IS THE END TIME TEMPLE YET TO BE BUILT
WHO WILL BUILD THE TEMPLE OF GOD
WHERE IS IT TO BE LOCATED
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TEMPLE AFTER IT IS BUILT
Whether or not there will be Gods temple on earth when Christ returns,
has been a hotly debated subject for many years.
Many people have put forth some interesting points of view on the subject.
In these end times God has revealed new truths for His people on many
subjects. Gods end time church will grow and continue to increase
in knowledge. With these things in mind let us keenly seek out the
new knowledge that God is giving to us regarding the Temple of God …….let
the reader understand……….
Is the end time temple yet to be built.
The scriptures are very plain on this subject.
God thought very highly of David.
1 KINGS 8 V 16
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
The following scripture shows that David wanted to build a temple for God.
1 KINGS 8 V 17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Even though God was pleased with Davids attitude regarding the temple, God wanted Solomon to build the temple.
1 KINGS 8 V 18-19
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart
to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall
come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
The reason why David was not allowed to build the temple was that he was a man of war.
1 CHRON 22 V 8
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight
God loved David and found him to be a man after His own heart.
ACTS 13 V 22
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
God loved David greatly, even though he was a man of war in his lifetime. David obeyed, believed and loved God with all his heart. God has a wonderful reward for David, one of his rewards is that he will be King over Israel, another is that God will allow David to build the end time temple of God.
This seems incredible to us, but this is what the scripture says.
David will return as a spirit being, with the Father, together they will
go and get Israel, who are being held captive. They will bring
Israel back to Jerusalem.
Israel will have a completely repentant attitude, and because of this
change of heart and mind, God will allow them to build the temple under
the leadership of King David.
This story seems almost too fabulous to be true, but this is exactly what your bible says. Lets quickly turn to these scriptures and believe, and understand this great new end time knowledge. Look up these scriptures for yourself and prove everything yourself, do not just rely on us to tell you, check everything and prove these things.
Notice this scripture, which shows clearly that the Father brings Israel out of captivity.
JER 31 V 6-9
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout
among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD,
save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them
from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the
woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company
shall return thither.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead
them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way,
wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim
is my firstborn.
This above scripture is proof that the Father will rescue Israel from their captivity. He will not do this alone…..
Notice the following scripture, David goes with the Father and brings Israel out of captivity.
JER 30 V 9
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
MICAH 2 V 12
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather
the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah,
as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by
reason of the multitude of men.
The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have
passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass
before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
Notice the last few lines of the above verses, and their king {David}
shall pass before them, and the Lord {the Father} on the head of them.
These scriptures are new knowledge for us. Read them over and
over until these great truths sink in.
Notice the following scripture for more proof that the Father rescues Israel. Notice especially verse 8
JER 23 V 7-8
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall
no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out
of the land of Egypt;
But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of
the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither
I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Just read verse 8 again…..the Lord liveth which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country
EZEK 34 V 23-24
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them,
even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince
among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
All these events are yet future, they occur after the time of Jacobs trouble, at the end of Jacobs trouble, 1/3 rd of Israel will go into captivity. This is about 141,000,000 people.
These people suffer terribly in captivity, about 127,000,000 people
die during this time.
Only 1/10 th of Israel will survive and return from captivity.
There are approximately 424,000,000 people in the nations of Israel
today. Only 14,000,000 will survive.
AMOS 5 V 3
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
The whole purpose for Jacobs trouble was to make Israel see that they
were living their lives contrary to Gods laws, ordinances and statutes,
and to bring on them just punishment for their behaviour and failure to
repent.
Because they are a stubborn, stiffnecked nation, they will not listen
to the prophets that God sends to warn them. Consequently they had
to go through the horrors described above.
Whilst the Israelites are in captivity, God expects that His end time church will feed them and care for them, physically and spiritually.
Notice these following scriptures which show that the church should have looked after Israel.
