According to prevalent Jewish tradition, prophecy ceased with Malachi, not to be renewed until the Messianic Age. So now, who is instructing the construction of another temple in Jerusalem? Is the Temple Institute and their supporters' move to rebuild the temple of prophetic origin inspired by a command from YHUH our Creator, or is it just a man-made agenda which will cause unimaginable disaster?
I personally have not heard of a prophetic decree from YHUH ordering the temple to be rebuilt [neither the place where it is to built]. I believe it is not to be built by human hands, as it states in Revelations:
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new shamayim (heaven) and a new earth: for the first shamayim (heaven) and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the qodesh (holy) city, new Jerusalem, coming down from YHUH out of shamayim ( heaven), prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of shamayim (heaven) saying, Behold, the tabernacle of YHUH is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and YHUH himself shall be with them, and be their Elohim.
Most importantly, in New Jerusalem:
Rev 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for YHUH Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
Rev 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of YHUH did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
It is my belief that YHUH is to announce His wishes if a temple is to be rebuilt – in the past either YHUH has spoken directly or his prophets prior to Malachi conveyed His instructions to the people when the first temples were built. YHUH made it clear that He chooses how people are to honour Him, as follows:
Deu_16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before YHUH thy Elohim in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before YHUH empty:
Deu_17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which YHUH thy Elohim shall choose;
Deu_26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that YHUH thy Elohim giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which YHUH thy Elohim shall choose to place his name there.
Not to mention that it says in scripture regarding the Ark of the Covenant:
Jer 3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith YHUH they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of YHUH: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be made/done any more.
Well, without the Ark there is no need for a temple then.
Any man-made effort is sure to fall into disaster, as many examples in scripture points out, when YHUH is not behind the effort. For example:
Num 14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Num 14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would Elohim that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would Elohim we had died in this wilderness!
Num 14:3 And wherefore hath YHUH brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Num 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Num 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Num 14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
Num 14:7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
Num 14:8 If YHUH delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Num 14:9 Only rebel not ye against YHUH, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and YHUH is with us: fear them not.
Num 14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of YHUH appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
Num 14:11 And YHUH said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Num 14:12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Num 14:13 And Moses said unto YHUH, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
Num 14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou YHUH art among this people, that thou YHUH art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Num 14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Num 14:16 Because YHUH was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Num 14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of YHUH be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Num 14:18 YHUH is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Num 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
Num 14:20 And YHUH said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
Num 14:21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the splendour of YHUH.
Num 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my splendour, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Num 14:23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
Num 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
Num 14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Num 14:26 And YHUH spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 14:27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Num 14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith YHUH, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Num 14:29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Num 14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Num 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Num 14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
Num 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
Num 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
Num 14:35 I YHUH have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Num 14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Num 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before YHUH.
Num 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Num 14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
Num 14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which YHUH hath promised: for we have sinned.
Num 14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of YHUH? but it shall not prosper.
Num 14:42 Go not up, for YHUH is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Num 14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from YHUH, therefore YHUH will not be with you.
Num 14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of YHUH, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
Num 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Daniel makes it quite clear that the end times will be most perilous as the man of perdition makes his appearance and sits in the temple as if he is Elohim. I personally believe this will be the Pope of Rome as he thinks he has the greatest claim to owning Jerusalem from the days of the Crusades. Watch this YouTube video:
(If there is mention of rapture and a doctrinal slant in this video please note I do not follow this belief as I will explain later in the article. I am only referring to this video in regard to the Pope's intentions)
(If there is mention of rapture and a doctrinal slant in this video please note I do not follow this belief as I will explain later in the article. I am only referring to this video in regard to the Pope's intentions)
Rome and the Roman Catholic church have had a huge impact on the Yahudim over the centuries. They make their appearance here:
Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Dan 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Dan 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the qodesh people.
Dan 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Dan 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the qodesh covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
Dan 11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
Dan 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the qodesh covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the qodesh covenant.
Dan 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Dan 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their Elohim shall be strong, and do exploits.
Dan 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Dan 11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
Dan 11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
Dan 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the Elohim of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Dan 11:37 Neither shall he regard the Elohim of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Dan 11:38 ***But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. ***
Dan 11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Dan 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Dan 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Dan 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Dan 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. (Arab spring?)
