temple

Jewish Temple

Wilderness wandering’s Tabernacle.

The Temple has been built twice. The First Temple was built in the 10th century B.C.E. by King Solomon, according to the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 5-9).

The second Temple occurred when Cyrus the Great (Ezra 5:13-17,6:3,14) allowed the Jews to return to the Land of Israel, beginning in 538 B.C.E. A rebuilt Temple was dedicated in 515 B.C.E. – a little-known precursor to the grand structure called Herod’s Temple. It was an expanded and significantly upgraded structure whose construction was led by the half-Jewish, Herod, the Roman-appointed king of Judea who died in 4 B.C.E. Finished in about 20 B.C.E. It was leveled by Titus in 70 B.C.E.

The Jewish nation has been without a Temple and Temple worship (including Animal Sacrifice) since then. Their desire is to (re)built the Temple so their complete Temple worship, according to the Law can resume. According to Daniel 9:27,12:11 the Temple will have to be rebuilt (Matthew 24:15), probably at the beginning of the Tribulation, as the “prince that will come” will cause Temple worship to cease in the middle of JACOB’S TROUBLE. (Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it).

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From the time of Moses until 70 AD, except for about 70 years during Daniel’s time, Israel, the Jews, have had a Tabernacle, replaced by a Temple during Solomon’s time, where they could worship God and offer animal sacrifices according to the Law. In 70 AD, due to Israel’s rejection of Christ, God allowed the Romans to destroy the Temple and begin the disbursement of the Jews throughout the world as He said He would. The Jews have been without the ability to offer animal sacrifice, required by the Law, ever since. But God has promised He will gather all Israel back to the land He gave them and set up a Kingdom for them to rule the earth with their Messiah.

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In the Gospels and the book of Acts, the TEMPLE is mentioned 85 times.

As magnificent as the Temple was, The Lord Jesus told of it’s destruction.
Matthew 24:1-2, Mark 13:1-2, Luke 19:41-44, 21:6 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

The Lord Jesus told the Samarian woman, at the well, when the Temple would not be needed to worship God. John 4:1-24. vs 23-24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

The Temple existed during Paul’s life, but he wanted believers to know they were the spiritual Temple. Paul writing to the Corinthian believers about the Temple but usually in reference to their bodies.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
(also see 6:19, 8:10, 9:13, 2 Corinthians 6:16)

Paul writes about the spiritual Temple in Ephesians 2:21-22 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
And the Temple he speaks about in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Is the rebuilt Temple during the Tribulation.
Yes, the Temple will be rebuilt, either just before or right after the Rapture
(1 Thessalonians 4:13-18), and the Jews will go back to Temple worship as it was during the Time of Paul.

The Temple is mentioned 13 times in Revelation.

It appears to be the TEMPLE that is in Heaven. Revelation 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. (also see 3:12; 11:1-2, 19; 14:15; 15:5-6, 8; 16:1,17).
But look at the last reference. Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
In the great city, the holy Jerusalem (read Revelation 21:10-27) there will be no need for a Temple.

TRIBULATION – Questions about

24 Bible verses that warn us about God's wrath to come ...

The dictionary describes tribulation as:

tribulation [ˌtribyəˈlāSH(ə)n]
NOUN (tribulations) a cause of great trouble or suffering.
“the tribulations of being a megastar”, “his time of tribulation was just beginning“
synonyms: problems · troubles · difficulties · misfortunes · strains · trials · tribulations · worries · anxieties · concerns · pain · suffering · hardship · misery · woe · affliction · distress · disquiet · malaise
a state of great trouble or suffering.

But what does the Bible say about tribulation?

What is the tribulation? A period of time when the earth will be under the rule of the antichrist. Daniel 9:27,11:21-37 see study “Antichrist – 666”.
How long does it last? One week! A week is 7 years. See Daniel 9:27; 12:7,11
Will the Temple be rebuilt and when? Has to be for animal sacrifice to be performed. see Daniel 12:11 It will be built just before the tribulation begins as a treaty needs to be signed Daniel 9:27
Is animal sacrifice being performed? Yes, these can only be performed in the temple. see Daniel 12:11
Is the Jewish Law in effect? Yes, as the temple will have been rebuilt for Daniel 9:27 to be fulfilled.
Who are the two witnesses? Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. As stated in Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: it is thought these men could be Enoch, Genesis 5:24 and Elijah, 2 Kings 2:1,11 since neither man died.
Who are the 144,000? Virgin, Jewish Men^♱
When are they saved? At the beginning of the tribulation^♱
What is their Message? The King of Heaven (on Earth) with Messiah as King^♱
To whom do they preach it to? Revelation 14:6 having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,^♱
What is the new song? Revelation 14:3 no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand^♱
Why can’t they be harmed? They are sealed (protected) by God. Revelation 14:1 having his Father’s name written in their foreheads^♱
Who gets saved during Tribulation? Those who believe the message of the 144,000 Revelation 7:14 These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
What happens when someone gets saved? Many will be beheaded. Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: Revelation 20:4 … and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God …
Who are the people under the throne in heaven? Those who are saved during tribulation. Revelation 6:10-11 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
What happens at the end of the tribulation? The second coming of Christ Revelation 19:11-16, Matthew 24:29-30, Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Does anyone survive the Tribulation? Yes. They will repopulate the earth during the 1000 years. Revelation 20:4 … and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
What happens to those who are currently saved? They are removed from the earth before the wrath begins! 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

^♱Some of these questions are answered in the study “144,000 Called by God” .