Eze 34:2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
The following Israelites have been through Jacobs trouble, they desperately need the church to help them. The church have not sought after Israel.
Eze 34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
The church was only interested in feeding itself, they did not care about Israel.
Eze 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Because the church will not go after Israel and try to find it and help it, God the Father has to do it Himself.
Eze 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
God provides both physical and spiritual food and drink for His church, but they do not pass on these things to Israel.
Eze 34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
The church did not care about giving Israel the best of the food and water, they took that for themselves.
Eze 34:19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
David, is Gods trusted servant, and he will feed them. Both David and the Father rescue Israel from captivity.
Eze 34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Once Israel have been through the captivity, their heart is changed to God.
Eze 34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
While Israel is in captivity, Elijah goes to them and turns their hearts to the Father and the Father’s heart is then turned to them.
MAL 4 V 5-6
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the LORD:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and
the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth
with a curse.
The word curse, in the above verse means utter destruction.
God wants Israel to have a changed mind, lets notice the following scriptures.
LEV 26 V 39-42
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in
your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall
they pine away with them.
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their
fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that
also they have walked contrary unto me;
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought
them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts
be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
remember the land.
If Israel will confess their iniquities, and the fact that they have walked contrary to God, if they will humble themselves and accept their punishment then God will remember His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
So now the big questions is, will Israel repent and see that Jacobs trouble, had to occur for their ultimate benefit. Will they have a change of heart. Let us see the answer to this question. Remember this is the remnant of Israel only 14,000,000 survivors of the horrendous Jacobs Trouble. Lets see what is their attitude……
EZEK 43 V 10-11
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they
may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the
form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof,
and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances
thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write
it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the
ordinances thereof, and do them.
EZEK 40 V 4
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and
hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee;
for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither:
declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
The above scripture is amazing, and the scripture below shows that God will live with Israel forever, so we know that they repented.
EZEK 43 V 7
And he said unto me, Son of man, 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 for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
Now to answer the question at the beginning of the article…….. is the
end time temple yet to be built.
Yes, it will be built at the end of Jacobs trouble.
Who will build the temple of God
We have almost answered this question above, however we will now go into greater detail in describing who will build the temple of God at the end of Jacobs trouble.
As stated above, Israel had to have a total change of attitude and heart, they even acknowledge that Jacobs trouble had to happen in order to bring about this change of mind.
EZEK 6 V 9-10
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither
they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring
after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which
they have committed in all their abominations.
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said
in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
EZEK 14 V 22-23
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought
forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you,
and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted
concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning
all that I have brought upon it.
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings:
and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done
in it, saith the Lord GOD.
The following scripture shows that God gives the plan of the temple to Israel for them to build. This construction will take place under the supervision of King David and the Father, which will be proven later in this article.
EZEK 43 V 10-11
Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they
may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the
form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof,
and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances
thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write
it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the
ordinances thereof, and do them.
The above scriptures show that Israel will build the temple when they
have a changed attitude.
The scripture below shows that David is the Branch.
ZECH 6 V 12
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
JER 33 V 15
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
This is the correct translation of the above verse, In those days and
at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up.
David shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
The words unto, and he, are not inspired and have been put in by the
translators.
JER 23 V 5-6
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David
a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
judgment and justice in the earth.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:
and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
David was a king and will be a king over all Israel. When the saints return to this earth, one of their duties will be judgment. He, along with the Father rescue Israel and Judah from captivity. The last few lines of the above verse should be translated, .....and this is the authority who says this, the Lord our Righteousness.
David, along with Israel will build the temple.
ZEC 6 V 15
And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
The following scriptures show that God the Father entered the temple.
EZEK 44 V 2
Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
EZEK 43 V 1-7
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward
the east:
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of
the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth
shined with his glory.
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,
even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city:
and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and
I fell upon my face.
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the
gate whose prospect is toward the east.
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and,
behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood
by me.
