And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.�
From the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple until today the Temple Mount has been vacant of a Jewish Temple. There is only the outer wall of this Temple. The Wailing Wall.
Who is this Prince who is to come and destroy the Temple which is even not constructed today?
He is the Anti-Christ.
So, there should be the 7 years Peace Treaty to be signed in Jerusalem.
How the tribulation period can be 3 1/2 years if the Anti-Christ will make this agreement for 7 years? Let�s consider it today too.
There will be a time of distress/tribulation period � According to the prophecies, it will be for a time, times and half a time Which is also 1260 days or 42 (30-day) months.
The Beast/the Anti-Christ will be given a mouth to utter blasphemies and to exercise his authority for 42 (30-day) months. He will be given power to make war against the saints/christians and to conquer them. It will be the time of persecution of Christians. During this time 2 witnesses will testify about God.
Dan 7:25: �He will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints. The saints will be handed over to him for time {12 months}, times {24 months} and 1/2 a time {6 months}- the time of the tribulation period when the Anti-Christ will attack Christians!
During this time according to another prophecy in Revelation �Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.�
It will be the time 1260 days- the tribulation period.
Then he/the Anti-Christ will break the covenant of peace with Muslim states and Israel and during 42 Months he will attack Israel and Christians.
Also I believe that God said here about the Temple to be constructed in Jerusalem. It is a physical Temple. Why? Because God NEVER lies. Reread Revelation 11:1, 2:
Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, �Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles.
And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
42 Months the Anti-Christ and Gentiles will attack Israel and Christians!
But who are these Gentiles?
Muslims!!!
Brothers, God considers you -Muslims- as GENTILES!!!
If you will NOT turn your hearts to Him you will all perish in hell!
Because you do NOT belong to God of Israel! He is God of a Jew Moses and our father Ibrahim!
Why he should not measure the court which is outside the Temple?
Because it has been given to the Gentiles!!!
As we know there is no Temple now in Jerusalem except the outer wall Wailing Wall. But there is al Aqsa Mosque on the territory of the ex-temple. So, Jews will worship God as before but Gentiles/Muslims will worship Islamic allah there in Al Aqsa too. The same gentiles will attack Jerusalem for forty-two months (the period of persecution as described above). During this time God said that 2 witnesses will testify for 3 � years.
�And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.�
But what about the events (calamities and cataclysms) described in Revelation 8?
They should happen before the attack of Israel and christians by the Anti-Christ!!!
They also will happen within the time of tribulation but before 3 � years of the tribulation/persecution period!!! They are described in an order when then will happen. It is the sequence of events given us by God! So, the Mark of the Beast/chip to be implanted will be given to all people during the tribulation time/persecution period (Rev 13;14). Then angels will testify the last time to all nations and tribes. Because there are some people who have never heard about God of Israel and his Son Jesus. You Muslims at least have heard about Him but they have never heard about Him. And to avoid their judgment, God will give them a chance to believe in him too. Then Babylon will be destroyed and God Jesus will descend to protect Jews during the attack of the Muslim states and the Anti-Christ.
So, we see a 7-year agreement being made between the �Prince who is come�, and �Many� and Israel. The Anti-Christ will exercise his authority for 7 years. The agreement is broken at the midpoint, 3 � years, causing the Temple sacrifice to cease. The Great Tribulation could last for 7 years starting from the time of the coming of the Anti-Christ to power until the day of the war against Israel when Jesus will descend from heaven to protect Jews. During this time (within 7years) we will see the wrath of God/calamities (starting from the Revelation 8) which will last for 3 � years. And the start of the tribulation period/persecution period for 3 � years.
Also NOTE: that God does not play in games and He CLEARLY listed the sequence of the events, describing them as the trumpet blows.
In A.D. 638 The Muslim armies conquered the land of Israel from the Byzantine Empire. In 687 The Muslims built the Dome of the Rock/Al Aqsa Mosque on the location of the Jewish Temple. Muslims view the �Dome of the Rock� /Al Aqsa Mosque as the 3rd most holy site to Islam.
Does this create a problem for Israel?
No. Because God solves all problems of Israel.
The victory is not only for Israel�s sake. Israel victory is for the world to come to know of the God of Israel!
Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself,
and I will be known in the eyes of many nations.
Then they shall know that
I am the LORD.��
Ezekiel 38:23
�I will set My glory among the nations;
all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed,
and My hand which I have laid on them.
