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Prophecy about rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem?

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There have been attempts to lay a cornerstone for the Third Temple on the Temple Mount, primarily by groups like the Temple Institute and the Temple Mount Faithful. These organizations have held demonstrations and symbolic acts, such as laying a cornerstone, to express their desire to rebuild the Temple1. However, these efforts have not resulted in actual construction, largely due to political, religious, and logistical challenges.

The Temple Mount remains a highly sensitive and complex site, with significant religious and political implications for both Jews and Muslims. Any attempts to build on the Temple Mount would likely lead to significant conflict and opposition.
 
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The left behind books are fiction.

Jesus never said there would be a third temple built.

The real temple (sanctuary) is in heaven and Jesus ministers from there, until His return.

The earthly temples were put in place so we would understand the heavenly one. They depicted how salvation would be made available ... through Jesus, the final sacrifice for all for all times.

Everything became spiritual after the death of Jesus. Those in Christ are the Israel of God.

Jesus' death was ultimate act of redemption, offering forgiveness of sins and the possibility of eternal life to those who accept his sacrifice and receive Him as their Lord and savior.
 
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So many interpretations but all I can do is watch to see if they come true.
This is one thing that if you're wrong about it, it's not going to have a negative repercussion. As long as you don't end up taking the mark of the best that is.
 
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The book of Revelation was written at the end of Emperor Domitian reign. So around 95 AD.

Furhtermore, we can easily dissprove preterism. For example, the two witnesses in Rev 11.

8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

What two witnesses died in Jerusalem in 70 AD, lied on the street for 3.5 days and people from different nations were sending each other presents over their death. And after 3.5 days they were ressuracted? Nothing like that ever happened.

Most of Matthew 24 did not happen yet either.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Was the gospel proclaimed throughout the whole world to all nations in 70 AD? No

15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),...the Bible was not written yet in 63 AD, how could a reader then underatand?

21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
This cannot be about 70 AD, as Holocaust was a far bigger tribulation.

23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. ....no such thing happened in 70 AD.

Nothing in the Bible suggest book of Revelation is mostly about 70 AD.
 
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Jesus never said there would be a third temple built.
In John 2:19-21, Jesus speaks of destroying the temple and raising it again in three days, which many Christians interpret as a reference to his resurrection rather than a literal rebuilding of the temple.

The Kingdom Age:

  • Eschatological Belief: The Kingdom Age, also known as the Millennial Kingdom or the Messianic Age, is a future period prophesied in Christian eschatology where Jesus will reign on earth for a thousand years.
  • Characteristics: This age is characterized by peace, justice, and the restoration of God's rule over all creation. It is seen as the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises and the establishment of His kingdom on earth.
 
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So many interpretations but all I can do is watch to see if they come true.
This is complicated so this is difficult to figure out. We know the church age is ending and the Kingdom age is beginning but how we transition from one to the other we do not know. I go by the year 2029 based on the asteroid Apophis. On April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass very close to Earth, coming within 19,600 miles (31,600 kilometers) of our planet's surface. This April 13 date is also very close to passover. Jesus had to die before passover. Then the church began on the day of Pentacost 50 days later. 70 minus 29 is 41. The number 41 is often interpreted as a symbol of hope, new beginnings, and the promise of a brighter future.

Matthew 24:36 (NIV), Jesus states:

"But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."

We do not know what year Jesus was born. We do not know what year He died.


This is talking about no one knows when the Temple would be torn down. The math on that does not seem to make any sense. Based on the estimated birth year of Jesus between 4 BC and 6 BC and the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD, Jesus would have been approximately 70 to 74 years old at the time of the temple's destruction.

