Will there be third temple sacrifices?

[torahgrandma]

If so:

Who will build it?

Who will offer the sacrifices?

Why would they do this?

What does Scripture say?

 

[torahgrandma]

Some people have told me that there will definitely be animal sacrifices in the third temple when it is rebuilt, and believers will participate in these as “remembrance” sacrifices. Some have also told me that Jesus may be the one leading these sacrifices. Many have stated that this is supported by readings found in the book of Ezekiel.

Isaiah 11
1 And a Shoot goes out from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch will bear fruit out of his roots.
2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest on Him; He will have the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
3 And He is made to breathe in the fear of the LORD. But He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.
4 But He shall judge the poor in righteousness, and shall decide rightly for the meek of the earth. And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and He shall cause the wicked to die with the breath of His lip.
5 And righteousness shall be the encircler of His loins, and faithfulness the encircler of His reins.
6 And the wolf shall live with the lamb; and the leopard shall lie with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall feed, their young shall lie together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the infant shall play on the hole of the asp; yea, the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper's den.
9 They shall not do evil, nor destroy in all My holy mountain. For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And it shall be in that day, the Root of Jesse stands as a banner of peoples; nations shall seek to Him; and His resting place shall be glory.

I have a few questions to ask in reference to the literal reading of the above passage. If the lamb is no longer fearful of the wolf, and the kid is no longer fearful of the leopard, and the lion no longer eats meat, and everyone including people and animals are no longer fearful of each other, isn’t it a little ironic that they would now be fearful of the priests using them for sacrifices? It just some how doesn’t add up.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Some people have told me that there will definitely be animal sacrifices in the third temple when it is rebuilt, and believers will participate in these as “remembrance” sacrifices. Some have also told me that Jesus may be the one leading these sacrifices. Many have stated that this is supported by readings found in the book of Ezekiel.

Hi. First off, can you tell me what great "city" this is that the smoke is going up for the ages of ages?
Whatever "city" it is, it doesn't appear anything will be being built in it.

Matt 23:38 Lo, left desolate to you is your house;

Revelation 18:18 and were crying, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like to the great city?

Reve 19:3 and a second time they said, `Alleluia;' and her smoke doth come up--to the ages of the ages!

 

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

The Scriptures do not foresee any future temple sacrifices.

All the practices of the temple cultus were completed in the person of Jesus Christ.

 

[Carey]

If so:

Who will build it? The Israelites

Who will offer the sacrifices? Rabbis

Why would they do this? Fear of the beast
( European /Muslim /Catholic alliace)
They will think if they go back to the old ways God will protect them.
The old ways are in Numbers 28.
They will be punished for this.

then this will happen
Ezekial 39 :

21 "I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay upon them. 22 From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God. 23 And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them. 25 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will now bring Jacob back from captivity [f] and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. 26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will show myself holy through them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind. 29 I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD."

Then many will turn from Judaeism to Christ.

What does Scripture say?

Oops I already posted that.

 

[Ysabel]

The sacrifices will be during the tribulation, not during the millenial reign.

 

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

Carey,

A European/Muslim/Catholic alliance? You must be joking. Seriously, I understand how people can read into the Scriptures present day events because every age thinks their age is the end times....

But Muslims and Catholics together? You must be joking.

Moreover, rabbis? Rabbis don't offer sacrifices. Priests do. Rabbis are teachers of any tribe. Priests are Aaronid Levites. I'm surprised I have to explain that....

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Look, if the Jews ever do succeed in getting rid of the Domb of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque and rebuild the temple, it will have no bearing on the return of Christ and the ushering in of the final consumation. It will be politically momentous and probably cause world war, but there's no biblical reason to think that the rebuilding of the temple has any significance.

All the Hebrew prophecies concerning the temple were fulfilled in the Israelite return from Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of the temple under Zerrubabel, the coming of Jesus Christ and his atoning/saving work in his crucifixion and resurrection, and the destruction of Zerrubabel's second temple in A.D. 70.

 

[torahgrandma]

The sacrifices will be during the tribulation, not during the millenial reign.

Ok, so then who will order them to be done?

