Torah Condition For Jerusalem’s Third Temple Now Met?

1 Corinthians 3:16, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”

Bible prophecy teachers who believe that Jesus and the Apostle Paul both alluded to a rebuilt physical temple in Jerusalem in the Last Days will naturally point to news articles like this as evidentiary support for their position. According to the words of the Apostle Paul, however, God “does not dwell in temples made with hands” (Acts 17:24). In light of Scripture, a rebuilt physical temple today would therefore be nothing more than an empty building, void of the presence of God. As such, Christ would likely not have been referring to a rebuilt physical temple as the “holy place” in Matthew 24:15 and Paul would not have called a rebuilt temple the “temple of God” if it is no longer His temple. A building absent of God is just another building. But the “holy temple” that is the Church in which God dwells, however, now that is another matter. On the grounds of Scripture, if a “third temple” is to be “regarded by Jews and Christians as a precursor to the coming of the Messiah” — then the third temple is already here, and we are that Temple …

Ephesians 2:19-22, “… you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.”

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By Bob Unruh, WND – “The Jerusalem-based Temple Institute has taken on the goal of rebuilding the Third Jewish Temple, regarded by Jews and Christians as a precursor to the coming of the Messiah.

The plan is guaranteed to provoke world conflict, since the Islamic Dome of the Rock now sits on the presumed Temple site.

And while the preparations seem to be lining up, a major obstacle remains – the absence of a red heifer, required in the biblical book of Numbers, Chapter 19, for the purification that is essential before worship.

Until now, according to the institute.

The organization posted a video this month showing what appears to be a perfect red heifer that is being raised at an unidentified location in the United States.

‘In truth, the fate of the entire world depends on the red heifer,’ the institute says.

‘For G-d has ordained that its ashes alone are the single missing ingredient for the reinstatement of biblical purity – and thereafter, the rebuilding of the Holy Temple.'” Read more.

2 Thessalonians 2:4 — A Rebuilt Jewish Temple, Or Something Else? – “When Paul refers to the temple as the Church he uses the word ‘naos’ (G3485) and always called the Church the temple of God or the temple of the Holy Spirit or an equivalent expression. In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Paul again refers to the temple of God (‘naos’ ) which, as in each and every other usage of the expression, would in my opinion again be referring to the Church as it always had before, not a physical temple. According to those who believe that a future literal temple will be rebuilt, however, we are expected to believe that Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 suddenly changes what he consistently meant in previous epistles when speaking about the temple of God. But if Paul spoke of the Church each and every time before, then it only stands to reason that he was again referring to the Church when writing about the temple of God in his letter to the believers in Thessalonica …” Read more.