Ezekiel 39:21
Israel�s victory will turn Israel toward God.
Bt what about his Temple which should be constructed in Israel?
God Jesus will dwell in it for 1,000 years upon His Return to His earth created by Him.
We see in the 40th chapter of Ezekiel plans for a construction of a new Temple.
This future Temple will be the Temple during the time of reign of Ibn Allah on Earth.
Israel because they do not see Jesus as Messiah will errrect the Temple for the coming Messiah.
This Coming Messiah will come to earth during the war against Israel.
God said through the prophet Ezekiel:
He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
And the man said to me,
�Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears,
and fix your mind on everything I show you;
for you were brought here so that I might show them to you.
Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.�
(He showed the New Temple constructed in Israel)
And behold,
the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east.
His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.
The Spirit lifted me up
and brought me into the inner court;
and behold,
the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple,
while a man stood beside me.
And He said to me,
�Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet,
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.
No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name,
they nor their kings, by their harlotry
or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.
When they set their threshold by My threshold,
and their doorpost by My doorpost,
with a wall between them and Me,
they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed;
therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me,
and I will dwell in their midst forever.
�Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
Then He (God) brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary
which faces toward the east, but it was shut.
And the LORD said to me,
�This gate shall be shut;
it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it,
because the LORD God of Israel has entered by it;
therefore it shall be shut.
As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD;
he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.�
Ezekiel 40:3-4; 43: 2;5-10; 44:1-3
Who is this Prince who will sit in the Temple of God? God said that he will sit in the Temple and He will even eat there. God will see it. But he will go out the same way as he came in.
Who is he?
The Anti-Christ.
Israel will make a Peace Agreement with the �Prince to come�/the Anti-Christ for 7 years. Then we will see the abomination of desolation when the Anti-Christ will attack Israel and Christians and Jews.
Jesus also foretold the coming of the Third Temple, after the destruction by the Romans in A.D. 70. In Matthew 24:2, Jesus told the disciples after they commented about the beauty of the Temple, that not one stone would be left upon another. This was fulfilled in A.D. 70, by the Romans under Titus. Later Jesus refers to the time of the end, when the Third Temple would be defiled, causing the abomination of desolation/the tribulation period/the persecution of christians.
Jesus said:
�And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world
as a witness to all the nations,
and then the end will come.
�Therefore when you see the �abomination of desolation,�
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place�
(whoever reads, let him understand),
�then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.
And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
For then there will be great tribulation,
such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved;
but for the elect�s sake those days will be shortened.
�Then if anyone says to you, �Look, here is the Christ!� or �There!� do not believe it.
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
See, I have told you beforehand.
�Therefore if they say to you, �Look, He is in the desert!� do not go out;
or �Look, He is in the inner rooms!� do not believe it.
For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west,
so also will the coming of the Son of Man (Ibn Allah) be.
For wherever the carcass is,
there the eagles will be gathered together.
Matthew 24:14-28
Let no one deceive you by any means;
for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first,
and the man of sin is revealed,
the son of perdition,
who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped,
so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
Brothers, God CLEARLY said that the Anti-Christ will sit in the HOLY Temple of God.
Jesus warned us about it.
But God also said that He God will dwell in this Temple after the Anti-Christ during His millennium reign (1,000 years) on earth.
Who is this God?
He is Jesus.
He has feet to put there..NO OTHER God has feet!
And He (God) said to me,
�Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet,
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.
But what about Arab and Muslims?
What will they do if they will see God Jesus?
�Now say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel,
�Thus says the Lord GOD:
�O house of Israel, let Us have no more of all your abominations.
When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart
and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it�My house�and when you offered My food, the fat and the blood,
then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.
And you have not kept charge of My holy things,
but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.�
Thus says the Lord GOD:
�No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.
Ezekiel 44:6-9
What does it mean brothers? What did God say?
He said that ONLY HOLY people of God will come to God.
You all should be circumcised in your hearts. It means you should cut our your sins and abominations which God of Israel hates. If you will not do it then you will dwell among Israel for 1,000 years but you will NOT enter the sanctuary of His HOLY presence. You will just observe His reign on earth for 1,000 years. Then the satan will gather you together for the final war against the Son of God and His people and then the End will COME.
We will enter the NEW World created for us.