 

[Ysabel]

The levite priests of course. Carrying on their old covenant law written in the old testament, since in their eyes it hasn't been completed. Since they don't see Jesus as their Messiah

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Why would they do this? Fear of the beast
( European /Muslim /Catholic alliace)
They will think if they go back to the old ways God will protect them.
The old ways are in Numbers 28.
They will be punished for this.

Hmm. Interesting. That sounds pretty close to the way I view it.

1 thess 2:14 for ye became imitators, brethren, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because such things ye suffered, even ye, from your own countrymen, as also they from the Judeans, 15 who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men [are] contrary,

2 Thessalonians 2:11 and because of this shall God send to them a working of error, for their believing the lie,
18 wherefore we wished to come unto you, (I indeed Paul,) both once and again, and the Adversary/Satan did hinder us;

 

[DeaconDean]

The levite priests of course. Carrying on their old covenant law written in the old testament, since in their eyes it hasn't been completed. Since they don't see Jesus as their Messiah

Not so.

Ezekiel was given a grand vision of a priesthood established after the line of Zadok. (Eze. 40:46)

They were promised a return of the sacrifices. (Eze. 44:15)

They were promised a rebuilding of a grand, and I do mean GRAND temple. (Eze. 41-42) In fact, the temple promised would be about 10 miles square. The court of the Gentiles would be one mile square alone!

And they were promised a redivision of the land. (Eze. 48)

But in all this, Ezekiel was told, by God, that he should:

"Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." -Eze. 43:10-11 (KJV)

This was given to Israel on the condition that they would:

"...and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." (Eze. 43:11)

They had to keep the ordinances, the forms, the laws, they had to keep the whole form thereof. Which sad as it sounds, they did not for after the Babylonian and Assyrian captivity, who captured them next? The Greeks. And after the Greeks who? The Romans. Was Israel sorry for their inquities? Evidently not.

And why would we be required to sacrifice to God when God will be with us? After all, upon Christ's return, are we not told that:

"...all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." -Mt. 24:30 (KJV)

And on that day, shall not all men:

"...every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." -Rom. 14:11

If you think there will be sacrificing during the millennial reign of Christ. What can I say. I've shown scripture that speaks otherwise.

Anyway, just wanted to bring that out in Ezekiel.

And to prevent the inevitable, I'll bow out gracefully because I know its coming. I'm wrong.

Any rate,

God Bless

Till all are one.

 

[valuecard]

as far as i can see the from the scriptures of Truth, what ezekiel temple and the sacrifices thereof, was teh temple that nehemiah, ezra etc built upon being released from their babylonian captivity. It contadicts the bible to say that after Jesus Christ has done away with animal sacrifices, that they will be re introduced in the future. To me the logical way to interpret ezekiels vision is that, ezekiel saw the temple while in babylon, yeras later teh captives go free , and build the temple that ezkeiel saw, and then, as they were still under law, they continued with animal sacrifices until such time as the messiah would come (some 400 or so years later) to do away with animal sacrifces by sacrifing Himself.

 

[Stephen1]

Yes there will .... not in conjunction with the 70th week (there will not be a re-built temple on the mount during this period), but related to the Lord's millennial temple. The populations of the earth during the time will be mortals and in need of salvation. The sacrificing will be symbolic of the past and a demonstration of the span of human existance and experience and the need for human salvation. The details are in Ezekiel 40-48. There will also be land distribution made to the 12 tribes of Israel during the period. This restoration of the Kingdom to Israel is still going to happen. The Lord was rejected by His brethren (ethnic Israel) at His first coming, but this is going to change for a believing remnant of the nation. He will personally rule the earth for 1,000 years from Jerusalem.

 

[armothe]

A rebuilt, third, physical temple is something Dispensationalists have had to conjure up because there needs to be a yet future destroyed temple to fit their eschatological paradigms.

They need this third temple because they won't admit that the second Jewish Temple and its sacrifices were already destroyed in divine judgment in 70AD and haven't been re-established in almost 2000 yrs.

Aside from the two physical Jewish temples, the Bible only ever mentions another - the temple of our own spiritually cleansed bodies. The temple that was rebuilt in three days when our Lord Jesus the Christ offered himself up as a sacrifice and defeated sin through His precious blood and conquered death by being raised.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

He will personally rule the earth for 1,000 years from Jerusalem.

Hi. Well for those Jews still waiting on their own Messiah for over 2000yrs now, the are probably hoping you are correct though if I was a Jew looking at this prophecy, I would wish it weren't true.

