Question: The last 3 1/2 years ended in 70 AD, when the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. It marked the end of Levitical Judaism and the temple era, and the beginning of the post temple era of Judaism. The church not only survived the Roman onslaught, but came out of hiding to expand and grow.
I’m going strictly by Bible and historical fulfillment's of Scripture. Our past and current state as a church, as well as our future state has already been revealed. The evidence is very strong that the 70 weeks of Daniel is already in the past. It ushered in post temple Judaism and confirmed the new covenant. It also established the church as non-temple based, where church members are “living stones” in a “spiritual temple” where Christ is the Head and “chief cornerstone.”
The eschatology of the church is therefore not dependent on the construction of any physical temple in Jerusalem or anywhere. God has moved us beyond that. We are in a new dispensation.
The 70-week prophecy of Daniel pertains to Israel and not the church. It gives us a timeline up until the destruction of the temple by the Romans. Please read below the following verses. I’ve inserted words in brackets for clarity.
““And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come [Romans] Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary [city and temple in Jerusalem]. The end of it shall be with a flood [army], And till the end of the war desolations are determined.” (Daniel 9:26, NKJV).
“Then he [Messiah] shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He [Messiah] shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one [Roman emperor] who makes desolate [war], Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.”” (Daniel 9:27, NKJV).
“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:)” (Matthew 24:15, KJV).
Jesus lived during the time of the Roman Empire, which fulfilled this prophecy of Daniel. Jesus was warning his disciples, who were left behind after His resurrection and ascension, that the Roman Empire would turn against the Jews, and all who lived in Jerusalem. The Romans surrounded the city of Jerusalem with an army, destroyed the city and its temple. Jesus was telling his disciples to FLEE before the attack took place??
Here is also Luke’s parallel account. “And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.” (Luke 21:20-22, KJV).
Please note too that wars will be until the consummation.
Answer: Greetings in Jesus wonderful name!
The first three and half week ministry of Jesus the Messiah of Israel reaching out to the nation of Israel was rejected, and instead the false Messiah's ministry will be accepted by the nation of Israel when he comes in his own name as foretold by Jesus (John 5:43). Because Jesus was accepted by the Church as the Christ of the Church (Matt 21:42, 43, 44; 16:16; Acts 2:23-24, 36), the prophetic drama starts with the middle of Daniel seventieth week which Christ said is the Abomination of Desolation for the Church, but for the nation of Israel it will start again with the peace covenant of the Antichrist (Matt 24:15; Dan 9:27).
But as the Church is Raptured sometime immediately after the mid point, Israel as a nation will be caught up in the Great Tribulation of God's wrath, along with the world of nations around the world (Rev 12:13-17; 1 Thess 5:2-3, 4-6)...so it is called as "the time of Jacob's trouble" (Jer 30:7). So in the whole of the second half of the Daniel 70th week, Israel will be present and at the end in the Armageddon, Israel as a nation will be caught up in the Assyrian Antichrist's deceit, which will be to annihilate it from the face of the earth (Isa 14:24, 25, 26-27; Mic 5:2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15). But thank God, Jesus and the Church will come and rescue the nation of Israel from being destroyed completely, and will establish Jerusalem as the Spiritual Capital of the whole world, and will rule from it for the next thousand years time (Rev 19:7-8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19-20, 21; Zec 14:2, 3, 5, 9, 16). Hallelujah!
Judaism will continue as long as sun and moon are present in this earth, the time of which has been prophesied by Peter the apostle to continue until the Millennium rule of Jesus and the Church gets over (Jer 31:35, 36; 2 Peter 3:10-13), and until all saints get settled in the New Heaven and New Earth with the light of New Jerusalem orbiting and guiding it in to God's presence forever and ever (Rev 21:1-8). Amen. Hallelujah!
The third temple which the Jews are trying to put in the same Levitical priesthood of the past, it is like a slap in the face of God who stopped it through fulfillment in the Lamb Jesus Christ who was slain for the sins of the nation of Israel and and the whole world (Heb 8:3, 7, 13; 9:1-5, 6-10; John 1:36). That is why Jesus calls the third temple the "synagogue of Satan" (Rev 3:9), why because DNA alone cannot verify God's intended purpose for the tribes of Israel and their existence around the temple of God.