Your WAY will perish because you do NOT belong to the HOLY people of God. You are a foreigner among Israel/Church/Holy People of God because you love your abominations and sins/crimes!
Thus, if you will NOT TURN your heart to God of Israel and God Jesus you will perish.
God said and God will do what He said and what was written MANY CENTURIES before it would be fulfilled.
I respect what you say and your porphetic position in ministry, but I must disagree with you when reading what we are told in God's word of truth. I realize that all all f us do is can only spiritual guess and try to do our very best to come into a knowledge of God's word, and God has only allowed us to know those things He so desires for us to know...because there is no where in scripture wherein we find that Moses or Eliah will be the two witnesses standing before God, nor anyone else, we can only spiritually guess...
Anywayzzzz, I did a search and I would like to share with you a bit of what I found in answer to this question and see what you think because there is much to be said about the rebuilding of the temple during the end times, even commentaries from the Bible scholars of old. So maybe we can connect the dots with what you're saying and this short piece with scriptures of what God is saying...
Question: "What is Israel's role in the end times?" Answer: Every time there is an explosion of conflict in or around Israel, many see it as a sure sign of the quickly approaching end times. The problem with this is that it creates a �boy that cried wolf� syndrome. We may eventually tire of the conflict in Israel, so much so that we will not recognize when true prophetically significant events occur.
Conflict in Israel is not necessarily a sign of the end times. Conflict in Israel has been a reality whenever Israel has existed as a nation. Whether it was the Egyptians, Amalekites, Midianites, Moabites, Ammonites, Amorites, Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, or Romans, the nation of Israel has always been surrounded by and persecuted by its neighbors. Why is this? According to the Bible, it is because God has a special plan for the nation of Israel, and Satan wants to defeat that plan. Satanically influenced hatred of Israel�and especially Israel�s God�is the reason Israel�s neighbors have always wanted to see Israel destroyed. Whether it is Sennacherib, king of Assyria; Haman, official of Persia; Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany; or Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, attempts to ultimately destroy Israel will always fail.
The persecutors of Israel will come and go, but the persecution will remain until the second coming of Christ. As a result, conflict in Israel cannot be considered a reliable indicator of the soon arrival of the end times. At the same time, there will be terrible conflict in Israel during the end times. That is why the time period is known as the Tribulation, the Great Tribulation, and the �time of Jacob�s trouble� (Jeremiah 30:7). Here is what the Bible does say about Israel in the end times: There will be a mass return of Jews to the land of Israel (Deuteronomy 30:3; Isaiah 43:6; Ezekiel 34:11-13; 36:24; 37:1-14). The Antichrist will make a 7-year covenant of \"peace\" with Israel (Isaiah 28:18; Daniel 9:27). The Temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation 11:1). The Antichrist will break his covenant with Israel, and worldwide persecution of Israel will result (Daniel 9:27; 12:1, 11; Zechariah 11:16; Matthew 24:15, 21; Revelation 12:13). Israel will be invaded (Ezekiel chapters 38-39). Israel will finally recognize Jesus as their Messiah (Zechariah 12:10). Israel will be regenerated, restored, and regathered (Jeremiah 33:8; Ezekiel 11:17; Romans 11:26).
There is much turmoil in Israel today. Israel is persecuted, surrounded by enemies�the Palestinians, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, etc. But this hatred and persecution of Israel is only a hint of what will happen in the end times (Matthew 24:15-21). The latest round of persecution began when Israel was reconstituted as a nation in 1948. Many Bible prophecy scholars believed the six-day Arab-Israeli war in 1967 was the \"beginning of the end.\" Could what is taking place in Israel today indicate that the end is near? Yes. Does it necessarily mean the end is near? No. Jesus Himself said it best, \"Watch out that no one deceives you.
For many will come in my name, claiming, \'I am the Christ,\' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come\" (Matthew 24:4-6). from gotquestions.org Also, if this a spiritual temple as you suggest, I am not connecting the dots of scriptures to bring me into an understanding that this is what God is speaking about. Here is another piece I found see what you, Bahira, and Halfback think about this piece ...
