Hi Fay,
I just read your 8/22 post Donna Danna re The Temple of God (fivedoves.com)but I must have missed reading one of your previous posts about Rabbi Glazerson and Natan stating that the Temple of God would come down from heaven and about Natan's visit to heaven. Would you please send me the link to Natan's visit to heaven
I did find a youtube video made by Rabbi Glazerson called TEMPLE OF FIRE WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN codes Glazerson - YouTube and I also found an article called Will We See Progress on the Third Temple Next Month? (israel365news.com) which states "international Bible Code expert Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson released a new Bible Code video he called “Temple will come down to Jerusalem 5776 in bible code." The article was dated July 18, 2016. Here is that video at Temple will come down to Jerusalem 5776 in bible code Glazerson - YouTube
So if the Jewish people don't build the third temple of God because it descends from heaven as Rabbi Glazerson claims, what about the possibility of Satan and his fallen angels using their powers to float down to Earth what looks like a temple large enough to sit on the temple mount. The Jewish people might very well think that the Messiah, who they are still looking for, built it in heaven and miraculously floated it down to Earth. Then that might possibly be the temple of God that the Antichrist sits in, and they think that the Antichrist is the Messiah because he built the temple himself like it says in Zechariah 6:12-13.
However, we Christians know that the real Messiah Jesus Christ builds the Millennial temple of God after the Great Tribulation period because Zechariah 6:12 -13 & 15 says, "And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God."
The Messiah Jesus Christ is the Branch. He is also called the Branch of righteousness in Jeremiah 33:15, " In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land."
You also stated in your 8/22 post Falling Away or Rapture? (fivedoves.com) " I believe God's Holy Temple will descend from heaven. Many Orthodox scholars have written about this. The Temple resides in heaven at the present time. Once it descends, it's only a matter of time before the earthly AC plonks his derriere on God's throne, claiming himself to be God."
I don't think it's going to be the actual and real temple of God with God's throne in it that's in heaven that descends down from heaven at the beginning of the 7 year Tribulation period or at the beginning of the Great Tribulation period of 3 1/2 years that the Antichrist seats himself in showing himself that he is God because there are various verses in the book of Revelation that show that temple of God is in heaven and not down on Earth. Below are the verses:
Rev. 11:19, "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail." (This is after the Two Witnesses are resurrected and ascend into heaven.)
Rev. 14:15, "And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."
Rev. 14:17, "And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle."
Rev. 15:5-8, "And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled."
Rev. 16:1, "And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth." Also according to
Rev. 16:17, "And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done." That means the throne inside the temple of God in heaven and the temple of God in heaven are in heaven, and not down on Earth for the Antichrist to enter and sit on God's heavenly throne.
Even the throne of God is still in heaven which is shown in both Rev. 19:4-5 where the 24 elders fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne is the same throne that God, the Father is seated on in Rev. 4:2-10 where the 24 elders are seated round about the throne, Rev. 5:1, 6-7,11, & 13 where the Lamb of God who takes the book with 7 seals out of the right hand of God, the Father on the throne, Rev. 7:9-11,15 & 17 where the great multitude stands in front of the throne, Rev. 8:3 where the prayers of the saints are offered upon the altar before the throne, & Rev. 14:3 & 5 where the 144,000 stand before the throne of God and sing a new song.
Since the Antichrist seats himself in the temple of God near the beginning of the Great Tribulation period at which time the worship of the beast (antichrist) and his image begins along with beheadings of people not worshipping him and his image, it cannot be the actual and real temple of God that descends from heaven that the Antichrist is seated in because the seven angels coming out of the temple of heaven to pour out the wrath of God doesn't happen until much later on during the Great Tribulation. Since the actual and real temple of God in heaven remains in heaven during the Great Tribulation, then the Antichrist cannot seat himself in it on Earth.
I just read your 8/22 post Donna Danna re the Temple 2 (fivedoves.com) in which you stated "As I said before, in order for this temple to be called the "Temple of God" in holy scripture - it genuinely has to be THE temple of God. Not some blasphemous, hastily man-made built edifice. Put together for the purpose of the AC to make his entrance, plonk his backside on God's seat and declare himself as god. It HAS to be THE temple of God that the AC is desecrating" which you think is the true temple of God in heaven that is going to descend from heaven for the Antichrist to sit in.
First of all, the Jewish people won't be building the temple of God for the Antichrist to sit in; they would be building it so that they could resume their animal sacrifices for their sins. Also previous temples that the Jewish people have built have been called the temple of God in Matt. 21:12, the temple of the Lord in 1 Samuel 3:3, in 2 Chronicles 26:16, in Ezra 4:1, in Zechariah 6;15 and the temple of the house of God in Daniel 3:3.
You also stated in the same post that" In the 42 months of Great Tribulation, it seems that the Gentiles can only trample the outer courts of the temple but not the temple itself."
The court without the temple of God is probably where the Dome of the Rock sits. And when the gentiles tread under foot the holy city of Jerusalem 42 months that would include the Temple Mount on which the temple of God would be which is the same temple that the gentile Antichrist eventually seats himself in (2 Thess. 2:4-5) and where the image of the beast is set up after the daily animal sacrifice is taken away. If the Gentiles can only trample the outer court of the temple for 42 months but not the temple itself in Jerusalem, then how would the Antichrist get to sit inside the Temple of God to show himself that he is God??
Rev. 11:1-2 states, And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein, But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months."
As for your question as to whether the earthquake of Rev. 6:12 is the same earthquake as in Rev. 11:13, I'm not certain if it is the same earthquake. I thought possibly the earthquake of Rev. 6:12 might be the same earthquake described in Rev. 16:18-20 because Rev. 6:14 says, ""And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places" while Rev. 16:20 says, "And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found."
In my opinion, I don't think the earthquake of Rev. 11:13 destroys the Dome of the Rock because there is supposed to be room enough for the third temple to be also be built on the Temple Mount and the court without the temple is given to the Gentiles which are Muslims who worship inside the Dome of the Rock. At least that's what I have read.
I don't know how long it will be before the Rapture/Resurrection takes place and how much drama we will witness. I certainly hope that the Rapture is soon and near the beginning of the 7 year tribulation period and not 3 1/2 years later.