The very next Jewish temple to be built will be the temple of the tribulation period. And God may be using American Christians to help bring it about.
The Bible speaks of a literal, physical temple that will stand in the end time. Into this temple will walk a man who will proclaim himself, God. His declaration— and the statue he will erect— will be an “abomination” that desolates the temple. Jesus cited this abomination as THE SIGN for Jews living in the area of Judea “to flee to the mountains.”
This is not talking about a spiritual temple. It will be a physical temple with an event that is witnessed by the world. The introduction of this abomination will trigger what the Bible calls “the great tribulation,” the worst period of persecution the world has ever witnessed.
In the midst of this tribulation, the sun will suddenly grow dark. The moon will not give its light and the stars will be seen falling in a spectacular meteor shower in the heaven. And then “all the tribes of earth will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory,” (Matthew 24:30).
THIS EVENT HAS NOT YET HAPPENED IN HUMAN HISTORY. The “abomination of desolation” that Jesus speaks about in Matthew 24:15 is in the future, and was not fulfilled during the temple destruction of 70 A.D. Remember, this future tribulation is followed by the visible Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
However, it WILL happen in the very next Jewish temple to be built in Jerusalem. This temple will be the THIRD Jewish temple. And American Christian leaders, as well as the top Rabbis of Jerusalem, are joining together and pushing hard for it to be built!
The FIRST JEWISH TEMPLE was the temple of King David and Solomon. This temple stood until 586 B.C., when it was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The Bible is very clear that the reason for the destruction of the temple was the idolatry of Israel. Beginning with the idolatry of the northern 10 tribes around 722 B.C. and then finishing with the southern 2 tribes in 586 B.C., the temple’s destruction was linked to the apostasy of Israel away from her one, true God, Jehovah.
The SECOND TEMPLE was the temple of Ezra/Nehemiah. It was expanded and greatly remodeled into the magnificent temple of Jesus’ time by King Herod. This temple’s doom was sealed when Israel rejected and crucified the very tabernacle of God, Jesus Christ. The Roman army merely finished off the destruction of this temple by tearing down the building in 70 A.D.
The next THIRD TEMPLE will be the temple that is desecrated by Antichrist. The desecration of this temple will take place after the great apostasy of Israel in accepting a mere man as her “messiah.” Jesus said, “I have come in My Father’s name and you do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive,” (John 5:43). This prophetic statement was referring to the future Antichrist when some in Israel will accept and worship a man as their promised messiah, despite his lack of Biblical credentials.
So, there are THREE temples of Israel that are destroyed due to her idolatry. Each temple’s destruction can be linked to blasphemy of the Three Persons of the Trinity:
- The First Temple against Jehovah the Father;
- The Second Temple against Jesus Christ the Son;
- The Third Temple against the Holy Spirit who bears witness to the Son. “And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard was coming, and now is already in the world,” (I John 4:3). In the end times, the spirit of Antichrist will be embodied in human form as a literal man, entering a literal temple.
During the millennial reign of Christ, there will be a FOURTH TEMPLE built on this present earth. It is described in great detail in the book of Ezekiel. This will be superseded by the “Lord God Almighty and the Lamb” of Revelation 21:22, who dwell with us forever as our eternal Temple!
But, let’s get back to the upcoming Third Jewish Temple. In a prophecy found in Daniel 9:24-27, the final end time period of 7 years begins with a treaty or “covenant.” This treaty could include an arrangement for the rebuilding of the temple!
Until the recent presidential election, Israel had little hope of being able to rebuild her temple. Deserted by the former U.S. administration, she had little clout to work with. But that is changing. Strongly legitimatized by a Trump presidency that is attempting to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Israel now has a much stronger expectation of building her Third Temple.
The man who has had towers erected to himself all over the world, could be the one to enable Israel to erect her Third Temple. If so, he will be assisted by an alliance of Jewish and Christian leaders who have promised to create a “tower” of protection around him.
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