This End Times Deceptions Bible study will show that there is no Scriptural need for a rebuilt 3rd temple in Jerusalem.
Prophecy teachers refer to these passages to justify their explanation of a future 3rd temple in Jerusalem.
And since these deceptions are from the enemy, they create events in Israel to make it seem like they are going to build a 3rd temple, and they very well might.
But the Bible passages that these teachers are referring to have nothing to do with the end times or a third temple in Jerusalem.
Daniel 9
Futurists claim that Daniel 9:26-27 foretells an end times antichrist who will make a 7-year peace treaty with Israel, the 70th week of Daniel.
The peace agreement would supposedly allow the temple sacrifices to take place. And after 3 1/2 years, the antichrist will supposedly desecrate the temple, to start 3 1/2 years of Great Tribulation.
But the 70th week of Daniel was fulfilled on time, after the 69th week. Go figure! 😛
The ‘covenant‘ is not an end times peace agreement with the modern state of Israel, it is Jesus Everlasting New Covenant, which was offered to the Jews first, for seven years. Here is a Bible study that proves that it was Jesus New Covenant.
And the “people of the prince” is not referring to an end times antichrist, but it was fulfilled by Roman Prince Titus, who desolated Jerusalem and the temple and the Jews, in 70 A.D
Here is a Bible study that proves that it was Prince Titus.
The 70 weeks of Daniel prophecy only speaks about the rebuilding of the second temple, and never speaks about a third temple.
It speaks about the coming Messiah, and never speaks about an end times antichrist.
It gives a 70 week time frame and never speaks about a 1,987+ year time gap in between the 69th and 70th week.
Inserting those things into the prophecy is an abuse of Scripture, as they are out of context with God’s Word.
The concept of a futuristic 70th week of Daniel and one-man antichrist, is the creation of the Jesuits in the 16th century; as they sought to deflect blame about from the Roman Catholic Church as the Antichrist beast of Revelation, the Little Horn of Daniel, and the office of the Papacy, the Son of Perdition.
2 Thessalonians 2
Futurists claim that in 2 Thessalonians 2 Paul is speaking about an end times antichrist who will sit in the temple in Jerusalem and proclaim to be God.
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.”
So what does Paul mean?
Keep in mind that when the Apostle Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, the Jewish temple was still standing, as it wasn’t destroyed by the Romans until 70 A.D., so any reference to a physical temple would have been to that temple, not an end times temple.
To understand that, let’s look at how Jesus defined the word “temple.”
In John 2:14, Jesus spoke of the physical temple. The Greek word for the physical temple is hieron.
“And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.”
Then just five verses later in John 2:19-20, Jesus spoke of the spiritual temple. The Greek word for the spiritual temple is naos.
“Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” But He was speaking of the temple of His body.”
Whenever Paul used the word naos, he applied it to followers of Jesus, the Christian Church, which is a literal temple, but not a physical building.
Paul is saying that the Son of Perdition would sit in the temple of God, that is, in the midst of the Christian church.
Instead of being an infidel who doesn’t believe in God, like so many pastors teach, the Antichrist does not reign outside of the Church, but in the very bosom of the Church.
Paul places the Son of Perdition nowhere else than in the very sanctuary of God.
The Pope sits (assumes a position of authority) as God in the temple of God, proclaiming to be the leader of all Christians.
The Pope is called the ‘Vicar of Christ’ which means ‘substitute for Christ.’
He proclaims to forgive sins.
He proclaims that salvation is only available through the Roman Catholic Church.
He preaches a message of ‘salvation by works’, instead of through the blood of Jesus.
Here is a Bible study that proves the meaning of the temple in 2 Thessalonians 2.
Revelation 11
Futurists claim that John is speaking about a physical temple, when he says to measure the temple, and to designate the gentiles into the outer court.
“Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple (naos) of God, the altar, and those who worship there.” Revelation 11:1
The ‘reed like a measuring rod’ is the Word of God, the Little Book of Revelation 10.
The Greek for reed or rod is “kanon” = canon of holy scriptures. Kanon is also translated as rule, or measuring rod.
God was telling Martin Luther, a Catholic monk, to use the Word of God to determine who was the true church, the Temple of God; and who was the false church.
When Martin Luther and others measured the teachings of the Catholic Church against the Word of God, they were able to see that it is the false church.
Here is a Bible study that explains the fulfillment of Revelation 11 and the Two Witnesses.
Ezekiel 40
The temple that Ezekiel envisioned has been fulfilled in the true temple of God, one that is not made with human hands.