And he said unto me, Son of man, 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 for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more
defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases
of their kings in their high places.
It may appear strange to some that God the Father comes and goes to the earth. However this is what the scripture states. The Father is the God of the old testament, and has come to earth and returned to heaven many times. When the temple is complete, the Father enteres the temple and later returns to heaven. Notice the following scripture which confirms the fact that the Father comes and goes from earth to heaven.
PRO 30 V 4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered
the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath
established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his
son's name, if thou canst tell?
The above verses make it very clear that God the Father and David rescue Israel from captivity, then Israel and David build the temple, God the Father then enters the temple.
This is not some wild idea of ours, this is what God is telling us through the scriptures.
Where will the temple be located
God will dwell in His temple forever, and the temple is located in Zion.
PSA 132 V 13-14
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired
it.
ISA 2 V 3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
JOEL 3 V 17
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
PSA 48 V 1-3
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly
to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
PSA 48 V 8-10
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts,
in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy
temple.
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of
the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
These above scriptures show clearly that Gods temple will be built in Zion
What happens to the temple after it is built
Once the temple is built, God the Father and David return to heaven.
EZEK 7 V 22
My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
Notice the last two lines of the verse below
Once the Father returns to heaven, it does not take long for the church
to fall into disloyalty.
EZEK 8 V 12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
The resurrected firstfruits are waiting in heaven for the time of their return to earth. They are preparing for their return to earth with the Father.
Firstly though we see the judgment of the firstfruits.
DAN 7 V 10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Then they are given white robes.
REV 6 V 9-11
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony
which they held:
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy
and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on
the earth?
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said
unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants
also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be
fulfilled.
The above scripture has to be explained. When David is resurrected to come to earth with the Father to build the temple, the other firstfruits are also resurrected. Notice in the above verses that they are alive, cry out, and are given white robes. This is the resurrection of the firstfruits. They are told to rest a little season, until their fellowservants should be killed.
They wait in heaven, until David returns with the Father. Then when the number of their fellowservants also and their brethren, are killed and the number is fulfilled, as we know from other scriptures, there are144,000 firstfruits. Once the number is fulfilled the firstfruits will return to earth with the Father.
JUDE 1 V 14
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Back to the temple………
When the Father and David go to heaven, those who forsake the holy covenant {church members}defile the temple of God and set up the abomination of desolation. They also have intelligence with the little horn.
DAN 11 V 30
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Here we see a force, which is on the side of the little horn, and pollutes the sanctuary.
DAN 11 V 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.
The temple is defiled
PSA 79 V 1
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Notice this scripture, showing that the church were in charge of the temple until it was taken over by the little horn. Also note that some in the church are also on the side of the little horn, and are a party the the defiling of the temple.
ISA 63 V 18
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
EZEK 5 V 11
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
The following scripture shows that the group which forsakes the covenant is then corrupted by flatteries. These people are church people who do not believe the truth and do not have the love of the truth. 2 Thes. 2 v 10-12
DAN 11 V 32
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
EZEK 44 V 7
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
2 THES 2 V 10-12
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 THES 2 V 3-4
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;
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.
In Daniel 11 v 32 is a clear difference between two groups of people
in Gods church at the end time. The 1st group, does not believe the
truth and is bought off and easily swayed into harlotry by the little horn,
he deceives them with flatteries. They forsake the holy covenant.
The 2nd group are the people who love the truth, they know their God
and are strong and do exploits.
Lets look at the abominations which are committed in Gods temple by these false brethren.
Firstly we see this image of jealousy
EZEK 8 V 5
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
Then look at the entrance of the court
EZEK 8 V 10
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Because the Father has returned to heaven with David, these church people think that God is so limited that He cannot see what they are doing. Just because He is no longer with them. They have no understanding of the mighty God of Israel.
EZEK 8 V 12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Look at this disgusting display by the women in the church
EZEK 8 V 14
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
Now we see sun worship
EZEK 8 V 16-17
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the
altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple
of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun
toward the east.