But when Jesus comes to take the Church away first through Rapture (Rev 3:10; 1 Thess 4:14-18), and then at the starting time of the Millennial rule of His and the Church, He will reveal all the tribes of Israel to the whole world and will establish them as He promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through the Great Tribulation of those times which will sanctify them and will filter them through the fire of Great Tribulation, to be reduced as the fine spiritual gold of the remnant of one third of its present population to be accepted by the Lord (Rev 7:1-8; Zec 13:8-9). But then once Jesus comes with the Church, to rule the earth, the fourth temple will be built by the Lord Himself through the nation of Israel, where He will reside in His Glory from the present Jerusalem as the spiritual capital of the world for a thousand years time and will rule the world with a rod of Iron and will serve justice to all the people of all nations around the world for the Glory of God (Acts 15:14-15, 16-17; Amos 9:11-12; Ezek 43:12; 39:29; 45:20-22; 48:11, 29, 35). Israel as a nation chosen for a special purpose will be a blessing to the whole world after that (Isa 27:6; Zec 8:23). Praise the LORD!
But the fourth temple Jesus will build through the nation of Israel will be a Thanksgiving and memorial temple of Great GLORY for the Cross which fulfilled all prophecies about Him, therefore from this holy city in which He died for humanity's salvation (Rev 11:8), from it He will educate everyone of the law of God and will rule the whole world for a thousand years time (Hag 2:6-9). Glory!
Why did Jesus start to explain regarding the end time, and turned the attention of all the Church and even the curious Jewish expectation towards Abomination of Desolation as a sign of identifying the Antichrist in all the Gospels???
“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:)” (Matthew 24:15, KJV).
Luke speaks about AD 70 to the Jews and also speaks to the time of Rapture. Mixing one with the other will cause confusion. There are also limited prophetic fullfillment and repeated wider fulfillment, that is the nature of prophecy. Here is 70 AD fullfillment - Luke 21:20-24....but also regarding the Church He writes again for it to identify the end time in Luke 17:23, 24-37. Gospel was not only given to the first century Jewish saints who became saved, but mainly for the Church of all time, as there is "neither Jew, nor Greek" within the body of the Christian Church right from the first century (Gal 3:28).
Wars has always been there...what is the one specific sign repeated? It is the abomination of desolation. You say, "The Prince to come is to come was the Roman emperor’s son - Titus. His father, Vespasian, was the emperor of Rome.", to that my reply is, yes it can be a limited fulfillment in the 70 A.D. when the Second Temple was completely destroyed by Rome, but the widest fulfillment happens only at the end when the Antichrist the man of sin and lawlessness comes.
Prophecies are like stones thrown in to water pond, once it hits the water, it will continue to cause ripples and rings, which will flutter from the center point to greater circumference until it ends at a certain point in the widest circumference. The same can be applied in the widest fulfillment of the end of the world prophesied and spoken regarding the end time while it happens in Antichrist, though many waves might have continued in lesser circumference at various times like 70 A.D., until that widest point of the end time happen with the Antichrist fulfillment, the prophetic word will continue to make an impact through fulfillment of the same in various measures and times. Yet the zenith happens only at the last point of time, and is the complete fulfillment of all thing intended on the way. This is the way we must see the "abomination of desolation" in the contextual viewpoint of what Jesus intended to speak to the Church. Also the widest fulfillment of the "abomination of desolation" in Antichrist, is not just assumed, but clearly verbally repeated by Jesus, and then a few decades down the line, apostle Paul explained in details of what Jesus intended to convey to the Church! Please do check with the reference (John 5:43; 2 These 2:3-4).
In Daniel 9:26 and 27, the phrase "abomination of desolation" is used to describe the destruction of the city and sanctuary by the people of the prince who is to come. Who is that? This is the Antichrist both Jesus and Paul have spoken about, it has been foretold to come at the end time in the third temple claiming himself as God (John 5:43; 2 These 2:3-4).
It also states that a covenant will be confirmed with many for one week, but that sacrifice and offering will end in the middle of the week, which means just as Paul told, in the middle of the 7 years of Daniel 70th week, which is three and half years time after the peace covenant, suddenly the sacrifice of the Jews will be stopped altogether, and Antichrist will claim himself to be god and will sit within the third temple.
