KML (17 Feb 2014)
"What is the Importance of "The Third Temple" in Last Days Prophecy ?"
 
This question along with many others have surfaced for myself as the News of Israel  building " The Third Temple" approaches.
 As far back as I can remember, asking questions, are a very big part of my nature.
Even as a child, when one would make a statement or comment about something, what ever the subject was, I would always think; Just because they say it, doesn't make it so.
This has come to my mind while listening to teachers and even some Pastors give their rendition of "The Third Temple " and it's relevance in the coming prophetic events.
One simply cannot take the so called learned words of Biblical Scholars as A Truth. To me, they are also just men and women, with a THOUGHT PROCESS.
None of those, [nor even myself,] who is a humble student and pupil of the Word of God, can give our [private] interpretations of prophecy.

Most of you know that in my letters they are full of scripture. I try my best to allow the WORD of God to speak, and I just let it flow through me and to the paper.
This again is what I hope to accomplish in this study.
AND A STUDY IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
You will need to do your own reviews and search out for yourselves, to SEE if THIS STUDY is so.
I do not want it to be MY interpretation, or my words. Lets us see what God said, and I will do my earnest best to show the scripture as God speaks and [not] me.
FIRST QUESTION
 Is this THIRD TEMPLE really " the Temple of God ?
 This study will show you that it is NOT.


SECOND QUESTION
Where in scripture is the First mention of " The Temple of God"?
We find it in the New Testament.
There are only 9/9 mentions in the whole Bible, and they are in the [New Testament]

 1. MATTHEW  21:12 KJV
And Jesus went into "the temple of God," AND CAST OUT ALL THEM THAT SOLD AND BOUGHT in the temple, and OVERTHREW the tables of the moneychangers, and the SEATS of them that sold doves.
 2. MATTHEW 26:61 KJV
And said, This fellow said, I' am able to destroy "the temple of God," and to build it in three days.

BUT; what did Jesus REALLY say ?
MARK 14:58 KJV
And we heard him say, I' will destroy [this temple] that is [made with hands,] and [within] three days I' will build [another] made [without hands.]
Did Jesus destroy the temple made [with hands]?
YES in 70 AD
Did he raise up [another] temple within three days, after his death [made without hands] ?
YES
JOHN 2:18-21 KJV
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What [sign] shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I' will raise it up.
Then said the Jews , [Forty and six]  years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21) But he spake of the temple of HIS BODY.

It is clear in [the TWO passages in Matthew] "the temple of God " references  an actual structure, [built with hands.]
No question about that !
But Jesus clearly was speaking of his body, and [not] a building or structure !
The words [Destroy this temple] are only mentioned  these 2 times in the Bible.

(Isaiah the Prophet prophesied concerning this
Isaiah 56:7KJV
for [mine house] shall be called [an house of prayer] for [all] people.
(HOUSE OF PRAYER) ONLY MENTIONED 5/5 TIMES IN THE WHOLE BIBLE.
1. Isaiah 56:7 (2) mentions in this verse
3.Matthew 21:13
4.Mark 11:17
5.Luke 19:46
( please notice 2 witnesses in the Old Testament, and 3 witnesses in the New Testament, 3 of the 4 gospels)
(Again 5 representing the kingdom of God)

Back to the 9/9 mentions of "the temple of God"
3. I CORINTHIANS 3:16 KJV
Know ye not that ye are "the temple of God", and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ?
4 & 5   I CORINTHIANS 3:17 KJV (2) mentions in this verse
(If any man defile) "the temple of God", (him shall God destroy;) for "the temple of God" is holy, WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE.

THIRD QUESTION
IS THE (THIRD TEMPLE HOLY) ?
I submit that it is Not.
Acts 7:48 KJV
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not (in temples) made with hands; as saith the prophet.

 6.  2 CORINTHIANS 6:16 KJV
And what agreement hath "the temple of God" with idols ? FOR YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD; AS GOD HATH SAID,
I' WILL DWELL [IN THEM,] AND WALK [IN THEM] (;) AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
God did not say I will dwell (among) them, or walk [among] them, as Israel intends for the building the THIRD Temple.

SEEING THAT THE THIRD TEMPLE IS A STRUCTURE OR BUILDING, GOD DOES NOT (DWELL) THEREIN, NOR DOES HE (WALK) THEREIN.
Why?
Because it is made with hands.