The seven year covenant of the Antichrist. This particular event is also pretribulational but not a pre-Rapture event. When the Antichrist has consolidated his ten kings together and the threat of the Russian/Islamic invasion is past he will have all the political clout and military power he needs to �confirm� or make a firm covenant (Dan. 9:27) with �many� - many nations. This will be a covenant that is forced upon the Jews and other surrounding nations which contains strong guarantees. It will probably guarantee the Jews peace in the Middle East, protection, and public freedom to reinstate their ancient Jewish worship without Arab conflict. The signing of this covenant with Israel is an important time marker. It actually marks the beginning of the Tribulation Period. It is the key event that starts the Tribulation Period for the Bible tells us that the covenant will be made for �one week� (Dan. 9:27) which Daniel confirms is a week consisting of seven years. This time reference corresponds to the Tribulation Period (Dan. 7:25; 12:7; Rev. 12:6).
In some way all the events that transpire in the prophetic gap of time between the Rapture and Tribulation Period will lead to the signing of this covenant with the Jewish nation. This will then be the time marker that officially begins the seven year Tribulation Period. 9. The rebuilding of the tribulation temple. The signing of this Jewish covenant will evidently result in the reinstatement of Jewish worship since during the middle of the Tribulation Period Daniel teaches that the Antichrist will break his covenant with Daniel�s people (Dan. 9:27). This means that a Tribulation temple (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15; 2 Thess. 2:3-4) will be rebuilt, and it may actually be constructed before the beginning of the Tribulation Period, so it is ready to go when the covenant is made with the Jewish nation.
The Biblical data is not sufficient to dogmatically state that the rebuilding of the temple will take place during the interim period of time between the Rapture and beginning of the Tribulation. However, it may very well occur during this prophetic gap of time. All that we know is that the temple will be functioning by the middle of the Tribulation Period (Rev. 11:1-2) and that it will be overtaken by the Antichrist during the middle of the Tribulation (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 25:15). If Israel begins to engage in temple worship when the covenant is signed (Dan. 9:27), this would indicate a rebuilding of the temple prior to this covenant agreement. If temple worship is going to be up and running at the offset of the Tribulation Period and last for three-and-one-half years, there would need to be a prior to rebuilding of this building structure. This building of the temple will no doubt occur during the interim period of time that follows the Rapture and precedes the commencement of the Tribulation Period.
The Jews will quickly rebuild their temple structure under the protection of the new Middle East hero and return to their ancient Jewish worship. The signing of the covenant will then ensure their freedom of worship for three-and-one-half years (Dan. 9:27). Preparations for the temple are already being made today and the stage is being set for the Tribulation temple to be erected under the authority of the end-time Antichrist. The 75-Day Prophetic Gap Between the Tribulation and Millennium Daniel 12:11-12 �And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.� The Bible teaches there will also be a 75 day extension that follows the seven-year Tribulation Period.
We might view this as a gap of time that exists between the official ending of the seven-year Tribulation Period (Daniel 9:27) and the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom (Rev. 20:6). The three and one half years, figured according to the normal 360 day Jewish calendar, would total 1,260 days. However, the Bible presents a 75 day gap of time between the ending of the Tribulation Period and beginning of the Millennial Kingdom (Daniel 12:11-12). We might view this as another prophetic gap. It�s a gap of time that exists between the official closing of the Tribulation Period and the commencement of the Millennial Kingdom.
Daniel had earlier spoken about a seven year covenant that the Antichrist would make with the Jewish nation and how the Antichrist would break this covenant during the middle of the seven years, Daniel 9:27 records: �And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.� Daniel 12:11 now adds this time information: �And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.� The abomination of desolation is an event that involves the Antichrist erecting a statue of himself in the temple of Jerusalem. It occurs during the middle of the Tribulation Period (Dan. 9:27). However, we discover something from Daniel�s later writings. Instead of the statue remaining in the temple for 1,260 days (a Jewish three and one half years), it will actually remain in the temple for a period of 1,290 days. This adds thirty days to the official ending of the seven years. So the total period of time when the Antichrist�s statue is seated in the temple will be 1,290 days.