“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.” Acts 17:24
Paul told us that we are the temple of God.
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone, in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” Ephesians 2:19-22
“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:17
“And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them.I will be their God,And they shall be My people.” 2 Corinthians 6:16
John drives the point home when Jesus proclaims that people who overcome will be a pillar in the temple of God.
“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.” Revelation 3:12
An end times rebuilt Jewish temple with bloody sacrifices would be blasphemous.
Jesus is our High Priest whose blood atoned for all of our sins by His sacrifice.
If they ever do rebuild a temple in Jerusalem and restart bloody sacrifices, it will be a denial of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and a blasphemy to God.
Such a temple could never be called “the temple of God.”
Related Study: Antichrist In The Temple Deception
The Author completely ignored Ezekiel’s prophecy of all the MEASUREMENTS of the Temple including internal chambers for the Priests. He even described the stone pillars.
Darrell, I didn’t miss that prophecy. The prophecies in Revelation point to two temples; the temple of Messiah, His Ekklesia of saints, His church; and the temple in heaven. Nowhere does it describe a literal temple being built in Jerusalem. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/a-third-rebuilt-temple-in-jerusalem-is-not-biblical/
This Olivet Discourse study shows the symbolic language of the temple of the Heavenly Father, as Messiah is the cornerstone, the disciples the foundation and the saints are the stones which make up the walls.
https://theolivetdiscourse.com/messiah-set-up-his-kingdom/
There’s no place in the narrative of Revelation for the temple that’s described in Ezekiel to be built. And the narrative of Revelation ends with “And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.” Revelation 21:22
The narrative of Ezekiel seems to describe the perfect temple which was never built due to the sins of the House of Israel.
I think many of the comments here along with David I agree with that the abomination of desolation has happened is happening and has been happening it comes in many forms as well as the antichrist, Jesus said, “ there will be many anti-Christ.”
Kathy, Matthew wrote to a Jewish audience who understood the reference in Daniel 8, to Grecian leader Antiochus Epiphanes surrounding Jerusalem with his army to take the temple captive. Luke wrote to a gentile audience who may not understand that reference, so he defined what the abomination of desolation is in Luke 21:20, “And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.”
This took place in November 66 AD, when Cestius and his army surrounded Jerusalem to take it captive. Then for no explained reason, they left, which gave the saints the opportunity to flee to the mountains for safety, before the Jewish-Roman War of 66-70 AD, during which 1.1 million Jews died in and around Jerusalem from famine, pestilence, infighting, suicide, evisceration, crucifixion and by the Roman sword.
The videos on this page explain the fulfillment, in that generation just like Messiah proclaimed.
https://theolivetdiscourse.com/the-abomination-of-desolation-deception/
As for the antichrist, it’s fulfilled by the office of the papacy, so indeed there have been many popes, many antichrists.
Read this study: The Antichrist Beast Of Johns Epistles And Revelation
David, “ The abomination that makes desolate” The abomination equals or is the Jewish nation rejecting Christ and crucifying him, but the Lord in his mercy gave them time to repent, but due to their lack of repentance as a nation there was desolation by the Roman armies that destroy the temple and killed off the people within the city and of course the Christians left first.
Indeed, the Jewish leaders rejecting Messiah was an abomination, but the abomination of desolation is defined in Luke 21:20-21, “And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains.“
Jewish historian Josephus says that in the fall of 66 AD, Cestius and his army surrounded the temple and were ready to capture Jerusalem, and then suddenly they left for no explained reason. The Jewish rebels chased after the Romans, which gave the saints the opportunity to flee Jerusalem.
I explain it in detail on this study: https://theolivetdiscourse.com/the-abomination-of-desolation-deception/
In my interpretation Yehosua destroyed the corrupt Jewish religious system, rituals and He was the final sacrifice and He now is the everlasting High Priest (Melchizedek)
Yehosua didn’t start the “church” as it is today. I believe the power of God was lost when corrupted English name jesus was introduced and Yehosua portrait as white man. Names DOES matter! Original and authenticity does matter. God wrote HIS OWN NAME WITH HIS OWN FINGER! Disrespect for the WHOLE 10 commandments is to be blamed for the pathetic and Immoral state of society!
I believe Martin Luther did well. Remember he propagated Sabbath observation……but he lost a debate against Dr.Eck a catholic.
In July of 1519, Martin Luther was debating Dr. Eck.
Martin Luther was the founder of the reformation.