 7.   2 THESSALONIANS 2:4 KJV
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.
FOURTH QUESTION
I ASK YOU; WHICH "TEMPLE OF GOD" IS BEING SPOKEN OF IN THIS VERSE ? 2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV
1. A structure or building.
2. A body of flesh, not made with hands. 
I submit that it is A body of flesh, not made with hands. One that has [defiled his temple.] which God said in 1 Corinthians 3:17 KJV IF any man defile "the temple of God" him shall God destroy.

  8.  REVELATION 11:1 and adding verses 2&3 KJV
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 alter, and them that worship therein.
2) 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.

FIFTH QUESTION
IS THIS "TEMPLE OF GOD" A STRUCTURE OR BUILDING ?
I will submit that it is not. Why?
 We find that " The Temple of God " is only used in the New Testament,
and it is a (term) used only by the Jews for " THE HOUSE OF GOD", which according to LUKE 19:46 KJV JESUS SAID
Saying unto them, My house is a (house of prayer) (:) but ye have made it a den of thieves.
The Jews called it [the temple of God] in Matthew 21:12 & 26:61
and Jesus said of [that] temple, he would destroy it in Mark 14:58

As for the COURT in verse 2) it is (without) the temple, and is given to the gentiles, and THEY shall tread the holy city under foot 42 months.(31/2 yrs)
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD is mentioned 234 times in the OLD TESTAMENT.
THE HOUSE OF GOD is mentioned 75 times in the OLD TESTAMENT,  and 6 times in the New Testament.
Mark 2:26 & Luke 6:4 are referring to David when he went into (the house of God) and did eat of the shew bread, which was un-lawful.
1 TIMOTHY 3:15
BUT IF I TARRY LONG, THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW HOW THOU OUGHT TO
 BEHAVE (THYSELF) IN "THE HOUSE OF GOD" (WHICH IS THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD,) THE [PILLAR AND GROUND] OF TRUTH. 
HEBREWS 10:20-21
BY A NEW AND (LIVING WAY,) WHICH HE HATH CONSECRATED (FOR US,)
(THROUGH THE VAIL, THAT IS TO SAY, HIS FLESH(;) 21) AND HAVING AN HIGH PRIEST OVER "THE HOUSE OF GOD".)

3) And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and [they] shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
1260 days

SO....DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THIS "TEMPLE OF GOD" IS :
1. A structure or building
2. A body of flesh
Please notice in verse (2) of Revelation 11, the [they]  is NOT the same [they] spoken of in verse (3).
WHO ARE THE (THEY) OF VERSE (2) ?
I will submit to you DANIEL 2:43 KJV
And whereas thou sawest  Iron mixed with mirey clay, (THEY) shall mingle [themselves] with the seed of [men:] (plural) but (THEY) shall not cleave one
to another, even as Iron is [not] mixed with clay.

I submit that the [THEY] in verse 2) is gentiles who have [defiled their bodies] as was done in the days of Noah. Thus [they] are without the temple of God (defiled)

DANIEL 7:25 KJV
And [he] shall speak great words against the most High, [and shall wear out the saints of the most High] and shall think to change [times and laws] (:) and (THEY) shall be given into his hands [until] a time and times and the dividing of time. (31/2 yrs)

I will submit to you that the (THEY) in this verse are the Tribulation SAINTS, [not the church]
 Why think I this?
1 PETER 16:18 KJV Jesus said:
And I' say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church(;) and [the gates of hell shall [not] prevail against it]
In Daniel 7:25 the {THEY} are given into his(antichrist's) hands. for 31/2 yrs.
Not the Church !

9.  REVELATION 11:19 KJV
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.
ARK OF HIS TESTAMENT is only found in [this verse and book.] No where else in the Bible.

SIXTH QUESTION
I ASK YOU WHICH "TEMPLE OF GOD " IS IT IN THIS VERSE?
1. A structure or building
2. a body of flesh (translated) his church.

I submit that because of the phrase ( the ark of his testament) we should examine the scriptures closer

Let us break this down for our understanding in God's word.
First the words (ark of his testament) only appear in this ONE verse in the whole Bible. The words (his testament) also are only found in this ONE verse.
The word (Testament) ONLY appears in the New Testament regarding the verses, NOT the Title.
The word (TESTAMENT) appears in 14/14 mentions in the New Testament.