Dan 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Dan 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the splendid (glorious) qodesh (holy) mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
*** Act 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of Elohim, we ought not to think that the Sovereignty of YHUH is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Dan 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Dan 12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
Dan 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
Dan 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Dan 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Dan 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Dan 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Dan 12:11 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.
Dan 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Dan 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
The most notable verses in Malachi which Jews refuse to acknowledge are as follows:
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Dan 9:27 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.
I believe Yahushua Messiah was begotten by YHUH through Miriam (Mary) and that as the son of Elohim He was crucified but was raised again to life by His father YHUH after three days and nights in the tomb. Yahushua ascended to shamayim to minister on our behalf in the temple in shamayim until it is time for Him to return to reap His harvest of true Yahudim awaiting resurrection and quickening upon His return. According to Thessalonians there will be great apostasy with the majority of people not having true emunah (faith) in YHUH and His son Yahushua through the working of YHUH's qodesh spirit.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called YHUH, or that is worshipped; so that he as Elohim sitteth in the temple of YHUH, shewing himself that he is Elohim.
So why build a temple for the man of perdition to sit in? Perhaps misguidedly some people are wishing to speed the end up and force YHUH's hand if possible. Sadly though these same people that are making such a presumptuous move, or contributing to such an idea, will no doubt come to regret their presumption as those in times past did in the Sinai dessert whilst wandering around for forty years.
As everyone knows by now, the preparation for the third temple in Jerusalem are steaming along full-speed – red heifer breeding is proceeding, the training of Kohanim is taking place, all the instruments and garments for the temple have been made, the Sanhedrin is being put together, a practice sacrifice of the Passover lamb was enacted this year, and now they are searching for a direct descendent of the blood line of David to herald in another Davidic kingdom. This latest development reminds me of the greatest error in times past – wanting a man-made kingdom – they slew Yahushua as He did not want an earthly kingdom but was centred around His father's spiritual rule and reign (pagan word - kingdom). Jew refuse to believe we are already in the Messianic Age, their Messiah is supposed to come to Jerusalem for the first time once they've built their temple. Interestingly enough there is mention in this verse as follows:
Heb 1:1 YHUH, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds (Strong's G165);
G165
αἰών
aiōn
ahee-ohn'
From the same as G104; properly an age; by extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world; specifically (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future): - age, course, eternal, (for) ever (-more), [n-]ever, (beginning of the, while the) world (began, without end). Compare G5550.
Yochanan the immerser (John the Baptist) declared the coming Messianic Age:
Mat 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Mat 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom(rule and reign) of shamayim (heaven) is at hand.
Mat 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Messiah, make his paths straight.
Yahushua himself declared:
Mat 4:17 From that time Yahushua began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom (rule and reign) of shamayim (heaven) is at hand.
If the Jew's Messiah does not return in the time-frame set by the Temple Institute then I believe they will try to institute a king in Jerusalem of David's lineage instead. Let's read what YHUH said regarding earthly kings:
1Sa 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1Sa 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto YHUH.
1Sa 8:7 And YHUH said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
1Sa 8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
1Sa 8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1Sa 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of YHUH unto the people that asked of him a king.
1Sa 8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
1Sa 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1Sa 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
1Sa 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
1Sa 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1Sa 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
1Sa 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
1Sa 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and YHUH will not hear you in that day.
1Sa 8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1Sa 8:20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
1Sa 8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of YHUH.
1Sa 8:22 And YHUH said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king.
We all know how things went from there in scriptures, don't we? A never-ending downward spiral.
All must be in Yahuah's time, for:
Heb_10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.
We, as true Yahudim, should not participate in encouraging Jews and other supporters of the temple rebuilding to make a grave error but should rather warn them of the consequences of their actions. It is sad to hear some cult following “Christians” (as they call themselves) stating that they believe that the “falling away” verse:
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
means the rapture. There is no such thing as the rapture of believers, it is a fallacy. More likely when scriptures refer to someone being taken, as in, two in the field, one is taken, means the one taken is killed. These false followers revel in the idea that they will be raptured into shamayim prior to tribulation only to leave the Jews to their earthly kingdom to endure tribulations and plagues for their unbelief until they change their ways. This is the left behind scenario where all heathens will get another chance, which is again a complete lie, as:
2 Pe 3:10 But the day of YHUH will come as a thief in the night; in the which shemayim (the heavens) shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all qodesh conversation and YHUH likeness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of Elohim, wherein shemayim (the heavens) being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new shemayim (heavens) and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2Pe 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