This is the same point of time John the Revelator in the Book of Revelation told, that both Elijah and Enoch of the Old Testament will come with a message of repentance in their literal physical body to turn the nation of Israel, and the world from sin and make them look to God for salvation (Rev 11:1-3). For the entire second three and half years of Daniel 70th week, these two prophets who are described by God as the olive trees will continue in their ministry (Zec 4:11). So will the third temple be built, yes without the building in place, how can the angel be told to "rise and measure the temple of God" (Rev 11;1)? So prophecies which are like jig-saw puzzles, that must be meditated upon and be fitted by us to see the wholesome image of it in the backside, and thus find the full purpose of God to be revealed to us at the end of the study of it all. Praise the Lord!
So the Old Testament is New Testament concealed, and the New Testament is Old Testament revealed. So there is no point in short circuiting the whole thing in to one, and then saying that the event is already over and done. Thank you.
The FIRST TEMPLE REPLACED THE TABERNACLE BUILT BY MOSES IN THE SINAI, as well as local sanctuaries and altars in the hills, as the sole place for Israelite sacrifice.
As the site for a future temple, David chose Mount Moriah, or the Temple Mount as directed by the Lord, where it was believed Abraham had built the altar on which to sacrifice his son Isaac. The First Temple was constructed during the reign of David's son, Solomon, and completed in 957 BC. Other sanctuaries retained their religious functions, however, until Josiah (reigned c. 640-609 BC) abolished them and established the Temple of Jerusalem as the only place of sacrifice in the Kingdom of Judah. The First Temple was built as an abode for the Ark and as a place of assembly for the entire people.
According to Jewish tradition, the Temple of Solomon, also known as "THE FIRST TEMPLE," was built by King Solomon (circa 990–931 BCE) long ago on the spot where God created Adam, the first man. But the building was destroyed four hundred years later, (i.e.) the Temple was destroyed in 586 BC by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, when he conquered Jerusalem. There are scant remains of the temple on the south hill of the City of David even in our present time which you can see. It was replaced with THE SECOND TEMPLE, which was built by groups of exiled Jewish people returning to Jerusalem. The site of the Temple is considered one of the holiest places in the world, and is significant to Jews, Muslims, and Christians across the globe.
The importance to Orthodox Jews of rebuilding the Temple lies in its role in the redemption of the world, which they believe can only take place once the Temple is rebuilt. At the urging of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, Zerubbabel began construction of THE SECOND TEMPLE in 521 B.C.E. The second temple was completed around 515 B.C.E., was then substantially enlarged by the Hasmonean Dynasty, and was completely refurbished and enlarged by Herod the Great beginning around 20 B.C.E. This second temple was completely destroyed by fire exactly in 70 A.D. by the Roman army of that time.
The present Sanhedrin of the nation of Israel (i.e. 2024 A.D.), has been heading a project to restore the sacred Red Heifer to Israel. According to Numbers 19, the ashes of the Red Heifer mixed with water are a necessary element for purifying Jews to enable them to do service in the Temple. During the time of the First and Second Temples, a span of approximately 1,000 years, only nine Red Heifers were used in preparing the waters used to purify Jews. According to Jewish tradition, the tenth one will be used by the Messiah.
Now that the ripe time for Antichrist has come to build the Third Temple, How can this happen many may think, but the covenant that Antichrist will make is a deceptive one mergining the one world religion, politics and economy, thus we see the possibility of building it in the following way, “Given the emphasis upon the international community’s interest in the sites, under the concept of heritage of humankind, representatives from the international community need to be included as mediators and guarantors. These would likely come from the United Nations (UNESCO) and drawn from regional powers such as the Arab League, NATO, or interested states such as the U.S., the E.U., and Russia…Any proposed legal regime will require interfaith cooperation composed of religious leaders from the region. It may be supplemented by international religious leaders who may serve as mediators.” Thus THE THIRD TEMPLE will soon stand in the place where the Dome of the Rock stands, as the whole area of the temple is called as THE TEMPLE MOUNT, as it is all holiness to the Lord (Zec 14:21; Isa 11:9; 2:2; Jer 3:17). Jerusalem itself will be called in the whole world as "the City of God" (Psa 2:6), in other words, the city from which the Messiah of the world rules the whole wide world (Psa 48:1; Zec 8:3; 14:4, 9, 16-21).
