In at least two occasions in history, the result has been the destruction of the Temple. The Temple, the house of Israel, is left desolate when the glory of God departs. Would God refer to a building which tramples on the once and for all sacrifice of his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, as the “temple of God?”Ĭonversely, in the history of the Temple, there are grave consequences when the Shekinah departs from the Temple, for it indicates God’s displeasure with those among whom He previously dwelt and the removal of His protection and blessing in His departure. 20:12) it is just a dead architectural edifice. Unless the glory of God “inhabits” the Temple (1K.
The presence of God is essentially that which defines the Temple. “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 ” “Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands as saith the prophet,” The problem with these teachings of the end times centered around a rebuilt Third Jewish Temple–which many teachers insist it “the temple of God”–is that these teachings (like many modern Christians who refer to the church as a building) wrongly identify the temple of God as a building. There are more, but these are a recent sampling. Here’s a few recent headlines.įrom Haaretz: One third of Israeli Jews want Temple rebuilt in Jerusalem, poll findsįrom Jweekly: Rebuilding Temple in Jerusalem: holy work or holy mess?įrom Ynetdaily: Poll: Israel’s Jews abandoning Templeįrom Utah’s Deseret News: Jewish organization opens Holy Temple Visitors’ Center in Jerusalem ON a regular basis, stories appear in the Corporate Media which speculate on the building of a third Jewish temple in Jerusalem. If any readers have gone over to the doctrines of man, so that what the Bible clearly states is of none effect, you may want to stop reading now. This is not the version of events laid out by the MODERN AMERICAN PROPHECY INDUSTRY. WARNING: This article will ask a few questions concerning end times prophecy as is stated in the Bible. This article will attempt to answer these and other questions surrounding the topic of this end times temple of God spoken of by both Jesus and the apostle Paul.
More importantly, if a building were to be erected as a Third Jewish Temple, would the Word of God refer to such a building as the “temple of God?” If the Jews were to rebuild a temple in Jerusalem, would this be the temple of God? What does the Bible teach about the temple of God? This “Third Temple” (it would more accurately should be called the Fourth Temple, but more on that later) is the subject of many words in many books, many charts and timelines, as well as the basis for much of the teachings that circulate in the Christian Church about the time immediately preceding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.Īn entire eschatology has been erected around the appearance of this Third Temple–this temple of God–in the end times.
This Third Temple will to be rebuilt on the Temple Mount. –2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Temple of God Building a Foundation The Temple of God: What is it? Is the Temple of God an end times Third Jewish Temple rebuilt on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem? What do Modern Prophecy Teachers say about the Temple of God? What does the Bible say about the Temple of God?Ī popular teaching that has taken hold in the end times church–especially in the English-speaking world–is that the Jews will rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition 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. At the last came two false witnesses, And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. “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.”
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” WILL A TEMPLE BUILT WITH HUMAN HANDS BE CALLED THE TEMPLE OF GOD BY THE BIBLE? Temple of God: What does the Bible say about an end times temple of God? IF a third Jewish Temple is erected, will that be the temple of God referred to by the apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2? “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.”