Jew and Christians await the third Temple in Jerusalem to annonce the arrival of their Messiah.
I am not convinced by the "stone temple" step.
Jesus Christ makes the emphasis on the true Temple of God
Mark 13:
1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
The flesh is always impressed by the material might: luxuries, beauty, violence. The Spirit is impressed by an invisible thing: Jesus takes the opposing standpoint from his disciples, and reminds them of who is the true Temple of God.
Christ prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem in 70, as well as the destruction of his body, and also the destruction of our own temple, the temple of God.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
The hardest part is to understand the timeline. As often, we don't know what Jesus Christ is talking about as he can talk about several events at the same time.
5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
So, many antichrist must rise first, and create many false religions.
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
We need to see catastrophies making us believe that the end has come. From the roman empire to the ongoing world wars, those verses apply.
9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Christians will be first persecuted by other believers, christians. The great prostitute at work. Notice that it is our duty, for a testimony against them.
10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
This part was fulfilled only recently.
11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against theirparents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
To keep in mind.
14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Daniel 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.
This is a spiritual template. My understanding is that time does not work as we may think, and events are like superposed in the "spiritual world", the true reality. "Nothing new under the sun", same templates, repeating again and again through history, same causes same consequences.
The material explanation is Antiochus desacrating the Temple with an idol an some pig blood.
The main prophetic awaiting is the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem and its dedication to a substitute for God, the antichrist.
Jerusalem is a city but not out of bricks, rather a living city, a people. God values living souls more than stones. Antichrist is a spirit, the spirit of antichrist, let us know who the temple is.
I avoid quoting theologians, but let's hear John Calvin here, who states that the translation of th verse above is a total obliteration of the temple, without any hope of reconstruction, and death follows.
The human anatomy is changing, the temple is being dismantled block by block, and no reconstrucion can occur.
This abomination causes a void, a desolation: the removal of the Holy Spirit.
God did it once before the deluge, He withdrew his Spirit, and Jesus Christ warns us: "As in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the return of the son of man" (Matthew 24:37)
The days of Noah refer to the old world, atlantis, the zep tepi, "tachnological paradise" sunk because of its violence and the genetic corruption. This motivated a total eradication of the living from the surface of the earth, except for a couple of each species, chosen by God himself.
God cannot fill a temple He did not design.
15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
Don't do like Lot's wife, we are good to go, no turning back.
16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
Forget your works, focus on God, too late if you are naked.
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
The woman feeding the children are churches feeding converts.
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. (used to say "nor on a shabbat")
In winter there are no fruits. The end of the world is the harvest.
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
This one must be clear by itself.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
That's why there is a seal on the forehead of God's chosen people, before any evil comes over any tree (fruitful) nor grass (unfruitful). Revelation 9:4
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
God defines the sun being darkened in Amos 8:9,11, precisely, God will hide from us.
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
As I said before, the figtree, sterile, is Israel. In 1948 the sap was back in the branches. Summer is the season of harvest, the end of the world.
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
The Apostles, especially Paul in his letters, seemed to believe that they were the last generation. Each generation probably sougth to be the last one since Christ, and it is a good thing because it is exactly what our Lord expects from us. Have our life on earth packed up and be ready t leave at any moment. So this generation honors the tradition, except that God talks specifically of the figtree generation. 1948, this generation won't pass.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Again: the Bible, being ink on paper, is of this world which will pass away, on the contrary the laws of the Creator cannot change, God being independant from His creation.
Now we see why this world need to pass away: the abominations of the old world brought the deluge with only 8 survivors. Now the history has repeated itself, but the extent is far worse, this world becomes an abomination, causing a desolation that cannot be fixed.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
This chapter concludes with a loop, bringing us back to its beginning. The reconstruction of the Temple in Danile is here presented as a destruction, stone by stone. This is the same event.
Adam was the first temple, Jesus Christ the second Adam, the second Temple. Perfect, us being one with Him, one Temple with Christ at the head.
The third temple is a demolished one, twisted and corrupted, causing the desolation, removal of the Siprit of God. Death.
That's why God will shorten the days for the sake of his elect, otherwise no one should be saved.
Keep your eyes open, pray, his said he is at the door.
Man, vessel of clay receiving the Holy Ghost (Genesis 2:7) is the Temple containing the Spirit of God.
The man Christ is the perfect Temple of God, a raw model.
Christ is the head of the church, we are collectively the Templ of our God, separated on earth by necessary divisions, but united in the kingdom of heavens by the Spirit of God.
"Destroy this temple, in three days I will raise it up"
3 days of darkness, 3 years of suffering, then God will revive by his breath the decapitated two witnesses.
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