Dr. Eck was the most staunch defender of the catholic faith at the time.
During the course of the debate, both men were coming down to their final appeals to the people.
Martin Luther’s final argument was essentially that, “Dr. Eck doesn’t know a thing about Scripture and isn’t willing to listen to a thing about Scripture.“
Dr. Eck’s refutation of Luther’s accusation was so devastating that it rendered Luther speechless and ultimately caused him to lose the debate.
What he said is matter of historical record and here it is.
“If you turn from the church to the Scriptures alone, then you must keep the Sabbath with the Jews, which has been kept since the beginning of the world.”–Dr. Eck’s Enchiridion pp. 78-79
You can almost see Dr. Eck twisting the knife as he said those words.
Dr. Eck had a good point.
Martin Luther was accusing Dr. Eck of not knowing anything about Scripture.
He was accusing the catholic church of going in the wrong direction by not following him in the reformation.
But as Dr. Eck pointed out, Luther himself was not keeping the Sabbath.
And if he really wanted to go by SOLA SCRIPTURA, then he needed to start keeping the Sabbath.
Needless to say, Martin Luther lost that debate.
Thank you for your comment Joe. I show how Messiah destroyed the corrupt Jewish religious system in the Olivet Discourse Decoded series: https://theolivetdiscourse.com/messiah-set-up-his-kingdom/
What has affected the ‘church’ the most was the falling away from the faith during the 4th century, when Constantine and the Roman bishops codified Roman Christianity, with the pagan holidays of Easter and Christmas, which pushed aside Yah’s Holy Feast Days which Messiah is fulfilling to redeem the set-apart saints.
https://comeoutofher.org/
They hid the Scriptural calendar and promoted the false doctrine that Saturnday is the Scriptural Sabbath. This still affects us today, as the debate is between Saturday Sabbath and Sunday Lord’s Day, which hides the Scriptural calendar and Sabbath.
https://thescripturalcalendar.com/
As for Luther, he didn’t come out of all of the false teachings of the harlot church of Rome, but for someone who started out as a Catholic monk, he played a huge role with the information that was given to him, and sparked the Protestant Reformation which caused millions to be redeem for the kingdom when they heard the Scriptural Gospel.
Luther fulfilled the mandate in Revelation 11:1-2, to measure the temple; when he compared what the popes of Rome teach against Scripture and found out that the Roman Catholic Church is an apostate church, the harlot church of Revelation 17, and that it’s delegated to the outer court of gentiles as it’s not part of the true temple in which the Heavenly Father dwells. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/measuring-the-temple-of-revelation-11/
Keep learning and growing in The Way of Messiah!
David
I agree. The whole christendom is fake and deceived. Naturally Satan would have infiltrated religion…….he knows religion better than man….Satan is on same level as Yehosua the Son of YHWH.
Wonderful teaching on the end times and a possible rebuilt 3rd temple. I used to believe that a 3rd temple was to come. I thought the Bible said it and heard many of the Modern Church preach it. Then recently the Lord opened my eyes that just like the Pretribulation Rapture it’s all deception within the church system by Satan. Paul I agree speaks of that 2nd Temple being destroyed. Many times he speaks of our body being the temple of the Holy Ghost.
That’s wonderful Robbie that the Spirit has shown you truth about the temple and pre-trib rapture! I post more information about prophecy fulfillment on the Revelation Timeline Decoded website. https://revelationtimelinedecoded.com Keep learning and growing in The Way of Messiah!
What Elon Musk and others are talking about right now takes the whole “sit in the temple and proclaim to be God” to a new “Tower of Babel” level. This is the ultimate fulfillment of the prophecy: They are fulfilling it inside the human body, the temple of God, by making human cyborgs and calling them “gods”. Pay attention to how the quantum computers now are called “alters of pagan gods” by awe-struck scientists. And soon we will not be able to buy or sell without the global vaccine pass/sanitary pass/green pass. Also be aware of the coming UFO deception.
Agree.
Deception is the key here. If you not CONNECTED with Yehosua and YHWH….anything goes. From here on in it’s going to be viciously hilarious!