The King James Bible will explain to US what a Testament is.
HEBREWS 9:16-20 KJV
FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS, THERE MUST (ALSO OF NECESSITY) BE THE [DEATH] OF THE TESTATOR.
17) FOR A TESTAMENT [IS OF FORCE] AFTER MEN ARE DEAD(:) OTHERWISE IT IS OF [NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH.] 
18) WHEREUPON NEITHER THE FIRST TESTAMENT WAS DEDICATED WITHOUT BLOOD.

Now we read according to the Old Testament which verifies these words, which Paul provided in
Verse 19) FOR WHEN MOSES HAD SPOKEN [EVERY PRECEPT] TO ALL THE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO [THE LAW,] HE TOOK [THE BLOOD OF CALVES AND GOATS,] WITH WATER, AND SCARLET WOOL, AND HYSSOP, AND SPRINKLED [BOTH] THE BOOK, AND ALL THE PEOPLE,
20) SAYING, THIS IS THE BLOOD OF " THE TESTAMENT" WHICH GOD HATH (ENJOINED) UNTO YOU.

A TESTAMENT is like unto a Will. It is only VALID once the TESTATOR has died. The Testament is the VOICE of the Testator once he has died.
Lets us read again
Revelation 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.

SEVENTH QUESTION
FOR MYSELF, THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE HERE AT THIS POINT, IS:
HOW IS THE WORD (ARK) USED IN THE SCRIPTURE ?
WHAT IS AN ARK ?
(Ark) is mentioned 230 times in the Bible.

For yours and my sake I will remain with this train of thought, and it's relevance to our subject.
Genesis 6:18 KJV
But with thee I' shall establish my covenant(;) and thou shall come [into the ark,]
Genesis 7:1 KJV
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house [into the ark], for thee have I' SEEN righteous before me in this GENERATION.
Genesis 7:17
And the  waters increased, and bare up the ARK, and it was lift up ABOVE THE EARTH.
Genesis 8:13
And Noah removed the(covering) of the ark.

Let us apply this covering to Revelation 11:19
AND "THE TEMPLE OF GOD" (US) WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN [AND THERE WAS SEEN IN HIS TEMPLE] (US) THE ARK OF HIS TESTAMENT: ( HIS BLOOD TESTAMONY WHICH COVERED US)
AND THERE WERE LIGHTNINGS, AND VOICES (OURS) AND THUNDERINGS, (THE VOICE OF GOD) AND AN EARTHQUAKE.
Just as it was on mount Sinai with Moses.

EIGHTH QUESTION
AGAIN, I ASK YOU, WHICH "TEMPLE OF GOD" IS SPOKEN OF IN REV 11:19?
1. a structure or building
2. A body of flesh (translated) the church.

1 Corinthians 3:17 KJV
If any man defile "the temple of God", him shall God destroy(;) for the "temple of God " is holy, WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE
MATTHEW 24:15 KJV
When ye therefore shall SEE the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE, ( whoso readeth, let him understand)
2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV
And what agreement  hath "the temple of God " with idols ? for ye are the temple of the Living God(;) as God hath said, I will dwell IN them(;) and walk IN them(;) and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

NINETH QUESTION
My questionS here would clearly be:
IS MATTHEW 24:15 SPEAKING TO THE JEW, OR THE CHURCH ?

WHO WILL SEE THE DEFILEMENT OF "THE TEMPLE OF GOD"?
Which we have determined is "the body".

IS IT NOT CLEAR TO US THAT THE (THIRD TEMPLE) OF THE JEW IS NOT WHAT IS BEING SPOKEN OF HERE ?

Now My Title Question:
TENTH QUESTION
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THIRD TEMPLE IN LAST DAYS PROPHECY ?

The Importance of The Third Temple is ONLY for the Jew because of their blindness of the scriptures. THEY seek to BUILD a Building and Structure [made with hands,] in order that GOD will come and DWELL AMONG them.

ELEVENTH QUESTION
 WHAT IS THE ANTICHRIST?
A BEAST !
A DEFILEMENT OF " THE TEMPLE OF GOD" THE BODY.
NOT FULLY HUMAN, A MINGLING OF IRON AND CLAY.