This is an interesting observation. Daniel 12:11 declares that there will be 30 days that follow the 1,260 days (last three and one half years) of the seven-year Tribulation Period. Daniel says that after �the time of the end� (Tribulation Period � Dan. 12:9) has run its course, there would be a 30 day extension, prior to Christ�s Second Coming and the establishment of the Millennial Kingdom. The total number of days would be 1,290. Evidently the additional thirty days, totaling 1,290 days, explains the amount of time the statue will be erected in the temple. Daniel 12:12 �Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.� Daniel 12:12 adds another 45 additional days that will follow the already 30-day extension of time (totaling 1,335 days). This makes the total time extension, or gap of time that exists between the ending of the Tribulation Period and beginning of the Millennial Kingdom, to be 75 days. The normal Jewish calendar of days is 1,260 days or thee and one half years (Rev. 11:3; 12:6). But now Daniel says that 30 additional days (1,290 - Dan. 12:11), and then 45 additional days (Dan. 12:12) will come to pass, following the seven-year Tribulation Period, making the total number of extension days to be 75. In essence, there is a 75-day gap of time that exists between the ending of the Tribulation Period and beginning of the Millennial Kingdom.
The math looks like this: 1,260 + 30 + 45 = 1,335 (�the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days� � Dan. 12:11-12). This is a time extension of 75 days which comes after the normal Jewish calendar of 1,260 days. 1,335 � 1,260 = 75 days. What events are going to occur during this prophetic tap of time? 1.The astronomical signs (Matthew 24:29). These will begin to occur during the 30-day gap of time. It should be noted that Christ returns to earth following the astronomical signs which occur immediately �after the tribulation of those days� (Matt. 24:29).
Since no person knows the exact time when Christ will return to earth in His revelation (Matt. 24:36), He will obviously return during the time extension that follows the Tribulation Period, or during this 75 day prophetic gap of time that exists between the official closing of the Tribulation Period (1,260 days) and the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom (1,000 year reign of Christ). It should be restated that the abomination of desolation will still be set up 30 days after the 1,260 days (Dan. 12:11). This can indicate several things, none of which we can be dogmatic about. First, Christ may return somewhere during the 30 day gap of time and then finally remove the statue on day 1,290. Second, the Jews fighting in Jerusalem may also remove the statue 30 days after the Tribulation Period has expired (Dan. 12:1-9; 14:1-3). This would mean that Christ could conceivably return somewhere in the 45 day period of time to rescue the Jews (Zech 14:4-5).
Here is what we need to remember. The season of Christ�s return will be known (Matt. 24:33) but the exact day or hour no person will know (Matt. 24:36). The signs that accompany Christ�s return will occur �immediately after the tribulation� (Matt. 24:29) but the exact timing of His actual coming cannot be calculated, due to the 75 day gap of time that exists, between the official closing of the Tribulation Period and beginning of the Millennial Kingdom.
2.The resurrection of the two witnesses will take place who have prophesied during the last three and one half years of the Tribulation Period (Rev. 11:3, 11-12). This means they will be resurrected at the very beginning of the 30 day gap of time.
3.The abomination of desolation is removed from the temple on the thirtieth day (Daniel 12:11).
4.The Jews continue to hold on to the city of Jerusalem while the armies continue to advance upon them and their beloved city (Zech. 12:1-9; 14:1-3). This may extend beyond the 30 day period into the 45 day gap of time depending on the timing of Christ�s return.
5. The Jewish remnant eventually calls for Messiah�s return (Hosea 5:15; 6:1-3). This could conceivably take place during the 30 or 45 day extension depending on the timing of Christ�s return.
6.The destruction of the national armies represented in Armageddon throughout the land of Palestine (Rev. 19:15-19; Isa. 63:1-6; Zech. 14:1-4). This could conceivably take place during the 30 or 45 day extension depending on the timing of Christ�s return.
7.The Antichrist and the false prophet are cast into the Lake of Fire (Rev. 19:20-21). This will take place during the 45 day gap.
8. Satan is cast into the abyss (Revelation 20:1-3). This will take place during the 45 day gap.
9.The national mourning and salvation of Israel in the land (Zech. 12:10-13:1; Rom. 11:26). This will take place during the 45 day gap.
10. Israel is regathered from all over the earth for entrance into the Millennial Kingdom (Matt. 24:31; Isaiah 11:11-12; Ezekiel 20:34). This will take place during the 45 day gap.
11. Israel is judged (Ezekiel 20:30-39; Matt. 24:32-51; 25:1-30). This will take place during the 45 day gap.
12. Gentiles are gathered and judged (Matthew 25:31-46; Joel 3:2). This will take place during the 45 day gap.
13. Old Testament saints and Tribulation saints are resurrected and rewarded (Daniel 12:1-3; Isaiah 26:19; Revelation 20:4; 11:15). This will take place during the 45 day gap.