I was brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, though since studying scripture for a lot of years now I have rejected it for it’s false doctrine, mis-interpretations, and traditions. I have always accepted it’s morals teaching though. Whenever I read people damning the Catholic church, as you do and many many others of supposedly Christian values, I think WOW! look at this fellow, spouting his venom at fellow Christians, and judging the whole of the Catholic faith. You make no mention of true Bible prophecy which is happening before our very eyes! the great ‘falling away,’ or the fact that the subject matter of Psalm 83 is also being fulfilled in this present time The surrounding of the holy land, and the forming of a confederation against it, and by a real religion that is the OPPOSITE, in almost every way to Christian teaching. Yet you choose to, like many other vindictive individuals of Protestant background, choose to have a go at fellow Christians. We should be uniting, and seeking truth! the purity and simplicity of Jesus’s truth, not the doctrines of men, not judging others. Look at where the real enemy of Christian and Israelite faith is, before your vey eyes, and they even declare it in their book! so it cannot be denied.
That’s wonderful Edward that the Spirit guided you out of the Roman Catholic faith!
I expose the Roman Catholic Church fulfilling the prophecies in Revelation 17 because our Messiah proclaimed that she is a harlot, who teaches false doctrines. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/revelation-17-the-harlot-roman-catholic-church/
I expose the RCC because Revelation 11 commands people to measure what a church teaches against the rule of the Scripture, to determine who is part of Messiah’s temple, His Ekklesia of saints. And the man-made doctrine of the RCC shows that she is not part of the true temple in which the Heavenly Father dwells. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/measuring-the-temple-of-revelation-11/
I expose the RCC because they’re teaching a false gospel of works through the sacraments, and that Mary is the intercessor to the Father.
I expose the RCC as they teach that Mary had an immaculate conception, that she did not have a sin nature and that she did not sin; which denies that her Son came in the flesh, meaning that He was capable of sinning, but He did not.
I expose the RCC because in Revelation 18, Messiah commanded people to come out of her.
I teach how the ‘falling away’ that the Apostle Paul warned about in 2 Thessalonians 2 was fulfilled in the fourth century, when Constantine and the Roman bishops codified Romanism, the false religion of the RCC. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/the-falling-away-of-2-thessalonians/
I teach how the Popes fulfill Bible prophecy as the enemy of Messiah and His saints. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/prophecy-points-to-the-leader-of-the-roman-beast/
I teach how the RCC fulfills Bible prophecy as the harlot church of the antichrist beast Popes. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/prophecy-points-to-the-roman-catholic-church/
We are commanded to NOT join with the harlot church of Rome, because their leader is the antichrist beast, the son of perdition, the enemy of Messiah and His saints!
We are commanded to NOT join with the harlot church of Rome, but to expose her false teachings so that Catholics come into salvation through faith in Messiah’s atoning work alone!
Interesting that you took a win and place bet on the building of the third temple. You’re not sure are you? And the fact that a third temple is unnecessary and repugnant to the power of the cross and the precious blood of our savior is the whole point. It’s an abomination. My win and place comment is not intended to be offensive by the way. Just an observation, I don’t understand it all either. So many convincing arguments from Armenians and futurist and everything in between.
I’m not sure what you mean by me taking a ‘win and place bet on the building of the third temple.’ Do I seem unsure about my explanation? I explain all of the references to the temple, to show that it’s not pointing to a physical temple.
Anyone having the Spirit of YHWH can SEE…….Yehosua mentioned eyes but no seeing. Ears but doesn’t hear! Just look!…….who is behind the 3d temple building?…..seeeeeeeee?
Not a christian, and I can tell you that Y’hezqiel is completely out of order, he gave the words of The most High, almost 27 years before the 2nd temple was rebuilt. It was a 2nd temple prophecy. Again disobedience to YHUH instructions/Torah, gave way to the curses. haMashiach has come, He reigns in us the temple, He in Us, we in Him, He in the Father They in us. It’s spiritual now. Seek for no sign as the only sign that was to be given, was. The death we deserved, and within the 3rd day he rose, Habikkurym the first fruits of the dead, a sheaf wave offering. Prepare for the fearful and great day of YHUH. Baruk H’ba B’Shem YHUH. HalleluYAH
Thank you for your comment! Yeah, people mistakenly assign things that are about the second temple, to a supposed end-times third temple.
I created the Christianity Beliefs website when I was attending Christian Calvary Chapel Churches. Since then I’ve come out of the teachings of Roman Christianity and simply follow the ancient path of Scriptural truth. I share studies about that on the Come Out Of The Babylonian Roman Church website. Keep learning and growing in The Way! HalleluYah indeed!
