WILL THERE BE A THIRD TEMPLE?

WILL THERE BE A THIRD TEMPLE?

                 A temple Shekel is now being minted with a picture of Cyrus and Donald Trump on it. In Gilead a grove of balsam trees has been planted that bear a rare spice for the special mixture that will be used in the temple. It is a divine combination of spices that can only be used in temple worship and none other. The Temple has been prefabricated and sitting in storage awaiting ground breaking. All of the Levitical priests have been and are now in training for authentic temple worship. All of the golden temple utensils have been made. The Ark of the Covenant has been found and waits in hiding for the day and the hour of its return. The ashes of the Red Heifer are being sought and several perfect Red Heifers are held in pasture waiting for the purification ceremonies that will cleanse the sacred ground.

                In Revelation 11, we are given a very interesting last day prophecy concerning the third temple saying:

                “And there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, ‘Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship in it. And leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread underfoot the holy city for forty two months and I will grant authority to my two witnesses and they will prophesy for  twelve hundred and sixty days clothed in  sackcloth.“  Rev. 11: 1-3

                There are several interesting features about this particular prophecy concerning last day events:    1. It tells us that a temple will be built in the last days.

2. It tells us that the outer court will be left out (Take note that their current model of the Temple in Jerusalem has the outer court left out because there is no room for it on the temple mount on account of the Muslim Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.)

3. The temple and those who worship in it will be measured

4. The holy city (Jerusalem) will be tread underfoot for 42 months. (3 ½ years)

5. This period of time is closely connected to the arrival of the two witnesses who will prophesy for 1260 days. (Also 3 ½ years)

                In Matthew 24:15 Jesus speaks of this same period of time saying:

                “Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, which is spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (Let the reader understand)Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains and let him who is on the housetop not go down to get the things out that are in his house… but pray that your flight may not be in winter, or on the Sabbath; for then there will be a great tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall . And unless those days had been cut short, not life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be cut short.” Mt. 24:15-17, 20-22.

                 Now if we go back to the book of Daniel that Jesus referred to, we see the abomination of desolation recorded firstly in the 70^th week of the 70 week prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27. Daniel 8 deals with last day events in which the regular sacrifice will be aborted for 2300 evenings and mornings. And in verse 17 Gabriel tells Daniel that this pertains to the time of the end. And again in verse 19 Gabriel repeats it saying: “Behold I am going to let you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation (Abomination) for it pertains to the appointed time of the end. And he also alludes to the fact that an insolent king will arise and destroy many while they are at ease and again he tells Daniel that it pertains to many days in the future.

                Then Daniel 11:29, in speaking of this insolent king it says “
                “At the appointed time he will return and verse 31 says that a force from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress and do away with the regular sacrifice and they will set up the abomination of desolation. Then in Daniel 12 Daniel wants to know more about this 3 ½ year period but Gabriel tells Daniel to seal up the vision for in will be sealed up until the time of the end and then Gabriel proceeds to tell us that the abomination of desolation will be set up for 1,290 days.

                This is a long study and there is much to study here, but the main thing that Gabriel is telling us is that the abomination of desolation will be perpetrated by the antichrist in the last days and then Jesus picks it up in His outline of last day events and then John the Revelator picks it up again and includes it first of all in the measurement of the last day (third) temple in Revelation 11. Then in chapter 12 we see the woman Israel fleeing from the dragon into the wilderness where she is nourished for 1260 days ( This same 3’1/2 year period and then chapter 13 describes this global beast who will rise and blaspheme the tabernacle for 42 months (3 ½ years) and he will make war with the saints.

                So what we have here is a thread that runs through the Bible pointing forward to a final climactic event in the end of time in which Satan performs his final act on the stage of history. It is an abomination of desolation; it has to do with a Jewish temple.  It has to do with the appointed time of the end. It is a period of 3 ½ years or maybe two 3 ½ year periods adding up to a total of 7 years and it will end with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

                The point is this: We can’t be complacent about the fact that the entire world is now preparing for war. Israel is encompassed about by armies. A Cyrus has come on the scene who may well pave the way for Israel to build its third temple. The global war machine stands ready to trample Jerusalem under foot for 3 ½ years. The world religions are gathering to worship the Beast and his image. We are seeing signs in the sun, moon and stars. All of nature is in in an upheaval. Global war can break out at any time.

