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tanakh

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You are forgetting a lot of prophecies that have yet to be fulfilled....that is unless your eschatology is preterism.

for the temple to be rebuilt, the antichrist must confirm(enforce it) the covenant...Where is HE at....What is HIS name.......

OOPS,,,,,for the anti-christ to be known, the Rapture has to happen first. Then you can have your UNRESTRAINED peace?

You are spoiling things by letting real Bible Prophecy get in the way! In one part of the video Trump is called ''The anointed one'' the meaning of Messiah! Elsewhere He and Putin are Cyrus. I didnt know that the original Cyrus had a Brother. I still fail to see how God would set his seal of approval on an Anti Christ backed Temple when Christ has already fulfilled the original purpose of a temple. I'm not saying there wont be one but it will be one more act of defiance against God
 

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Third day, speaks of Resurrection, "And I saw no temple therein, for the lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it." "No shadow of turning," no going back to old covenant and earthly temple.
 

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We should not be surprised.... you watch phophesy come to pass and some will not see it because they believe it was fullfilled....

No one keeps watch for something they believed already came to pass..

Come My Lord.... come.


Though I must say that even this will probably be a covert.
 
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VCO

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I agree with your assessment of tearing down of the Mosque. However, the prophecy (psalm 83 War) is yet to be fulfilled. The destruction of Elam and the Damascus might happen at this time as well as well as others

The point that I have been trying to make is Archeologists, (one of them is an Israeli), have found evidence proving the so-called Temple Mount, where the Dome of the Rock sits; NEVER WAS THE LOCATION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. Those Archeologists are patiently waiting for a combined Audience with the Israeli Govenment and the Temple Institute, to PRESENT their Evidence that the Dome of the ROCK does not sit on the Temple Mount but rather that location is only the CENTER OF FORT ANTONIA. AND they have evidence that the Real TEMPLE MOUNT WAS 600 Feet South of the Whaling Wall. What I am gaining as an understanding from the above videos, is apparently the Archeologists claim to even have evidence that the Temple Mount bedrock was removed by Simon bar Kokhba, the Jewish Leader at that time.

That location is definitely LOWER than it was at the time of CHRIST, because after the Destruction in 70 AD, in the later part of 132 AD, Simon, ordered the original Temple Mount turned into a ROCK QUARRY to remove the DEFILED Bedrock of the Temple Mount. The reason Simon considered the Temple Mount defiled, was because the Roman Emperor Hadrian had built a new City (Aelia Capitolina) over the ruins of Jerusalem, and even built a Temple to Jupitor on the original site of Solomon's Temple. Aelia Capitolina remained the name of Jerusalem, until 638 AD. That is what really TRIGGERED THE WAR known as the The Bar Kokhba revolt in 132 CE. Yeah, I had a dickens of a time finding out what CE was, and it was simple. It stands for Christian Era, in other words the same thing as AD. Apparently during that two year Period of Simon bar Kokhba RULING OVER JUDEA, he ordered that the Temple Mount be turned into a Rock Quarry to remove the bedrock defiled by the Temple of Jupiter.


The Bar Kokhba revolt (Hebrew: מרד בר כוכבא‎; Mered Bar Kokhba) was a rebellion of the Jews of the Roman province of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire. Fought circa 132–136 CE,[SUP][3][/SUP] it was the last of three major Jewish–Roman wars, so it is also known as The Third Jewish–Roman War or The Third Jewish Revolt. Some historians also refer to it as the Second Revolt of Judea, not counting the Kitos War (115–117 CE), which had only marginally been fought in Judea.

The revolt erupted as a result of ongoing religious and political tensions in Judea following on the failure of the First Revolt in 66−70 CE. These tensions were related to the establishment of a large Roman presence in Judea, changes in administrative life and the economy, together with the outbreak and suppression of Jewish revolts from Mesopotamia to Libya and Cyrenaica.[SUP][4][/SUP] The proximate reasons seem to centre around the construction of a new city, Aelia Capitolina over the ruins of Jerusalem and the erection of a temple to Jupiter on the Temple Mount.[SUP][5][/SUP] The Church Fathers and rabbinic literature emphasize governor of Judaea Rufus' role in provoking the revolt.[SUP][6][/SUP]

In 132, a revolt led by Bar Kokhba quickly spread from Modi'in across the country, cutting off the Roman garrison in Jerusalem.[SUP][7][/SUP] Roman Governor Rufus then unsuccessfully engaged the early phase of the uprising. Rufus is last recorded in 132, the first year of the rebellion; whether he died or was replaced is uncertain, but Gargilius Antiques is recorded as the Roman Prefect of Judea during the conflict.[SUP][8][/SUP] Initial rebel victories over the Romans established an independent state of Israel over parts of Judea for over two years, as Bar Kokhba took the title of Nasi ("prince"). Simon bar Kokhba, the commander of the revolt, was regarded by many Jews as the Messiah, who would restore their national independence.[SUP][9][/SUP] This setback, however, caused Roman Emperor Hadrian to assemble a large scale Roman force from across the Empire, which invaded Judea in 134 under the command of Roman General Sextus Julius Severus. The Roman army was made of six full legions with auxiliaries and elements from up to six additional legions, which finally managed to crush the revolt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt
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VCO

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Third day, speaks of Resurrection, "And I saw no temple therein, for the lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it." "No shadow of turning," no going back to old covenant and earthly temple.