14.The millennial temple is reconstructed (Ezekiel 40-48). This will begin to take place during the 45 day gap.
15.The clean up and reconstruction of the old earth for the Millennial Kingdom (Isaiah 35:1-2, 6-7). This will begin to take place during the 45 day gap. Of course, these last two events may continue to find fulfillment and be fully realized during the Millennial Kingdom. Understanding prophetic gaps in the Scripture will enable the Bible student to grasp the Bible in a more understandable fashion. The Bible is a unique Book. God wrote certain passages of Scripture to span the ages and provide us with both a near and far fulfillment. The gaps of time must be dealt with if the student of Scripture is going to understand the significance of the end times and God�s plan for the ages. by Pastor Kelly Sensenig
Now there are many who suggest that Christ will rule in the Temple in Jerusalem for 1,000 years as put forth in Ezekiel Chapters 40-48.
There are several big problems with this scenario such as according to Ezekiel 40-48 there will be thousands of bloody animal sacrifices every year for 1,000 years for ATONEMENT and FORGIVENESS for sin.
Ephesians 2:19b-22:� "You are members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ Himself as the chief cornerstone {Of the 4th and LAST TEMPLE}.� In Him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a HOLY TEMPLE in the Lord.� And in Him you too are being built {Living Stones-1 Pet 2:5} together to become a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit.
� 2 Cor 6:16 "For *WE are the TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD!"{See Revelation 11:1 above!!} Acts 17:24: The God who made the world and everything in it ...DOES NOT LIVE IN TEMPLES BUILT BY HANDS!!"
NOTE: Hebrews 9:15,26b-28: Christ is the mediator of a NEW COVENANT so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant...But now He has APPEARED once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the SACRIFICE of Himself... so Christ was SACRIFICED ONCE to take away the sins of many people, and He will *APPEAR* a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him." when Jesus will bring in Everlasting Righteousness on the Last Day of the Last 7.
Prophet, I posted before you, so we must have been posting at the same time lol. Take a look at what i have posted above what oyu've just posted... Thanks, ella
I Cor 15:20-24: �But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the FIRSTFRUITS of those who have fallen asleep...For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ the FIRSTFRUITS {On the Day of Firstfruits}; then when He comes, **THOSE WHO BELONG TO HIM**.:rolleyes: {*THEN*} the {*END*} will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.� :peace:
2 Peter 7,10,13: �The present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men... But the DAY OF THE LORD {See I Cor 1:7,8} will come like a thief.{To unbelievers-I Thess 5:4,5} The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be burned up{**NOT 1,000 years after Day of the Lord}... But in keeping with His promise we are looking forward to a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH, the Home of righteousness.� :applause:
Rev 21 1:1-3: Then I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. {THEN} I saw the NEW JERUSALEM, coming down out of heaven from God...,And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, �Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them!!� :applause: You will note that the New Jerusalem will come only *AFTER the present heaven and earth have passed away on the DAY OF THE LORD! Read Hebrews 11:10, 14-16 & John 14:1-3. The pre-tribbers wrongly believe that THE DAY OF THE LORD is the entire Great Tribulation period. However, Acts 2:20 states �The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood {See Matt 24:29} **BEFORE** the coming of the great and glorious DAY OF THE LORD.� {See 2 Peter 3:10 above!!}
�IS THE 1,000 YEAR FIRST RESURRECTION IN REVELATION 20:4-6 FOR THE 24 ELDERS ON THRONES AND MARTYRS ONLY??
Jesus promised to 12 Apostles who followed Him {Including Paul?} that they would be given 12 THRONES and the authority to JUDGE in Matthew 19:28 & Luke 22:30. In Revelation 4:4 Before the beginning of the Great Tribulation John saw exactly 24 thrones surrounding God's Throne in Heaven. The other 12 thrones were most likely given to 12 prominent OT Elders such as Abraham, Joseph and Isaiah. One of these 24 Elders speaks in Rev 7:13-17 and after the 7TH angel sounds the 7TH and Last Trumpet in Rev 11:15 ONLY the 24 Elders state in Rev 11:16-18: �The time has come for JUDGING the dead and for rewarding your saints.�
��It is completely obvious that the 1,000 year reign mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is for 24 ELDERS on Thrones and MARTYRS ONLY according to God's Word in Revelation 20:4,5b,6a: "I saw Thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to JUDGE and I saw the SOULS of those who had been beheaded {Or martyred} because of their testimony for Jesus {NT Martyrs} and because of the Word of God {OT Martyrs}.