TWELVETH QUESTION
WHERE WAS (THE HOLY PLACE) CONCERNING THE JEWISH TEMPLE ?
The holy place was on THIS side of the curtain/vail, which separated the HOLY PLACE from the MOST HOLY PLACE. Exodus 26:33 KJV

REMEMBER JESUS WAS THE VAIL/CURTAIN spoken of in Hebrews 10:20-21

 ONLY a Livite Priest could go BEYOND the curtain INTO THE MOST HOLY PLACE, WHERE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT AND THE MERCY SEAT STOOD.
JESUS is our HIGH PRIEST and the curtain HAS BEEN torn from top to bottom.
HE is our mediator.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE THIRD TEMPLE according to THE NEW TESTAMENT WHICH IS JESUS OUR ARK/ COVERING.

The Beast will STAND before Israel as IRON MIXED WITH MIREY CLAY.
THEY the sons of God, shall mingle THEMSELVES with the seed of men, as it was in THE DAYS OF NOAH.
That which was is that which shall be. There is NO NEW THING under the sun.
WHEN ISRAEL SHALL SEE THIS ABOMINATION STAND WHERE IT OUGHT NOT ( Mark 13:14 KJV) and (Matthew 24:15 KJV) THE HOLY PLACE, they (Israel) let them that be in JUDEAH flee into the mountains.

THE HOLY PLACE IS NOT IN THE THIRD TEMPLE, BUT IN THE BODY WHICH IS ( MADE WITHOUT HANDS) DEFILED BECAUSE OF THE MINGLING OF THE SONS OF GOD AND THE SEED OF MEN, WHICH IS ( THE BEAST HIMSELF)
2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV
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," (a body of corrupt/ defiled flesh due to the mingling of Iron and clay)
SHEWING (HIMSELF) THAT HE IS GOD.
THIS IS THE POINT IN PROPHECY "WHERE THE VAIL IS REMOVED FROM THEIR EYES ! Praise God !
ISRAEL will (then) have their eyes opened and SEE and Flee into the mountains.
Isaiah 25:7 KJV
And he will destroy in this mountain [the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
2 Corinthians3:15-16 KJV
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, [the vail] is upon their heart.
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, [the vail] shall be [taken away.]

THIRTEENTH QUESTIONS
WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT THE JEWS SACRIFICES AND OBLATIONS ?
DOES IT MATTER TO GOD ?
 OR THE JEWS TO SACRIFICE LAMBS AND GOATS, AND BULLOCK  IN THIS THIRD TEMPLE?
Isaiah 1:11 KJV
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord(:)
I AM FULL OF BURNT OFFERINGS OF RAMS, AND THE FAT OF FED BEASTS(;) and I delight NOT in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of the goats.
Jeremiah 6:20 KJV
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country ? YOUR BURNT OFFERINGS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, NOR YOUR SACRIFICES SWEET UNTO ME.

FOURTEENTH QUESTION
WHY DO SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS, TELL PEOPLE THAT THE ANTICHRIST WILL DEFILE THE TRIBULATION TEMPLE  WITH SOME SORT OF UNCLEAN ANIMAL, OR EVEN THE ANTICHRIST, WHOM THEY SAY WILL STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE OF THE THIRD TEMPLE?

This is truly a joke and NOT scriptural.
The THIRD Temple WILL NOT be defiled, BECAUSE IT IS NOT HOLY !
IT  is [only] in the (MIS-INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY BY TEACHERS AND SO CALLED SCHOLARS.)
(That) Building and Structure doesn't mean anything to God. BUT IT DOES TO ISRAEL, AND THE REST OF THE UNSAVED WORLD, BECAUSE OF THE VAIL OF (BLINDNESS TO THE BOOK THAT CANNOT BE READ) ( Isaiah 29:12 KJV)
We are the TEMPLE of God. When I say WE, I mean the BODY, which is Not made with hands. ALL BODIES  UNCORRUPTED/ UNDEFILED !
John 6:56 KJV
He that eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, dwelleth [IN] me, and I [IN] him
John 10:38 KJV
But if I do, though ye believe NOT me, believe in [the works:] THAT YE MAY KNOW, and believe, that the Father is [IN] me, and I ]IN] him.
John 15:5 KJV
I am the [vine,] ye are the [branches:] He that abideth [IN] me, and I [IN] him, THE SAME bringeth forth mush fruit; FOR WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING. 

