Revolution in Iran
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You are not able to prove your position.
I can, and have quite resoundingly.
Thus far unchallenged by anything other than vapid mindless pejoratives.
You don't prove anything except that you are the spiritual progeny of the pharisees
It is impossible to rebuild the temple, it would be a building nothing more.
It can never be holy, the veil was torn.
You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through.
1 Peter 2:5
This is a bit dramatized but I found it interesting, maybe God will make it another EPIC FAIL!!!
- - - >Emperor Julian (the Apostate) pushed to rebuild the Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount to undermine Christian prophecy (Jesus' words that no stone would remain upon another after its 70 AD destruction).
He funded it, let Jews return to Jerusalem, and appointed Alypius of Antioch to oversee the work. As soon as foundations were cleared and laid, catastrophe struck: contemporary accounts describe a violent earthquake shaking the site, scattering stones and materials. Then terrifying balls of fire erupted from the ground (or foundations), bursting forth repeatedly, scorching and burning workers, making the area impossible to approach.
(Pagan historian Ammianus Marcellinus reported "horrible balls of fire... rendering the place inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen." Christian writers like Gregory of Nazianzus added flames issuing forth, consuming some like Sodom's fate.)
The project collapsed in days. Workers fled, the site was abandoned, and Julian's death soon after in Persia ensured it was never resumed.
How odd that that place is now called Sodom by God.
The cult of death. That's really all that's ever on their lips
Think of it as a stage prop for the final act. That being the defeat of the son of perdition, his armies, and the redemption of Israel.
Whether it is holy or not is debatable, and not particularly relevant.
What IS relevant is the fulfillment of prophecies and promises and covenants!
It is also true that the legitimate Holy Temple WILL be rebuilt in the millennium post-Second Coming, with the Holy One sitting in it.
It doesn't get any holier than that.
You can debate about whether or not James was the leader of a cult, but you can't debate about whether or not his advice to Paul to pay for the sacrifice for those with the nazarite vow was wrong. The book of Hebrews clearly states that is wrong, and Acts clearly states James was the leader who told Paul to do that.
That was done to minimize the opportunities for accusations and violence. It had nothing to do with God or spiritual matters
2 Thess 2:4 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.
Vine's expository dictionary:
Sanctuary:
is used of the inner part of the Temple in Jerusalem, in Mat 23:35, RV, "sanctuary.
Matthew 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Vine's expository dictionary:
Temple:
the neuter of the adjective hieros, "sacred," is used as a noun denoting "a sacred place, a temple," that of Artemis (Diana), Act 19:27; that in Jerusalem, Mar 11:11, signifying the entire building with its precincts, or some part thereof, as distinct from the naos, "the inner sanctuary" (see No. 2); apart from the Gospels and Acts, it is mentioned only in 1Cr 9:13. Christ taught in one of the courts, to which all the people had access. Hieron is never used figuratively. The Temple mentioned in the Gospels and Acts was begun by Herod in 20 B.C., and destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70.
and with that we will end our discussion, no longer interested in a discussion about the Bible with someone who has this attitude.
We are His new creation, first the natural and then the spiritual.
Deut 32, the song of Moses tells of Israel's end and destruction, which was completed in 70AD.
All the covenant curses from Deut 28 were fully meted out on that unfaithful harlot, Israel.
Josephus confirms for us all the horrific details.
Anyways, as easy as it is to get sucked into Roman history and we are much guilty for getting distracted by it, we must remember history is being written right now with the pen made of iron today. A little information about the new supposed Ayatollah the son of Khamenei, and Trump's reactions.