THE FOURTH TEMPLE which will be built on the same site where the First Temple was built, and will be called the Millennial Temple. It will be the temple of worship during the 1,000 years reign of the Lord Jesus Christ all over the world!
According to Biblical Christian viewpoint, the fourth or "millennial temple" (Ezekiel 40-45), will be memorial, a teaching center to instruct men about the holiness of God and proper worship to seek the true living and the Creator God (Isa 2:3). As sinful men and women continue to be born into the world, the Millennium the temple is supposed to remind everyone of the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross, and His sacrifice of Himself as the one and only "Lamb of God," some two thousand years earlier on the Cross through which He has saved humanity (Isa 65:20; Zec 12:10; Acts 2:22-24; John 1:36; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Luke 22:18-20; Matt 26:26).
Though the Biblical emphasis is never on temple buildings but on men and their character (1 Peter 2:4-5, 6-8, 9-10; 2 Cor 3:16, 17-18; 6:16; 1 Cor 6:19), Scripture does not negate the use of shadows and symbols (Col 2:16-17; Heb 10:5; 9:9-10). Literal physical realities are said to be given in order to teach about the enduring, permanent spiritual realities they point to (Heb 7:19; 8:1, 13; Rom 15:4; 1 Cor 10:11, 18). Thus we are the living stones through which God in Christ Jesus the cornerstone has built and is still building a temple for Himself in the New Heaven and New Earth, through which saints of all ages will be residing for eternity there, where also God will come down to reside among them, and the New Jerusalem orbiting around it to be the eternal capital of this new world. Praise the Lord! GLORY! Look forward to the reality of what is going to happen, and not just settle in the shadows of it now in the third temple alone or for that matter even in the fourth temple too!
Hallelujah! GLORY TO GOD!
Much Blessings....
In Daniel 9:26 and 27, the phrase "abomination of desolation" is used to describe the destruction of the city and sanctuary by the people of the prince who is to come. Who is that? This is the Antichrist both Jesus and Paul have spoken about, it has been foretold to come at the end time in the third temple claiming himself as God (John 5:43; 2 These 2:3-4).
It also states that a covenant will be confirmed with many for one week, but that sacrifice and offering will end in the middle of the week, which means just as Paul told, in the middle of the 7 years of Daniel 70th week, which is three and half years time after the peace covenant, suddenly the sacrifice of the Jews will be stopped altogether, and Antichrist will claim himself to be god and will sit within the third temple.
This is the same point of time John the Revelator in the Book of Revelation told, that both Elijah and Enoch of the Old Testament will come with a message of repentance in their literal physical body to turn the nation of Israel, and the world from sin and make them look to God for salvation (Rev 11:1-3). For the entire second three and half years of Daniel 70th week, these two prophets who are described by God as the olive trees will continue in their ministry (Zec 4:11). So will the third temple be built, yes without the building in place, how can the angel be told to "rise and measure the temple of God" (Rev 11;1)? So prophecies which are like jig-saw puzzles, that must be meditated upon and be fitted by us to see the wholesome image of it in the backside, and thus find the full purpose of God to be revealed to us at the end of the study of it all. Praise the Lord!
So the Old Testament is New Testament concealed, and the New Testament is Old Testament revealed. So there is no point in short circuiting the whole thing in to one, and then saying that the event is already over and done. Thank you.
As the site for a future temple, David chose Mount Moriah, or the Temple Mount as directed by the Lord, where it was believed Abraham had built the altar on which to sacrifice his son Isaac. The First Temple was constructed during the reign of David's son, Solomon, and completed in 957 BC. Other sanctuaries retained their religious functions, however, until Josiah (reigned c. 640-609 BC) abolished them and established the Temple of Jerusalem as the only place of sacrifice in the Kingdom of Judah. The First Temple was built as an abode for the Ark and as a place of assembly for the entire people.