Zechariah 14:2-5 (NASB)
[SUP]2 [/SUP] For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
[SUP]3 [/SUP] Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.
[SUP]4 [/SUP] In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him!


Zechariah 14:16 (HCSB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths. {That will include you if you are survivor of the LORD'S WAR on the Nations, this is if you are NOT Taken to the Wedding of the Lamb in Heaven, pior to that, in the Rapture.}


Zechariah 14:17-18 (HCSB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] Should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, rain will not fall on them.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter, then rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague the LORD inflicts on the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths.


Zechariah 14:21 (NASB)
[SUP]21 [/SUP] Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the LORD of hosts;
and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts in that day.


SURPRISE! The 1000 year reign over the MORTAL SURVIVORS on Earth from David's Throne is all about ISRAEL.


Isaiah 65:18-25 (HCSB)
[SUP]18 [/SUP] Then be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people. The sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
[SUP]20 [/SUP] In her, a nursing infant will no longer live only a few days, or an old man not live out his days. Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years, and the one who misses a hundred years will be cursed. {Elderly will not die until at least 600 years old. SURPRISE, HE is turning the earth into the Paradise He wanted for Israel in the first place.}
[SUP]21 [/SUP] People will build houses and live ⌊in them⌋; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] They will not build and others live ⌊in them⌋; they will not plant and others eat. For My people’s lives will be like the lifetime of a tree. My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
[SUP]23 [/SUP] They will not labor without success or bear children ⌊destined⌋ for disaster, for they will be a people blessed by the LORD along with their descendants.
[SUP]24 [/SUP] Even before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
[SUP]25 [/SUP] The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the serpent’s food will be dust! They will not do what is evil or destroy on My entire holy mountain,” says the LORD.


Get used to it, things will be done the Lord's Israeli way for a 1000 years and on into the New Heaven and New Earth.



Luke 1:32-33 (CSBBible)
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He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.
[SUP]33 [/SUP] He will reign over the house of Jacob
forever, and his kingdom will have no end."


[video=youtube;D3CVHlvRIOg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3CVHlvRIOg[/video]

 
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You are spoiling things by letting real Bible Prophecy get in the way! In one part of the video Trump is called ''The anointed one'' the meaning of Messiah! Elsewhere He and Putin are Cyrus. I didnt know that the original Cyrus had a Brother. I still fail to see how God would set his seal of approval on an Anti Christ backed Temple when Christ has already fulfilled the original purpose of a temple. I'm not saying there wont be one but it will be one more act of defiance against God


Tanakh,,,,, what are you talking about....You seem to be in disarray or something......?

 

Bladerunner

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The point that I have been trying to make is Archeologists, (one of them is an Israeli), have found evidence proving the so-called Temple Mount, where the Dome of the Rock sits; NEVER WAS THE LOCATION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. Those Archeologists are patiently waiting for a combined Audience with the Israeli Govenment and the Temple Institute, to PRESENT their Evidence that the Dome of the ROCK does not sit on the Temple Mount but rather that location is only the CENTER OF FORT ANTONIA. AND they have evidence that the Real TEMPLE MOUNT WAS 600 Feet South of the Whaling Wall. What I am gaining as an understanding from the above videos, is apparently the Archeologists claim to even have evidence that the Temple Mount bedrock was removed by Simon bar Kokhba, the Jewish Leader at that time.

That location is definitely LOWER than it was at the time of CHRIST, because after the Destruction in 70 AD, in the later part of 132 AD, Simon, ordered the original Temple Mount turned into a ROCK QUARRY to remove the DEFILED Bedrock of the Temple Mount. The reason Simon considered the Temple Mount defiled, was because the Roman Emperor Hadrian had built a new City (Aelia Capitolina) over the ruins of Jerusalem, and even built a Temple to Jupitor on the original site of Solomon's Temple. Aelia Capitolina remained the name of Jerusalem, until 638 AD. That is what really TRIGGERED THE WAR known as the The Bar Kokhba revolt in 132 CE. Yeah, I had a dickens of a time finding out what CE was, and it was simple. It stands for Christian Era, in other words the same thing as AD. Apparently during that two year Period of Simon bar Kokhba RULING OVER JUDEA, he ordered that the Temple Mount be turned into a Rock Quarry to remove the bedrock defiled by the Temple of Jupiter.