FIFTEENTH QUESTION
WILL OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST RULE FROM  "THE THIRD TEMPLE DURING THE 1000 YEAR REIGN in (Jerusalem)  as some are teaching ?
Acts 7:48 KJV
Howbeit The Most High dwelleth  not in TEMPLES MADE WITH HANDS(;) as saith the prophet.
Acts 17:24 KJV
God that made the world and all things therein, SEEING that he is Lord of heaven and earth, DWELLETH NOT IN (TEMPLES) made with hands.
Hebrews 9:24 KJV
For Christ IS NOT ENTERED INTO THE HOLY PLACES MADE WITH HANDS, (WHICH ARE  "THE FIGURES " OF THE TRUE;) but into heaven itself, NOW to appear in the presence of God FOR US.

SIXTEENTH QUESTION
IS THE THIRD TEMPLE WHERE JESUS THRONE IS TO BE ?
Clearly according to the above verses IT IS NOT.
As some teachers and pastors are teaching that he will. ( A LIE)


Let us again return to Revelation 11:19 for those of you who may still believe that this is an actual TEMPLE OF GOD/ STRUCTURE OR BUILDING in heaven.
REVELATION 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.

IF THIS (IS) THE (CHURCH) AS I HAVE SHOWN WHICH (IS) BEING OPENED IN HEAVEN, WILL NOT THE SCRIPTURES (ALSO) REVEAL A TRUTH THAT WILL MAKE IT CLEAR TO US ?

SEVENTEENTH QUESTION
IS THE CHURCH WHICH IS " THE TEMPLE OF GOD" LIKENED UNTO A BUILDING IN THE SCRIPTURE ?
The answer is YES.
2 Corinthians 5:1 KJV
For we [know] that (if) our earthly (house of this tabernacle) WERE DISOLVED, WE HAVE ( A BUILDING OF GOD, AN HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS ETERNAL (IN THE  HEAVEN(S))

I will ask you,
What is the Importance of The Third Temple in last days prophecy ?
OR
Is it a prophecy at all ?
OR
Has our Teachers and Pastors through their Interpretations of Scriptures/ Prophecy, created this Importance to us through ignorance of the truth of the scriptures?

There is a saying, we are so earthly bound, that we are of no heavenly good, and vice versa.
When we take our eyes away from Carnal thinking, we can see clearly through our Spiritual eyes.
Matthew 9:12 KJV
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood ( he entered in ONCE into the holy place,) having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:25 KJV
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, (as) a high priest entereth into the holy place every year with the blood of others; 26) For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but NOW ONCE IN THE END OF THE WORLD hath he appeared to put away SIN by the sacrifice of himself.
2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
Therefore (if) any man be in Christ, he is a NEW creature (:)
old things are passed away; BEHOLD, (all) things are become new.
Galatians 6:15 KJV
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, BUT A NEW CREATURE.

The Beast is also a new creature, but through (THE) corruption of the Temple of God. (His fleshly body) which he will defile, being neither human or god/sons of God.
1 Corinthians 3;17
If any man defile the "temple of God", ( the Boby) HIM shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Genesis 1:27 KJV
So God created man (in his own image,) in [the image of God] created he him; male and female created he them.

Jesus Christ, He is the Rock, his work is PERFECT for all his ways are judgment(:) a God of truth and without iniquity, Just and Right is he. Deuteronomy 32:4
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:3

The Son of Perdition is mentioned ONLY 2 times in the Bible.
Let us remember " The Son of Perdition " was also one of the 12 disciples
and so mentioned in John 17:12 KJV
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name(:) those that thou gavest me I have kept, and NONE of them (is) lost, but "the son of perdition;"
that the scripture might be fulfilled.
The "son of perdition " is also named as that man of SIN in 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4.KJV who defiles "the temple of God".
YOU MIGHT ASK :
How then did Judus one of the 12, defile "the temple of God"?
SIN himself entered into him. Satan/ Lucifer ( the angel / son of God) entered into him. John 13:27 KJV

I conclude:
The Third Temple is of No Importance unto God.
Nor should it be to us, or Israel.
Daniel 9:27 KJV
And he ( the Beast) shall confirm [the covenant with many] for one week(:) (7 literal yrs) and in the [midst of the week] he (the Beast) shall (CAUSE) THE SACRIFICE AND OBLATION TO CEASE, and [for the overspreading of abomination(s) he ( the Beast) shall make (it) (THE THIRD TEMPLE)  desolate, ( deprived or desolate of inhabitants, deserted; uninhabited, to lay waste, devastate,to forsake or abandon.)
even until the consummation, (the end) and [that determined) shall be poured out upon (the desolate.) ( having the feeling of being abandoned of hope; forlorn.)


God Bless You All
KML