 
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Scripture could be speaking of events that happened during the generation of the latter half of the fist century, rather than within the year of 70 AD. The known world at that time was much smaller and Paul alone preached the gospel throughout a lot of it. In Matthew 24 it's obvious Jesus starts with the destruction of the temple and then goes beyond that event. How far beyond and at what point in the chapter is debatable. Where we're at now with biblical prophecy is the "Left Behind" scenario, which is a modern interpretation. 25 years before the Lest Behind series Salem Kirban wrote a similar series. Back in the 70s many Christians were absolutely positively convinced all that stuff was just a few years away, and there was absolutely no way whatsoever we'd get to 2025 without it having occurred.
 
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So many interpretations but all I can do is watch to see if they come true.
Personally at 62 I'm not expecting to see it happen during my lifetime, even if I live to be 100. Probably because I've been hearing about it being on the brink of happening year after year for the last 50 years or so. It was a sure thing in 1988 because that was 40 years after Israel became a nation. It was a sure thing in 1998 because 666 x 3 = 1,998. So forth and so on.
 
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Personally at 62 I'm not expecting to see it happen during my lifetime, even if I live to be 100.
We are all raptured out of here when we die. There are thousands of people on YouTube talking about their NDE.
 
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We are all raptured out of here when we die. There are thousands of people on YouTube talking about their NDE.
You better be on your best behavior because the rapture could happen at any moment. But also a fatal heart attack, stoke, car crash etc etc could happen at any moment too.
 
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But also a fatal heart attack, stoke, car crash etc etc could happen at any moment too.
I have already died from a heart attack twice. You are right it is very fast. I personally do not remember anything but a lot of people claim they had NDE. I have had simular dreams and visions though.
 
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When Jesus came the first time He put in place everything needed for salvation. He rules from the heavenly sanctuary. What is to come is judgement. There is no reason for him to rule on earth for 1,000 years ... the door to salvation (which is Himself) is open until His return and ANYONE can enter in through Him now and until His return.

Hebrews 9

23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
 
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There is no reason for him to rule on earth for 1,000 years
You must be reading a different Bible than me. People question if His return is physical or symbolic. Maybe that is what you mean. They call this pre-millennial and post-millennial. I tend to be post-millennial. Post-millennialists believe that Christ will return after (post-) the millennium. They interpret the millennium more symbolically, seeing it as a golden age of Christian influence and righteousness. The main difference in the Kingdom age is Isaiah 9:6 "The government will rest on his shoulders." Revelation 19:16 says: "king of kings and lord of lords".

This is what we mean when we say Jesus will rule and reign for 1,000 years. All Kings and all Kingdoms need to be in submission to him. Or we are God will give them no rain.
 
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Hi I was under the impression that there are prophecies in Revelation about the temple being rebuilt.

Yes, there are prophecies about the Temple being rebuilt but that's in Thessalonians 2:4 where Paul states that the Antichrist will enter the Temple and claim to be divine.
An early saint of the church, Hippolytus, prophesied that the Antichrist himself will build it for the Jewish people.
 
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God's prophet Ezekiel was given a vision of another Temple in Jerusalem, yet to be built. If this is not a literal temple then it's a whole lot of ink over nothing:

Ezekiel 40 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city—on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me and he took me there. 2 In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. 3 He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. 4 The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”

The East Gate to the Outer Court​

5 I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

6 Then he went to the east gate. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep. 7 The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

8 Then he measured the portico of the gateway; 9 it was eight cubits deep and its jambs were two cubits thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

10 Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements. 11 Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits. 12 In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from one parapet opening to the opposite one. 14 He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits. The measurement was up to the portico facing the courtyard. 15 The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits. 16 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.

The Outer Court​

17 Then he brought me into the outer court. There I saw some rooms and a pavement that had been constructed all around the court; there were thirty rooms along the pavement. 18 It abutted the sides of the gateways and was as wide as they were long; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits[l] on the east side as well as on the north.

The North Gate​

20 Then he measured the length and width of the north gate, leading into the outer court. 21 Its alcoves—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 22 Its openings, its portico and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them. 23 There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.