They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands {Tribulation Martyrs}. THEY {THE 24 ELDERS & MARTYRS} came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years... This is the FIRST RESURRECTION... Blessed and holy are those who have part in the FIRST RESURRECTION.
Rev 20:5a: �The rest of the dead {Those saints who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on Thrones} did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ENDED.� Which, of course, would be the SECOND RESURRECTION at the 2nd Coming of Jesus.
There are only TWO RESURRECTIONS for all saints mentioned in Rev 20:4-6: The FIRST RESURRECTION is for Martyrs and the 24 Elders only and INCLUDES the Tribulation Martyrs. And therefore the SECOND RESURRECTION must come on the Last Day of the Great Tribulation and must include all saints {Both OT & NT} who are not martyrs or the 24 Elders on thrones.
The Heavenly rewards for the faithful and courageous *MARTYRS* is one of the most important central themes in the book of Revelation. For they will reign with Jesus in Heaven during the 1,000 years before His 2nd Coming; and according to Revelation 7:14-17: They are before the Throne of God and God will spread His tent over them. They will receive White Robes washed in the blood of the Lamb. Never again will they hunger or thirst and God Himself will wipe every tear from their eyes. Jesus will be their Shepherd and will lead them to springs of Living Water.
FOR EXAMPLE: Let us suppose that the SECOND RESURRECTION takes place on November 25th, 2014; then the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION for MARTYRS AND 24 ELDERS ONLY would take place from November 25th, AD 1014 to November 25th, 2014. The 24 Elders and all of the OT & NT saints martyred before November 25th, 1014 were awakened to reign with Jesus in Heaven and every Martyr martyred after November 25th, 1014 were and will be immediately awakened to reign with Jesus in the continuous 1,000 year FIRST RESURRECTION to be completed on November 25th, 2014 at the SECOND RESURRECTION when "The rest of the dead come to life when the thousand years are ENDED." {Rev 20:5a}
Rev 20:4b �I saw the *SOULS of those who had been martyred because of their testimony for Jesus... they came to life and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years. The Martyrs SOULS will only get their New Heavenly bodies when the 1,000 years are ENDED at the 2nd Coming of Jesus.
This seems to contradict John 6:40: Jesus says, �EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.� However, the LAST DAY RESURRECTION could last 1,000 years for in 2 Pet 3:8 we read: �With the Lord a DAY is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years are like a DAY!!:applause:
�� NOTE: The prophecies and time periods found in Daniel 8:1-27 {1150 days or 2300 morning and evening sacrifices} and Daniel 10:11 to 11:45 and Daniel 12:11,12 {1290 & 1335 Days} were all completely fulfilled during the evil reign of Antiochus Epiphanes IV from 172 BC to 164 BC {See Macabees 1:10,44-64; 4:52,53} and have absolutely nothing to do with the time periods and prophecies of the 1260-Day Great Tribulation or reign of 666; and are not mentioned or even implied in Revelation or anywhere in the New Testament. Daniel 12:1-10 was an End-Time Prophecy parenthesis { } which did not include Daniel 11:45 nor Daniel 12:11,12. Almost all of the prophecies in the OT are a parenthesis { } in a text which had nothing to do with the prophecy. The only End-Time verses in Daniel are Daniel 2:31-45; Daniel 7:7-28; Daniel 9:27b and Daniel 12:1-10.
:ROFL:... too funny.. Prophet has much work to gather to guve us a clear answer to all our questions so we cn connect the dot.
I know when Jesus returns He is going to set up His kingdom because we are told this, and rule and we who are believers will rule along side of Him.
But from what I understand there will also be a physical temple built and this will be where the antichirst who is a real man of the devil along with his host of people as Paul and Jesus both describs, will deceive the people with healings and working signs and wonders according to what Paul speaks in his writings, and all of this will take place BEFORE CHRIST RAPTURES THE SPIRITUAL CHURCH... if I'm understanding correctly... So surely, the spiritual temple Richard speaks about , which I Preceive as being in the bosom of Jesus Christ, the antichirst will not be allowed to enter to do such.
1 Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood,[a] saying, �Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. 2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. 3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.�
Also, please think where is located this Tempel:
5 After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. 6 And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands. Rev 15:6