Amen. I become more aware, and its God’s doing in me, of importance of original names, terminology and even the race(colour) of Yehosua. The pathetic christian religion is being exposed by YHWH●(period)
Would like to talk more Arak. I don’t do the Anti-Christ fb thing or porn infested twitter rubbish……Please mail me. I’m on Telegram.
marthiyoung70@gmail.com
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Joe Young
I wonder if you were sent here to deliberately mislead God’s people and misinterpret prophecy. Are you blind to what is going on around you and to what is happening in Jerusalem? People, don’t be deceived. Keep studying and seeking the true answers of God’s prophecy. Have peace and know that our savior will keep us in these last days. Stay vigilant and keep the oil in your lamps. As for me an my house, we will serve the Lord, Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiac, the living king
Have you considered that your understanding about Bible prophecy and Zionist Israel is mistaken? I just published a Revelation Timeline Decoded book which explains the fulfillment of Revelation and how Zionist Israel fulfills prophecy.
Keep learning and growing in The Way of Yeshua!
You might consider that you are the one deceived. May the spirit of God give you The spirit of revelation and knowledge of the word of God.
Please explain how he mislead! Are you perhaps part of the miserably mislead christian religion who propagate Anti-Christ and rape the 10 commandments which Yehosua CAME TO CONFIRM……not abolish or alter.
I find that this study and the other comments only add to show the great confusion around the return of Christ. There are several ways to perceive biblical prophecy about the end times and rebuilding of the temple i.e. are the prophecies for history and they have already been fulfilled, they are a mix of historical, future and parable (i.e. not literal in a physical sense) and futuristic i.e. that they have yet to be fulfilled. In each camp there are differing thoughts as to the critical systems to use in order to understand it all. I for one do not believe the Revelation to John was for his lifetime although as is normal in scripture, using the ‘now’ is a part of enabling understanding in the delivery. There is simply too much imagery that was not seen by the early church or at the destruction of the second temple in 70AD. It seems more likely that much of Revelation (and as a result some key OT and NT passages too) is for the final 70th which the early church did not see completed OR it’s all nonsense. If all prophecy was fulfilled generations ago, why are we still mucking about wondering when the end will be. The fulfillment of the prophetic message seems to act with a level of increasing immanency and does not explain a sudden flurry of completion followed by and extremely long period of time where we all kind of mill about wondering if what was supposed to happen has already happened and whether we kind of missed it. If the antichrist had already popped up, the faithful will have noticed, and the tribulation would have occurred right away. Either Christ is a liar or it hasn’t happened yet, at least not fully. Also, whether or not the Pope is the antichrist may be open for debate but remember, the Papacy has existed in some form or another since the founding of the church and certainly we know that a church leader in the West was one of the key historical structures which enabled any kind of civilisation to reform after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. At what point do you suggest the Papacy turned from apostolic succession of faith to the anti-christ? Genuine question. It must be since 70AD and if he is to set up shop in the holy place, doesn’t that NEED a third temple to exist as the holy place as understood by the at least the Jews of the writing of the NT letters was in the temple, a place Jesus himself went to and taught scripture. If not the pope and it was Titus and Tiberius after recapturing Jerusalem then where is Jesus and why do I even exist? Surely Christ would have returned in the exact way he left and it would have been endex for human rulership of itself. I appreciated we can keep going round and round but at some point we have to admit the future necessity of prophecy and that includes the physical temple (as well as the temple of our own body’s) OR the most logical conclusion is that it isn’t true at all and as a result, the whole Christian faith has no foundation and is total nonsense, albeit a nice and hopeful story but if there is God, it isn’t how Christians have reasoned him/it/her.
You seem confused! Look no further. Lucifer is real and he fell because of PRIDE!
HOW BOUT YOU!
Enjoyed reading that but find it contradictory. As you end on the point of view that any new temple and sacrifices will be blasphemy is the whole point and evidence that the Jews have rejected Christ. The Arc has been found buried under the place where Christ was crucified and his blood dripped down a crack in the rock onto the altar as a payment for our sins’. Your observations on the Roman Catholic church are correct but if you follow Daniels prophecy the iron legs of the fourth kingdom continued into a mixture with clay. So it didn’t end with the Roman empire but therefore continued into a kingdom mixed with peoples and divided, the toes. We are in the troubles now and there will be a Sunday law introduced very soon as the prophecy in revelation that no man can buy or sell unless they take the mark (Sunday worship) of the beast (kingdom). Have you noticed that all commerce has virtually ceased? The site of the temple was not the temple mount. That was the site of the Romans garrison, hence why it’s occupied by the arab army of the Romans (research where muhammadism came from) the temple was in the city of David and has recently been rediscovered. There is a coming world religion of unity out of the chaos of a created event (covid) and the rainbow will be their symbol and medicine /science used to push it. Here in the UK the unaware are being pushed into almost religious ecstasy over the NHS. These are biblical times with great difficulty to come but Christ has already won and satan is already defeated!