                The rebuilding of this 3^rd temple will occur either as a peace offering after the war, or it may be the cause of the war. But the building of this third temple is accompanied by the two witnesses and the Time of Jacob’s Trouble and the coming of the Lord… and I don’t care what your particular eschatology might be, we are looking down the gun barrel of unprecedented last day events and the stage is set for it to happen now.

                We can’t give the exact chronology of these events because Eastern minds don’t think in linear time like the west does. We want to put everything on a straight time line and click them off in order, but the bible presents these things as 3 dimensional cycles wherein prophecy is pattern and the pattern repeats over and over again gradually increasing in intensity until it reaches the cataclysmic birth of the tribulation followed by the return of Messiah.

                These prophecies drive us westerners mad, in trying to place everything on a straight graph and it may work to a certain extent, but not altogether. But the point is this: If we can’t see these cycles coming to a climax right now… if we can’t see how close were are to these events… then heaven help us.

                Right now they are claiming that America and the world could become embroiled in a global war as soon as the middle of March or sometime in April. When nominal Christians are saying “peace and safety” then sudden destruction will come and those who have not taken up their cross and followed after Jesus will find their casual Christianity woefully inadequate for what is about to break out upon the earth.

                I hope and pray that this pending storm will blow over and we will be given more time. I do believe that God put Trump in office to put a speed bump in eth globalist’s plans and we must pray that HE is able to stay in office for his full term. Remember, no single person, no matter how powerful, can stand against the tide unless God is using him for that purpose. It is like the angels are holding back the winds of strife until His servants are sealed in their foreheads.

                In the end, we will either have the seal of God or the Mark of the Beast. We are sealed with the Holy Spirit and the Mark of the Beast will represent our selling our soul to Satan and His global demands. Whatever issues are involved, we must stand true to the word of God. We must keep His commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus, which Revelation 19:10 tells us is the Spirit of Prophecy.

                Isn’t it amazing that at earth’s most critical climax of events the church has largely dropped the study of Bible prophecy? Isn’t it amazing that most Christians and most pastors will do anything to avoid the subject and that most of the church remains oblivious as to where we are in time?

                To me it is like watching two people talking on the sidewalk. They are chatting gaily and flirting with each other while a grand piano is suspended 20 feet over their heads. The rope is fraying and quickly giving away to the weight. Only a few strands are left on the rope and yet the couple keeps on chatting and flirting and making plans for drinks and a tryst tonight and a walk in the park tomorrow.

                We need to live in a state of readiness at all times. We need to keep our accounts current with the Lord. We need to be living by the Spirit and not by the Flesh. If nuclear war breaks out, millions of people could go to sleep tonight and wake up in eternity tomorrow… their destinies sealed by their choices concerning what they did about Jesus.

                I’m not saying that I have every point of eschatology right. Some things we will not figure out until they are happening, but in truth I don’t have to have it all right. But I do need to know the season in which we are living and I do need to be in a born again, Spirit filled, Bible believing and in an obedient relationship with Jesus. I need to have come out of Babylon, having died to the flesh and being born in the Spirit. I need to be in an overcoming relationship with Jesus and covered by His blood and dressed in His robe of righteousness. I need to be dressed in the full armor of God… taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

                Today I just want you to know that the stage is set and everything is poised for the final battle and that everyone will worship the Beast whose name is not written in the Lamb’s book of life. Now would be a good time to make sure that your calling and election is sure.

                Jesus made it understood that only those whose lamps were filled with oil made it into the marriage supper of the Lamb. The rest had to go out and buy oil from those who sell. Exactly what that means, I can’t say for sure, but it seems to me that some Christians will be caught up in the first resurrection, while others will have to go through the tribulation and be refined like gold tried in the fire.

                I do know that Jesus said in Luke 21:36: “But keep on the alert at all times, praying in order that you may have strength (or be accounted worthy) to escape all these things that are about to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

                To me this harkens to the door of the wedding feast that was open for those with oil, but closed to those who did not have oil. Should we not then make sure that we have this oil of the Holy Spirit functioning as the ruling factor in our lives? Make ready for the coming of the Lord.