Dan.9:27 In order for the price of the people to come can end the sacrificial system in the end days- there has to be a temple.
Matt.24:15 In order for the abomination of desolation to stand in the holy place shortly before Jesus' return there has to be a temple.
2 Thess. 2:3-4 In order for the son of perdition to sit in the temple in the last days- there has to be a temple.
Rev. 11;1-2 jOHN SEES A FUTURE TEMPLE THAT THE GENTILES will trample the outer court for 3 1/2 years This also requires a rebuilt temple!
These four clear passages shoud be enough to convince even the most devout allegorist.
JL: The Church on earth is that Temple. One third of the Church shall apostatize, valid bishops and priest will support anti-Christ. He will set in that temple=church claiming to be God. The sacrifice of Mass will be stopped.
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Malachi 1:11 For
from the rising of the sun even
unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among
the Gentiles; and
in every place incense shall be
offered unto my name,
and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.]
That prophecy and sacrifice is fulfilled in the sacrifice of the Mass=Lord’s supper, offered daily by every priest throughout the world, from the rising to setting of the sun.
That
pure offering=sacrifice, this
is my body, this
is my blood. Christ is not sacrificed again, but the fruit, His body and blood, of His once done sacrifice of the cross is made present to His people. Animal sacrifices had to be clean only Christ our sacrifice, is that
pure offering from the rising to the setting of the sun in every place.
[Rv6 And
I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders,
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.]
[Hb 7: 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.]
[Hb 7:24 But
this man, because he
continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing
he ever liveth to make intercession for them.]
[Hb8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum:
We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For
every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore
it is of necessity that
this man have somewhat also to offer[/B][/b]. 4 For
if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 5
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also
he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.]
[Hb9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true;
but into heaven itself, now
to appear in the presence of God
for us:]
Christ is not just sitting and watching events, he is our High Priest interceding for us with the Father. Bringing to remembrance to the Father and to us that same once for all sacrifice of the lamb on the Cross. This is how he exercises His unique Mediatorship. Making His body and blood present to us at Mass, that we might eat our Passover Lamb. Just as the Israelites ate their Passover lamb. [Jn 6:55 My flesh
is meat indeed, my blood
is drink indeed.]
[]Malacahi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same
my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and
in Every Place incense shall be offered unto my name, and A Pure Offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.]
The prophecy of Malachi says Gentiles will offer incense and make a pure offering (sacrifice) to the Lord's Name from the rising to setting of the sun in every place. That is fulfilled in the Catholic Church as that same once for all sacrifice of the cross is made present at Mass, which is celebrated by priests, in every parish daily in all places of the world. The Orthodox Church has this same pure offering also.
The fruit, of the the Tree of Life=Cross, our Passover Lamb is eaten at mass. [Hb 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren
that he might be a merciful and faithful
high priest in things pertaining to God
to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
[1Jn 2:1
My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye
sin not. And
if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And
he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.]
[Hb9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these;
but the heavenly things themselves
with better sacrifices than these. 24 For
Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true;
but into heaven itself,
now to appear in the presence of God
for us:]
Better Sacrifices, plural, because that once for all sacrifice of Christ is made sacramentally present to us every time mass is offered. This is my body, this is my blood, with these words the living memorial sacrifice is accomplished by the sacramental separation of body and blood showing forth Christ’s death, till He comes again.
[1Cor10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils:
ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.] Paul views the Lord’s supper, as a sacrificial offering to God.
[Hb3:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.]
An altar is a table of sacrifice.
[Hb7:25 Wherefore
he is able also
to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by him, seeing
he ever liveth to make intercession for them.]
[Hb12:22 but
ye are come unto mount sion, and
unto the
city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and
to an innumerable company of
angels, 23
to the general assembly and
church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and
to God the judge of all, and
to the
spirits of just men made perfect, 24 And
to Jesus the
mediator of the new covenant, and
to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.]
We come in worship to Mount Sion, heavenly Jerusalem, offering the sacrifice of the mass to the Father. Not with the body and blood of animals. [1Pt1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of
a lamb without blemish and without spot:] [Hb10:20 By
a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;] Thru Christ and prayer we have access to all in Heavenly Jerusalem,
to angles,
to the church in heaven (assembly of the first born, saints)
to God the judge,
to spirits (souls) of just men made perfect,
to Jesus the Mediator,
to the blood. We have access to all in heaven when in worship or prayer. There is no longer any dividing walls or veil separating us from the Holy of Holies.
[Eph2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;]
The Temple had walls separating Jews and Gentiles. [Mk15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.]
[Hb10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By
a new and living way, which he hath
consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say,
his flesh;]
[Lk22:28
Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. 29 And
I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; 30
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31 And the Lord said, Simon,
Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But
I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and
when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.] Catholics can eat and drink at the Lord’s table daily, many do, most especially on, the Lord’s day, Sunday.
[Ps23: Thou prepares a table before me in the presents of my enemies.]
[As often as the sacrifice of the cross by which “Christ our Pasch is sacrificed” (1Cor5:7) is celebrated on the altar, the work of our redemption is carried out. Jn12:32 if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
Lumen Gentium, The mystery of the Church.]
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Dan8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him
the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of
the sanctuary was cast down.12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.]k
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