The South Gate​

24 Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others. 25 The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 26 Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them; it had palm tree decorations on the faces of the projecting walls on each side. 27 The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.

The Gates to the Inner Court​

28 Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others. 29 Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 (The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.) 31 Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated its jambs, and eight steps led up to it.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others. 33 Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its portico faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

35 Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others, 36 as did its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 37 Its portico[m] faced the outer court; palm trees decorated the jambs on either side, and eight steps led up to it.

The Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices​

38 A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed. 39 In the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings were slaughtered. 40 By the outside wall of the portico of the gateway, near the steps at the entrance of the north gateway were two tables, and on the other side of the steps were two tables. 41 So there were four tables on one side of the gateway and four on the other—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were slaughtered. 42 There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high. On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices. 43 And double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were attached to the wall all around. The tables were for the flesh of the offerings.

The Rooms for the Priests​

44 Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two rooms, one at the side of the north gate and facing south, and another at the side of the south[r] gate and facing north. 45 He said to me, “The room facing south is for the priests who guard the temple, 46 and the room facing north is for the priests who guard the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who are the only Levites who may draw near to the Lord to minister before him.”

47 Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

The New Temple​

48 He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits and its projecting walls were three cubits wide on either side. 49 The portico was twenty cubits wide, and twelve[ cubits from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs, and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.

God Bless All
 
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The Revelation of St. John only mentions one temple, and it is the spiritual temple of Christ and His Church united together, fully realized in the renewal of all creation in the Age to Come, with the marriage of heaven and earth.

There are prophecies about the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, but these were fulfilled when the Jewish people returned from their Exile in Babylon, it refers to the Second Temple.

There is nothing in the Bible about a third temple in Jerusalem. Instead the fullness of temple language is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and His Church, which is clearly stated in the Gospels and the entirety of the New Testament. Jesus Christ is the Temple of God, and all who belong to Christ, as His Church, are God's Temple. The earthly tabernacle/temple under the Old Covenant was a foreshadow of Christ. Jesus is the Holy of Holies, where God and man meet; for Christ is Himself the God-Man and all who are united to Christ are in Christ. He is the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, He is the Mercy Seat, the Altar, He is the Paschal Sacrifice, the Atonement for Sins, and the Great High Priest who has offered the sacrifice of Himself once and for all, forever.

If a temple is built in Jerusalem it will be nothing more than an empty building, it will be brick and mortar, but having no spiritual significance whatsoever. The only Temple is the one which God has right now: Christ and His Church. And the day is coming when that Temple will fill all things, and the whole of creation shall be redeemed and presented before God as praise to His glory, forever and ever. In that Day there shall be neither death nor sickness or suffering. In that Day the glory of the Lord shall cover the earth as water covers the seas.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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I too was under the impression that a third temple had to be built before the return of Jesus but then I heard the third temple would be us.
What should we believe ?

There is literally nothing in the Bible about a temple being built in Jerusalem after the collapse and destruction of Herod's Temple in 70 AD. And there is even less about anything like that having to do when Jesus returns.

Jesus is clear: He will return when no one knows. It could happen in ten seconds, it could happen in ten thousand years. Jesus is clear that there are no signs to look for about His return, it will be sudden, like a thief in the night. He repeats this over and over again. The only signs He gives are the signs of the Temple's destruction that happened in 70 AD. It's why the Jerusalem Church fled to Pela when they saw Jesus' words come true, and the Roman armies surrounded Jerusalem in the Jewish-Roman War. These things have already happened. When the Lord returns, it will be as it was in the days of Noah when the flood came: People will be going about their business like usual, people will be working the field, working the bread mill, going to work, getting married, starting families. When, without warning, Judgment comes. For when Christ comes, He comes as Judge.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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There is literally nothing in the Bible about a temple being built in Jerusalem after the collapse and destruction of Herod's Temple in 70 AD. And there is even less about anything like that having to do when Jesus returns.

So where is the Antichrist going to be seated when he proclaims to be God ?
 
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