the Continual is the Work of
Gods church, that will never be destroyed.
"the gates of hell shall not prevail against it"
Matthew 16:18.

Are we doing the continual Work of God?

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West Spiritual Master said:

How will Christians recognize that Jesus will be and not the antichrist when he makes his second coming?

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Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed. [7] Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance. [8] Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee. [9] Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses. [10] Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

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