According to Jewish tradition, the Temple of Solomon, also known as "THE FIRST TEMPLE," was built by King Solomon (circa 990–931 BCE) long ago on the spot where God created Adam, the first man. But the building was destroyed four hundred years later, (i.e.) the Temple was destroyed in 586 BC by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, when he conquered Jerusalem. There are scant remains of the temple on the south hill of the City of David even in our present time which you can see. It was replaced with THE SECOND TEMPLE, which was built by groups of exiled Jewish people returning to Jerusalem. The site of the Temple is considered one of the holiest places in the world, and is significant to Jews, Muslims, and Christians across the globe.
The importance to Orthodox Jews of rebuilding the Temple lies in its role in the redemption of the world, which they believe can only take place once the Temple is rebuilt. At the urging of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, Zerubbabel began construction of THE SECOND TEMPLE in 521 B.C.E. The second temple was completed around 515 B.C.E., was then substantially enlarged by the Hasmonean Dynasty, and was completely refurbished and enlarged by Herod the Great beginning around 20 B.C.E. This second temple was completely destroyed by fire exactly in 70 A.D. by the Roman army of that time.
The present Sanhedrin of the nation of Israel (i.e. 2024 A.D.), has been heading a project to restore the sacred Red Heifer to Israel. According to Numbers 19, the ashes of the Red Heifer mixed with water are a necessary element for purifying Jews to enable them to do service in the Temple. During the time of the First and Second Temples, a span of approximately 1,000 years, only nine Red Heifers were used in preparing the waters used to purify Jews. According to Jewish tradition, the tenth one will be used by the Messiah.
Now that the ripe time for Antichrist has come to build the Third Temple, How can this happen many may think, but the covenant that Antichrist will make is a deceptive one mergining the one world religion, politics and economy, thus we see the possibility of building it in the following way, “Given the emphasis upon the international community’s interest in the sites, under the concept of heritage of humankind, representatives from the international community need to be included as mediators and guarantors. These would likely come from the United Nations (UNESCO) and drawn from regional powers such as the Arab League, NATO, or interested states such as the U.S., the E.U., and Russia…Any proposed legal regime will require interfaith cooperation composed of religious leaders from the region. It may be supplemented by international religious leaders who may serve as mediators.” Thus THE THIRD TEMPLE will soon stand in the place where the Dome of the Rock stands, as the whole area of the temple is called as THE TEMPLE MOUNT, as it is all holiness to the Lord (Zec 14:21; Isa 11:9; 2:2; Jer 3:17). Jerusalem itself will be called in the whole world as "the City of God" (Psa 2:6), in other words, the city from which the Messiah of the world rules the whole wide world (Psa 48:1; Zec 8:3; 14:4, 9, 16-21).
THE FOURTH TEMPLE which will be built on the same site where the First Temple was built, and will be called the Millennial Temple. It will be the temple of worship during the 1,000 years reign of the Lord Jesus Christ all over the world!
According to Biblical Christian viewpoint, the fourth or "millennial temple" (Ezekiel 40-45), will be memorial, a teaching center to instruct men about the holiness of God and proper worship to seek the true living and the Creator God (Isa 2:3). As sinful men and women continue to be born into the world, the Millennium the temple is supposed to remind everyone of the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross, and His sacrifice of Himself as the one and only "Lamb of God," some two thousand years earlier on the Cross through which He has saved humanity (Isa 65:20; Zec 12:10; Acts 2:22-24; John 1:36; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Luke 22:18-20; Matt 26:26).
Though the Biblical emphasis is never on temple buildings but on men and their character (1 Peter 2:4-5, 6-8, 9-10; 2 Cor 3:16, 17-18; 6:16; 1 Cor 6:19), Scripture does not negate the use of shadows and symbols (Col 2:16-17; Heb 10:5; 9:9-10). Literal physical realities are said to be given in order to teach about the enduring, permanent spiritual realities they point to (Heb 7:19; 8:1, 13; Rom 15:4; 1 Cor 10:11, 18). Thus we are the living stones through which God in Christ Jesus the cornerstone has built and is still building a temple for Himself in the New Heaven and New Earth, through which saints of all ages will be residing for eternity there, where also God will come down to reside among them, and the New Jerusalem orbiting around it to be the eternal capital of this new world. Praise the Lord! GLORY! Look forward to the reality of what is going to happen, and not just settle in the shadows of it now in the third temple alone or for that matter even in the fourth temple too!
Hallelujah! GLORY TO GOD!
Much Blessings....
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