Luke 21:23 `And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this People;

Ezekiel 39:12 "For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to PURIFY/02891 taher the LAND. 13 "Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified," says the Lord GOD.

 

[Stephen1]

Wishing does not change the Lord's course. He will be returning to restore the Kingdom to Israel and rule it for 1,000 years.

 

[thiefinthenight]

Isaiah 2:2-4 The millennium is in view with the Lord (Jesus) ruling from Jerusalem, more specifically the temple, ie 'the house of the Lord, the house of the God of Jacob.

Ezekiel Chapter 40-48 The Millennial temple is in view, and also Jerusalem. Chapter 43 verses 1-6, show Jesus (Who is fully God, but here He is also clearly fully man...He is fully God and fully man FOREVER!) in the temple ruling from His throne. His throne is in the temple, the house of the Lord.

Then there is Joel 3:18...
Haggai 2:3 , 7 & 9...
Zechariah 6:12&13 (JESUS BUILDS THE TEMPLE), 14:20 & 21...
Matthew 21:13 ..."My house shall be called a house of prayer..." *also Mark 11:17 & Luke 19:46, and of course looking back to Isaiah 56:7...

Jesus will bring together the heavanly temple and the earthly temple in the millennium and beyond...

What did He (Jesus) mean "my Fathers house" (Jn14:2)?

... The temple in Jerusalem. The millennial temple and beyond!!!! This is where Jesus will rule and reign forever...and all the redeemed (Rev5:9-10)...forever!!!!!!!

God bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[torahgrandma]

Houston, do we have a problem here?

Ezekiel 45
16 All the people of the land shall be at this heave offering for the prince in Israel.
17 And responsibility for burnt offerings shall be on the prince, and a food offering, and drink offerings, in the feasts and on the new moons and on the sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He shall make the sin offering, and the food offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to atone for the house of Israel.


Revelation 21
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; respectively each one of the gates was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, even the Lamb.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, even its lamp is the Lamb.
24 And the nations of the ones saved will walk in its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.
25 And its gates may not at all be shut by day, for no night will be there.

 

[Stephen1]

No problem in Houston. The Lord's millennial rule on the earth first for 1,000 years .... then a renovation of the heavens and the earth and the new Jerusalem on a new earth situated in new heavens. The 1,000 year rule in Revelation 20 ..... and then the new Jerusalem in Revelation 21. The millennial temple described in Ezekiel 40-48 is for the millennium. There will be no temple in the new Jerusalem.

 

[Ysabel]

Not so.

Ezekiel was given a grand vision of a priesthood established after the line of Zadok. (Eze. 40:46)

They were promised a return of the sacrifices. (Eze. 44:15)

They were promised a rebuilding of a grand, and I do mean GRAND temple. (Eze. 41-42) In fact, the temple promised would be about 10 miles square. The court of the Gentiles would be one mile square alone!

And they were promised a redivision of the land. (Eze. 48)

But in all this, Ezekiel was told, by God, that he should:

"Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." -Eze. 43:10-11 (KJV)

This was given to Israel on the condition that they would:

"...and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them." (Eze. 43:11)

They had to keep the ordinances, the forms, the laws, they had to keep the whole form thereof. Which sad as it sounds, they did not for after the Babylonian and Assyrian captivity, who captured them next? The Greeks. And after the Greeks who? The Romans. Was Israel sorry for their inquities? Evidently not.

And why would we be required to sacrifice to God when God will be with us? After all, upon Christ's return, are we not told that:

"...all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." -Mt. 24:30 (KJV)

And on that day, shall not all men:

"...every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God." -Rom. 14:11

If you think there will be sacrificing during the millennial reign of Christ. What can I say. I've shown scripture that speaks otherwise.

Anyway, just wanted to bring that out in Ezekiel.

And to prevent the inevitable, I'll bow out gracefully because I know its coming. I'm wrong.

Any rate,

God Bless

Till all are one.

That's interesting, I've never heard it put together like that before.

So basically, they will be doing temple sacrifices during the millenial reign? Is that what you're saying?

That makes me wonder about the lion and the oxen lying together? If the lion becomes an herbivore is man still an omnivore? Why the need for the sacrifices if we are there and Jesus is reigning as King of Kings?