The True Third Temple Of God
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2 Corinthians 6:16-And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM. I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.”
In the year 70 AD, the second temple Jewish temple was destroyed by the Roman Empire. At that time, the Jewish people were scattered over the Earth without a homeland until May 14, 1948. Now, there is a renewed Jewish state, and there are indicators that a third Jewish temple may be rebuilt.
“The Illustrated London News, August 28, 1909, ran a spectacular supplement detailing this goal. The article was titled, “The Freemason’s Plan to Rebuild Solomon’s Temple at Jerusalem.” Three years later, September 22, 1912, the New York Times published an outline by Freemasons to rebuild the Temple under the title, “Solomon’s Temple: Scheme of Freemasons and Opinions of Jews on Rebuilding.”…More recently, the Sanhedrin authorized the minting of two coins—the “Half Shekel Cyrus Trump Temple Coin,” and shortly thereafter, the “70 Years Israel Redemption Temple Coin,” both of which depict Donald Trump and the ancient Persian King Cyrus (who empowered the building of the Second Temple) on the front side with the Third Temple on the back. In an article for Breaking Israel News, the reasons for the commemorative coins were tied specifically to the Trump administration as the catalyst for building the Third Temple. In fact, rabbis associated with the effort go so far as to say the success of Trump’s presidency depends on his efforts to initiate the building of the new Solomon-like house of worship. “In gratitude to US President Donald Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Jerusalem, the nascent Sanhedrin and the Mikdash (Temple) Educational Center are minting a replica of the silver half-shekel Biblically mandated to be donated by every Jewish male to the Temple,” the report stated, before adding, “Rabbi Weiss stressed that Trump’s [US administration] goals will come to fruition only if they are geared towards rebuilding the Jewish Temple” (emphasis added)….To further stipulate the role that the rabbis see Trump divinely appointed to perform, the following amazing statement is published inside the official Sanhedrin sanctioned “70 Years Israel” Redemption Coin brochure: President Trump is advancing a prophetic process that will usher in—when the time comes—the rebuilding of the Third Temple. It is as if he is following in the footsteps of King Cyrus who pronounced, after 70 years of Jewish exile, that: Hashem, the Lord of the World, charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem. (bold added)” (Thomas R. Horn, The Rabbis, Donald Trump, And The Top-Secret Plan To Build The Third Temple: Unveiling The Incendiary Scheme By Religious Authorities, Government Agents, And Jewish Rabbis To Invoke Messiah, 277-384 (Kindle Edition): Defender Publishing)
To be sure, there are some prophecies in the Bible about a third temple. Yet those prophecies are not about a rebuilt Jewish temple in the city of Jerusalem. Those prophecies are fulfilled in the church of Christ! The Apostle Paul identified the true third temple as the church of God. In 2 Corinthians 6:16, Paul quotes from the prophecy of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 37:26-27), which is a sort of introduction to the third temple that God promised to build. It is connected with the Messiah and the New Covenant, and identified by Paul as the church.
Will there be a third physical temple? Some prophecies seem to suggest there will be one (cf. Daniel 11:35-12:13). And it would not surprise me, because Satan loves to take and twist what God has made. Creating a counterfeit third Jewish temple sounds just like something that the father of lies would be about (John 8:44). But it would be no substitute for the Lord’s true third temple, the church of Christ!
Friends, today is the time to turn to the Lord.
Acts 22:16-And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
2 Corinthians 6:2-For He says: “IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I HAVE HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HAVE HELPED YOU.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Lord, thank You for purchasing Your church with Your blood. Thank You that we can be part of it. Help us as the temple of Your Holy Spirit to go forward with Your message of repentance and salvation for whosoever will. In Your Name we pray, Amen.