With the futuristic perspective, by which most of us seem to and have been taught to view The Book of Revelation, it is easy to forget and to overlook, that this book is a letter that was written to 7 historical, actual churches in what was their present.
Revelation 1:19 King James Version (KJV)
19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
These churches existed during persecution. In other word these words were addressed to churches who were IN persecution. The message was to encourage them that were going through, not being rescued from persecution.
Jesus said that they which live Godly must suffer persecution. God can keep us in persecution and carry us through persecution. God’s protection is not hindered by our proximity to calamity and suffering. God does not have to take us from the earth to deliver us out of persecution. Indeed, if a tornado comes down my street it does not have to affect my house, unless God wills. And if it is God’s will for it to affect my house, that does not mean that I have to be affected. God has impeccable aim.
How many saints have you heard who have walked away from totaled vehicles?
The message is that saints will have to go through. If however we have an escapist mentality, that says we are not supposed to endure anything, than we will not be prepared for the persecution that is certainly coming to the church. Many in the body of Christ are enduring persecution now, not just in some future time.
Jesus promised that he would be with us unto the end of the world, but HE did not say that we would not have persecution. The goal is to see Christ and to reside in the new heaven and new earth-where there will never again be any persecution.
Peace
Thank you for your comment Joseph! It’s amazing how Messiah addressed the letter, both to the churches that existed in the first century, when Revelation was written down; and to seven church eras, to tell them what they would face.
Here’s the link to a study that explains the latter: https://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/the-seven-churches-of-revelation-2-and-3/
Sadly, we live in the last church age of Laodicea, of which Messiah said is lukewarm, wretched, miserable, naked, poor and blind. And when we look around at the state of affairs, we see that is so true, that we have fallen far away from the zeal and truth of the saints who have gone before us.
Keep learning and growing in The Way!
David
Enjoyed your article and I am in total agreement! God bless
Corona pandemic, commercialization and such is in fact the TEST FROM GOD. THOSE CLAIMING TO BE CHILDREN OF GOD WILL HAVE TO PROOF IT!
FLEEING TO THE MOUNTAINS IS THE ONLY OPTION……WAKE UP!
I think the author is a little confused
I think that George didn’t prove me wrong.
“An end times rebuilt Jewish temple with bloody sacrifices would be blasphemous.”
Which is exactly why the anti-Christ will do it. Duh. Why do you think the fake Jews exist? This is all deception!
Mark my words, they will at least try it. In fact, He might even consider it the abomination of desolation, since that would put the Wrath in context.
The point is that Christians should not support building a temple where sacrifices would take place.
Regarding the antichrist, you seem to fail to understand who fulfills the role of antichrist, for he (the Son of Perdition) has already sat in the temple and proclaimed to be God. The Apostle Paul is not pointing to a physical temple, he’s pointing to Messiah’s assembly of saints, the temple of Elohim that’s made without hands. http://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/the-son-of-perdition-of-2-thessalonians-2/
As for the abomination of desolation, that already took place in the first century, in that generation of Jews, just like Messiah proclaimed. http://theolivetdiscourse.com/the-abomination-of-desolation-deception/
The Abomination that makes desolate has been happening since late w015. He is,standing in The Holy Place where He ought not. The Holy Scripture . Amos 8:11 is happening.All Bibles are changing supernaturally as predicted in Amos. They shall run to and fro, from the North even to the East, and seek the Word of the Lord and shall NOT find it. Isaiah 11:6-9 used to read, The Lion shall Lay down with the Lamb . Now it reads The WOLf will dwell with the Lamb. Wake up ,thousands of blashemies changed. He shall speak great words against the Most High and seek to wear out the Saints of the Most High.
LET NO MAN DECIEVE you, you are the,Temple and His word has He written in your heart. Remember, what is written in your heart. 💝🦁🐑🕊🕊
Lisa Ann, the ‘abomination of desolation‘ that Messiah foretold was about the Roman army coming to desolate the wicked Jews, who rejected Messiah and delivered Him up to be killed. It took place in that generation, just like Messiah proclaimed that it would. Here’s a study series that proves it out. https://theolivetdiscourse.com
I agree. They also teach that a peace agreement will be signed, The bible says it’s a Covenant with many. Recently, the Pope is having different religions sign what
he is calling a Covenant.