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Matthew 24
1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2And Jesus said unto them,See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Strongs
2411. hieron hee-er-on' neuter of 2413; a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts (whereas 3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple (at Jerusalem or elsewhere):--temple.
It just doesn't add up to me. Notice in the rest of Matt 24 Jesus proceeds to answer the three questions of verse 3 as one.
Compare Luke 21
5And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
They ask Him this time about the destruction of the temple and Christ goes to speak of the end of the world, thus it shall be at the end of the world when the temple is completely destroyed.
Also compare John 2
15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
Does anyone believe that they had sheep and oxen inside the central sanctuary itself?
Don't think when He drove them out He drove them out of the gates of the walls?
It seems odd, charisenexcelcis that you would want to include all the structures of the sanctuary yet exclude the wall structure, the most important part for protecting the temple. How could one be so selective? You consider it foundational, yet the foundation is the most important part of any structure.
1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2And Jesus said unto them,See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Strongs
2411. hieron hee-er-on' neuter of 2413; a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts (whereas 3485 denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple (at Jerusalem or elsewhere):--temple.
It just doesn't add up to me. Notice in the rest of Matt 24 Jesus proceeds to answer the three questions of verse 3 as one.
Compare Luke 21
5And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
They ask Him this time about the destruction of the temple and Christ goes to speak of the end of the world, thus it shall be at the end of the world when the temple is completely destroyed.
Also compare John 2
15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
Does anyone believe that they had sheep and oxen inside the central sanctuary itself?
Don't think when He drove them out He drove them out of the gates of the walls?
It seems odd, charisenexcelcis that you would want to include all the structures of the sanctuary yet exclude the wall structure, the most important part for protecting the temple. How could one be so selective? You consider it foundational, yet the foundation is the most important part of any structure.