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Very Good Info Thanks. Have known about this possible relocation of the temple for some time now.... the point that broke the camels back was the water stream (called Gusher) through the temple... If built on the temple mount, it would make it about 20-40 foot too high. Also the History tells us the roman soldiers could look down into the temple while ceremonies were going on.

Of course archeological digs had to be made. It appears they actually confirmed all projected findings.

Having said that,,,, While Jordan has sovereignty over the temple Mount, they have no jurisdiction over the area on the outside of the walls. The problem now is the Threat the temple presents to the world especially Palestine and other Islamic Countries. What will they say.
 

tanakh

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Tanakh,,,,, what are you talking about....You seem to be in disarray or something......?

Im talking about the video. I have been accused of many things in my life but being in disarray is a new one for me lol
 

trofimus

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The temple of God is the Church. Nothing physically built by Jews.
 

Bladerunner

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The temple of God is the Church. Nothing physically built by Jews.
NO!...The 'Body of Christ' is His Church. The Body meaning (you and me, etc.)

The Bible even Jesus tells us the temple will be rebuilt again. Do you want to call God a Liar?


 

VCO

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The temple of God is the Church. Nothing physically built by Jews.
Surprise, the Third Temple is Built to fulfill the 70th Week of Daniel, right after we LEAVE for the Wedding of the Lamb in Heaven, and there will be a TEMPLE in the 1000 Year reign of Jesus Christ from the Throne of DAVID. That TEMPLE will most likely be where HIS THRONE IS LOCATED.


Zechariah 14:4-7 (ESV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost.
[SUP]7 [/SUP] And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.


Zechariah 14:9 (HCSB)

[SUP]9 [/SUP] On that day Yahweh will become King over all the earth—Yahweh alone, and His name alone.


Zechariah 14:16-21 (ESV)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths.
[SUP]17 [/SUP] And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain; there shall be the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.
[SUP]20 [/SUP] And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the LORD.” And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar.
[SUP]21 [/SUP] And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.
 
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It does seem that the two temples where not on the same complete foundation, though I'd assumed they were in the general area, brooks can dry up, the kidron brook would be completely dried up during the dry season yet a actual stream during the rainy seasons, today the brook is long gone do to development of the area.

 
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So, have they started building the temple yet? Be sure to keep this thread updated if you could.
 

VCO

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It does seem that the two temples where not on the same complete foundation, though I'd assumed they were in the general area, brooks can dry up, the kidron brook would be completely dried up during the dry season yet a actual stream during the rainy seasons, today the brook is long gone do to development of the area.


No, the brook was not RAIN FED, the brook near the City of David was SPRING FED, coming up from 400 feet below.
 

VCO

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I suspect that the road or streel labeled the Central Valley, was probably once the brook.

 

Jackson123

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Why they want to build the temple in the same place, what wrong to find another location
 

trofimus

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NO!...The 'Body of Christ' is His Church. The Body meaning (you and me, etc.)
Church is the temple of God now. Nothing built by unbelieving Jews.

"If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple." 1Cor 3:17


The Bible even Jesus tells us the temple will be rebuilt again. Do you want to call God a Liar?
Quote.
 

trofimus

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Surprise, the Third Temple is Built to fulfill the 70th Week of Daniel, right after we LEAVE for the Wedding of the Lamb in Heaven, and there will be a TEMPLE in the 1000 Year reign of Jesus Christ from the Throne of DAVID.
I do not believe in dispensationalism.

You cannot use a theological view as a proof of that theological view.
 

VCO

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I do not believe in dispensationalism.

You cannot use a theological view as a proof of that theological view.
I AM SURE, that we will find that YOUR view of dispensationalism is based on the the Five Points of Calvinism, WHICH DOES NOT DESCRIBE THE VAST MAJORITY OF CONSERVATIVE EVANGELICALS of today. And I personally am probably even LESS IN LINE WITH CALVINISM THAN MOST. WE are rejected by Calvinist, because we DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL FIVE of their Points. And we are REJECTED by Arminians, because we agree with some of the Five Points of Calvinism. Your slanted posing of the question, certainly tells me you REALLY DO NOT HAVE A CLUE about what we really believe.

I even doubt if you could explain the Arminiusm point of view without getting a lot of those calling themselves Arminians, shouting that is a lie. It is a DUMB thing to argrue about and always has been DUMB area of contention amongst BELIEVERS.

WE believe what the BIBLE SAYS, and if you BELIEVE a different interpretation of verses pertaining to certain doctrines, that is between you and GOD, and has NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. I WILL POST BELOW A DOCTRINAL STATEMENT OF FAITH THAT I AGREE WITH WHOLEHEARTEDLY, and if you believe something else, that is not my problem, and I DO NOT WANT TO ARGUE ABOUT ANY OF IT.

UP FRONT, Know that unlike most Conservative Evangelicals, I believe the BRIDE OF CHRIST is co-equally made up of O.T. Saints, and Church-Age Saints, and Tribulation Saints.


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