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a
light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which
they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have
returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their
nose.
These people are wiped out by God for their total disregard for His temple, laws, statutes, they have no love for God. They profess to, but they were bought off by the little horn, and are happy to play the harlot.
Notice the result of their ways…..begin at my sanctuary
EZEK 9 V 4-7
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through
the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that
sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through
the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with
the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
What a dreadful outcome for the temple of God. Here we have seen
that the temple will be built by repentant Israel, upon their return from
captivity. David will be in charge of construction. God the
Father will enter the temple.
When the Father and David return to heaven to prepare for their return
with the firstfruits, the church is put in charge of the temple.
As we know by scripture the Laodicean church is luke warm, these are
the people who will be in charge of the temple. They are only half
hearted and luke warm. So it is not too difficult to imagine that
some will be happy to give in to flatteries of the little horn.
Sounds a lot like the golden calf incident to me.
Back to the scriptures and more information about the temple……
During this time when the temple is defiled the martyrdom of saints will ocurr.
MATT 24 V 9-10
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted,
and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's
sake.
And then shall many be offended, and shall
betray one another, and shall hate one another.
REV 11 V 1-2
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that
worship therein.
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and
measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall
they tread under foot forty and two months.
DAN 11 V 33-35
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.
Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help:
but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
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.
REV 13 V 6-7
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his
name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome
them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Then comes the heavenly signs, heralding the return of the Father.
REV 6 V 12-17
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was
a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and
the moon became as blood;
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;
and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men,
and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every
free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from
the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to
stand?
JOEL 3 V 14-17
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of
the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw
their shining.
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope
of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my
holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers
pass through her any more.
JOEL 2 V 31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
During this time we see the temple of God is measured and that the court which is outside the temple is left out, it is trodden under foot for 3 ½ years.
REV 11 V 1-2
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that
worship therein.
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure
it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they
tread under foot forty and two months
EZEK 44 V 7
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised
in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute
it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they
have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
Once the martyrdom has begun, the heavenly signs have been seen then the Father will return to the earth with His saints. The Father returns to avenge His temple amongst other things.
ISA 34 V 8
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
JER 50 V 28
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
God raises up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, He is going to destroy Babylon and uses the Medes to do it.
JER 51 V 11
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
When more of Gods saints are martyrded and the number of Gods firstfruits is complete, and reaches 144,000 then we see the Father return to earth with His saints, the firstfruits.
This happens during the martyrdom of saints.
DAN 7 V 21-22
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints
of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
ZECH 14 V 5
And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
DEUT 33 V 2-3
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto
them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands
of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they
sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
One of the many duties for the firstfruits upon their arrival to earth will be judgment.
JUDE 1 V 15
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him
Once the day of the Lord gets into full swing the saints will have serious duties.
ISA 13 V 3
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
The Father musters His enemies for battle
ISA 13 V 4
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
The time for talk and warning has past, God is now going to act, these people will witness the anger of the Lord of Hosts.
ISA 13 V 5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD,
and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
JER 46 V 10
For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
After all of the above events then the temple will be cleansed.
DAN 8 V 13-14
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that
certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the
daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the
sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then
shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
After the cleansing of the temple then we see Christ will return to the temple.
MAL 3 V 1
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
When the day of the Lord is over and the temple is cleansed, we see that Israel is finally settled in the land that God promised to them so many years before.
JER 32 V 42- 44
For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil
upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised
them.
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate
without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal
them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains,
and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I
will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Even though there are many hard times ahead for the nation of Israel, and the church, if we go to the back of the book, to quote Mr. Armstrong, we will see that it all turns out well for Israel and the loyal people of God who form His church.
The kingdom under the leadership of the Father and Christ with all of
the firstfruits and saints will be a glorious place, Israel will blossom
like a rose, and Zion will be the dwelling place of God.
